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Old 16-11-2008, 06:22 PM   #31
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is the wrasse eating prepared foods?
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Old 16-11-2008, 06:32 PM   #32
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not too sure, eating pods at the moment
hopefully it will take cyclop eeze
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Old 16-11-2008, 10:43 PM   #33
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no protein skimmer?
what media u using for the hangon?
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Old 16-11-2008, 11:33 PM   #34
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no skimmer, 10-20% water change twice weekly

media wool + carbon + chaeto
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Old 17-11-2008, 02:34 PM   #35
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nice clown fish...is this a true percula? Nice starfish also...wat specie? Is it difficult to rear?
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Old 17-11-2008, 04:46 PM   #36
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yup its a true perc
starfish ID http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...580&pcatid=580

shouldn't be too difficult as i am new to marine too

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Old 17-11-2008, 04:52 PM   #37
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is the wrasse eating prepared foods?
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not too sure, eating pods at the moment
hopefully it will take cyclop eeze
it consume cyclop eeze
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Old 17-11-2008, 05:47 PM   #38
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The wrasse maybe a false cleaner wrasse rather than the real cleaner wrasse. These two fish look very alike. The false cleaner wrasse pretends to be a cleaner wrasse and fools fish to letting it clean them. It will then "clean" them by taking a bite at them, i guess there should be not much of an issue here if the fish is well fed.

The real cleaner wrasse mostly perish in the home aquarium as they rarely accept typical aquarium foods. They consume parasites off other fish for food. IMO, these are best left in the oceans. The typical home aquarium does not have the fish population to sustain them.

So far, from the two fish, the only way i can tell is by the black markings. The black markings differ slightly between the two fish.

Here are some pictures of the two.
The real cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus:
http://www.aquahobby.com/marine/e_cleaner.php
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumb...ry.php?ID=5459

The false cleaner wrasse, Aspidontus taeniatus:
http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/d...taeniatus2.jpg
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumb...ry.php?ID=6066
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Old 17-11-2008, 06:00 PM   #39
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wow thats something new...
hopefully it doesn't bite my fishes

btw the 1 i purchase is neon goby, they are classified as wrasse also?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...194&pcatid=194
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Old 17-11-2008, 06:17 PM   #40
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neon gobies... are gobies. haha. nice addition. is your perc half of a pair or solitary?
there is another easier way of distunguising false cleaners from true ones, the false species will have an "underslung" mouth, compared to the true species having a terminal mouth [for picking at parasites]. those with more experience might recognise a blenny-look about the false cleaner.
great that your cleaner is eating prepared food, but it's not a very good fish to keep in such a small tank, it might harass your clown and tang almost to death. they need to have a lot of big slime-producing tankmates to thrive, in addition to eating high quality prepared food [like cyclop-eez], IMO.
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