cleaner wrasse???

[jpitts101]

will a cleaner wrasse die after it eats all the ich off a fish? will they harm the fish? good investment??

 

[Steven Pro]

See here http://www.wetwebmedia.com/labroide.htm

 

[Billybeau1]

I have read that article before and do understand where the author is coming from.

That said, I bought mine four years ago, before I knew about this, and he is alive and well today. Besides eating just about any food I put in the tank, his tanks mates eagerly dock to be cleaned. It's quite a sight to see.

I guess I just got lucky.

BTW - it is a Labroides dimidiatus.

 

[p.vijay]

Re: cleaner wrasse???

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7951636#post7951636 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jpitts101
will a cleaner wrasse die after it eats all the ich off a fish? will they harm the fish? good investment??

will it clean?the ich?

 

[jpitts101]

i feel bad for even considering gettting one now. that article was a lecture, a no and reason would have been a great answer! thanks though

 

[Steven Pro]

Re: Re: cleaner wrasse???

Re: Re: cleaner wrasse???

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7957419#post7957419 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by p.vijay
will it clean?the ich?

In the wild, they are know to eat almost exclusively gnathid iospods. That makes up about 3/4 of their diet. The last 1/4 is scaled and fish mucus that comes off with the isopods.