Do Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasses School?

[cthoughts1]

Just wondering if anyone knows if these guys will school with each other or not? Thanks.

 

[REEF ADDICT]

ive seen someone with 6 of them but it was in a 150g tank

 

[straightjiggy10]

I had two for a long time in a 120 but then a new coris killed both

 

[cthoughts1]

How many do you guys think would be the most in a 75g? I was thinking maybe 3?

 

[REEF ADDICT]

3 sounds good...

 

[straightjiggy10]

0 - Im worried that they will not have enough to live offer due to them not taking to food regularly i had a few tanngs in the 120 they used to pick off of with supplements of regular feedings, it took them few weeks to eat frozen.

 

[albano]

0 - I'm worried that they will not have enough to live off, due to them not taking to food regularly

Cleaner wrasses are on the list of fish, that do not survive, or do well, in home aquariums
http://www.aquariumpros.com/articles/badfishlist.shtml
BAD FISH LIST:
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All Cleaner (Labroides and other species) Wrasses[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif]Diet, Stress[/FONT]

 

[ellebelle]

Cleaner wrasses are very difficult to get on frozen food due to their diet in the wild. If you want a school of wrasses, why not a couple of female fairy wrasses and a male in a little harem?

 

[Master Shake]

there hard to keep, knew of someone that would order like 15 at a time for his 400 because they would last like a month

 

[albano]

knew of someone that would order like 15 at a time for his 400 because they would last like a month

The NICEST thing I could say is...Hopefully, he is no longer in the hobby!


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[ClosetFishGeek]

there hard to keep, knew of someone that would order like 15 at a time for his 400 because they would last like a month

This guy is an Idiot.....

 

[cthoughts1]

Cleaner wrasses are very difficult to get on frozen food due to their diet in the wild. If you want a school of wrasses, why not a couple of female fairy wrasses and a male in a little harem?

I like that idea... I actually PMed a few people who purchased these little guys a while back to check up on their progress and 2 of the 3 people who had purchased them said their wrasses had passed. I'm gonna skip the cleaner wrasse idea. Thanks for the input guys.