Cleaner Wrasse.... Talk about them here.....

[DKWICK]

I am thinking of adding one to my tank. Did you have a cleaner wrasse and if so, what are your thoughts on them. What kind of success have you had with yours and also, what are some characteristics of yours?

Do you have pics of yours? Please post them here.

Thanks!

[FishinInTheDark]

Cleaner wrasses usually starve to death in an aquarium. They need to have many large fish to groom if they aren't taking prepared foods. If you get one, make sure that it's eating before you bring it home.

[Doctor_Reef]

They are a very interesting fish and beautiful, but they are very difficult to keep from starving to death...You need a tank with lots of community fish for them to get the kind of food they need...and even then because we don't have lots of parasites on our fish!!!!! they don't generally last very long before they starve....

[DKWICK]

I am hoping this could be a good thread for others as well later. I may not get it then but I would like to hear more from others as well and see some pics too so this thread can be useful to others.

Thanks for your quick replies.

[TranZ]

Will the cleaner wrasse be eaten by other fish...let say a lion or trggers?

[gman0526]

More than likely not. I've seen pictures of cleaner wrasse in the mouths of large groupers, lions doing their cleaning and coming out. somehow fish know that the wrasse is there to help and don't harm them.