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Did you see his absolutely amazing Blue Star Leopard wrasse? Got a beauty of a CBB in there, too! Oh, and his black back china pearl is a doll!
Man - I would love to get some of those wrasses. I had a really nice one before but got away. She was a jumper! :(

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I had 6 before but lost them due to velvet. They only ate frozen .. it was a pita
Cost a little more than frozen but was a easy choice due to how easy it was. When I had a school of dispar anthias, I fed them Reef Nutrition ROE. So easy to just squirt the food from the bottle.

With that said, it's an easy choice of anthias for me. And if anyone had to watch your tank for a few days, it's easy for them to feed the fish too.
 
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Man - I would love to get some of those wrasses. I had a really nice one before but got away. She was a jumper! :(

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I'm team wrasse all the way, but 100% lid required. They are big jumpers! I don't know how much a eurobrace prevents escape, since they often like to sail up the sides and shoot out the corners, but I imagine they'd eventually jump through the opening.
 

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I'm team wrasse all the way, but 100% lid required. They are big jumpers! I don't know how much a eurobrace prevents escape, since they often like to sail up the sides and shoot out the corners, but I imagine they'd eventually jump through the opening.
Don't get me wrong - I love wrasses. In fact, I get a free pass since my wife loves wrasses as well. I just don't like putting a lid/net over the tank, granted I don't see it anyway. That's tempting to get 2 to try though...

Edit: wait, I forgot -- I do have a tiny Six Line wrasse in the tank for 18mos now. He's still there - saw him yesterday cruising around. :)
 
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Don't get me wrong - I love wrasses. In fact, I get a free pass since my wife loves wrasses as well. I just don't like putting a lid/net over the tank, granted I don't see it anyway. That's tempting to get 2 to try though...

Edit: wait, I forgot -- I do have a tiny Six Line wrasse in the tank for 18mos now. He's still there - saw him yesterday cruising around. :)
I only ever had issues with fairy and flasher wrasse jumping, none of the others. Have you tried radiant wrasse, leopard wrasse, or christmas wrasse?
 

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I only ever had issues with fairy and flasher wrasse jumping, none of the others. Have you tried radiant wrasse, leopard wrasse, or christmas wrasse?
Haven’t had those in a long time! I used to have a nice Leopard Wrasse many moons ago when I had sand. Will research these. Thx
 
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