CynicalCnidaria
New member
Hello,
As an aquarist I have seen many people buy and sell cleaner wrasses. From the Hawaiian ones to the blue stripe ones. I have even bought one once.
To my understanding, cleaner wrasses are either hard to feed, or they simply have such a high speed metabolism that they cannot be sustained in an aquarium... because the parasites they eat are literally supercharged with fatty tissue that cannot be imitated by the food we use.
So my consensus in cleaner wrasses: Boycot them... they are an almost guaranteed death (not to be confused with a false cleaner wrasse) and they are also a part of a delicate ecosystem. I know Bob Fenner agrees.
What do you guys think?
Should we Boycot them? or are they a great fish that thrives?
I hope for a good discussion so we can get some awareness out there, and educate people... not that I am trying to steer this one way or the other.
As an aquarist I have seen many people buy and sell cleaner wrasses. From the Hawaiian ones to the blue stripe ones. I have even bought one once.
To my understanding, cleaner wrasses are either hard to feed, or they simply have such a high speed metabolism that they cannot be sustained in an aquarium... because the parasites they eat are literally supercharged with fatty tissue that cannot be imitated by the food we use.
So my consensus in cleaner wrasses: Boycot them... they are an almost guaranteed death (not to be confused with a false cleaner wrasse) and they are also a part of a delicate ecosystem. I know Bob Fenner agrees.
What do you guys think?
Should we Boycot them? or are they a great fish that thrives?
I hope for a good discussion so we can get some awareness out there, and educate people... not that I am trying to steer this one way or the other.