Does anyone have any experience keeping a Hawaiian cleaner wrasse?

[Paranoiattack91]

Any experience, good or bad? I was thinking about getting one but I hear they are next to impossible to keep alive.

 

[Jerry Williams]

I have two. Each in separate tanks. I've had them 18 or so. They need other fish to get parasite from for food. They are very active and the first to swim up to any new fish.

 

[F-Dawg]

They are very tough to keep and sadly don't do well in our tanks. Good luck if you give it a shot.

 

[OGFrenchHorn]

I have two. Each in separate tanks. I've had them 18 or so. They need other fish to get parasite from for food. They are very active and the first to swim up to any new fish.

Pictures or it's not true! haha

for reals though, LET'S SEE SOME PICS!!!





All the one's that I bought have died a week later. They only eat parasites

 

[Paranoiattack91]

Pictures or it's not true! haha

for reals though, LET'S SEE SOME PICS!!!





All the one's that I bought have died a week later. They only eat parasites

I agree!! Lol. A local store has 2 really good looking ones and I just got a lubbocks today in qt so now would be the perfect time to get him.

 

[turbonut]

This is truly a fish that should be left in the ocean. They rarely do well in captivity unless you always have fish that have parasites.


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[Jerry Williams]

Also, I have been running an aquarium, now three, for coming up on 3 years and have yet to have any ich. You won't get a picture of that either. If you don't believe me I have no problem with you. I'm just willing to say what I know.

 

[Zoarder]

My cleaner wrasse been with me for 3 years now. Eats Nori. They do require a lot of fish at first. They then eat frozen even nori. Like the one [MENTION=989]babyjess210[/MENTION] has.

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[All Delight]

Tough one to keep. Throw in a bunch of sick tangs and angels

 

[Paranoiattack91]

Tough one to keep. Throw in a bunch of sick tangs and angels

I qt all of my fish, I'm just worried of it making it through qt :/

 

[Paranoiattack91]

My cleaner wrasse been with me for 3 years now. Eats Nori. They do require a lot of fish at first. They then eat frozen even nori. Like the one [MENTION=989]babyjess210[/MENTION] has.

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Regular cleaner wrasse or Hawaiian cleaner?

 

[Zoarder]

Regular cleaner wrasse or Hawaiian cleaner?

Both

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[All Delight]

I qt all of my fish, I'm just worried of it making it through qt :/

I was just kidding about the sick fish part.

Seriously tho its seems impossible to keep a fish that by nature cleans fish and your putting him in a tank with nothing to clean.

It's like putting corals In a tank without light.

Are you hoping to get the cleaner to eat frozen?

 

[All Delight]

One might be happy in my tank. My Achilles will be his #1 client.

 

[Paranoiattack91]

Both

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Did you qt them? If so, were they eating well?

 

[Paranoiattack91]

I was just kidding about the sick fish part.

Seriously tho its seems impossible to keep a fish that by nature cleans fish and your putting him in a tank with nothing to clean.

It's like putting corals In a tank without light.

Are you hoping to get the cleaner to eat frozen?

Getting him to eat frozen would ideal because I would be putting him in qt and there is only 1 lubocks wrasse in there

 

[russ13]

This is one of my favorite fish but sadly I've never been able to keep one alive for more then a month or two. Fish stores would sell them to people after there tangs break out with ich. My fish would open there gills and let the cleaner fish clean them out. A great fish but I have never seen one that eats any prepaired food. I have heard that the Red Sea cleaners have a better chance In A tank but I haven't seen one in a very long time

 

[lowbudget]

[MENTION=989]babyjess210[/MENTION] his eats nori.

 

[Neverlost]

I have had good luck with Cleaner Wrasses (not Hawaiian) in the last few years. Bought two at once, one lasted about a year before going carpet surfing and the other 1.5 years before being lost in a move. (Still a bummer, I know, 1.5 years is too short :noidea

I enjoyed the fish a lot, they did pick at my tangs, but they would also eat live mysis, then rods reef, then nori and just about anything. Neither of them starved to death.

The evidence seems to be that these two fish were uncommonly willing to eat prepared foods though, so please purchase with caution, it would be terrible to watch one starve.

 

[BeanMachine]

My cleaner wrasse been with me for 3 years now. Eats Nori. They do require a lot of fish at first. They then eat frozen even nori. Like the one [MENTION=989]babyjess210[/MENTION] has.

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Woah you've had a hawaiian cleaner wrasse for 3 years?