cleaner wrass

[waren]

hi i would like to pair up my cleaner rass is this a hard thing to do.
How do you sex them and if they dont pair will they avoid each othet or just try to kill each other thx for the help warren

[Kev]

Don't know, but according to this link its possible:

http://www.aquahobby.com/marine/e_cleaner_2.php

Kev

[Gillybaby]

I know someone who has two cleaners in one tank but not sure if they are a pair or not. They seem to get on ok though. They are both in a FOWLR tank with a few good sized fish so there is plenty for them to eat.

Have heard cleaner wrasse have a poor survival rate when there aren't enough large fish to clean and feed from. I've had mine for nearly 2 years but have always had good sized tangs/triggers with him so not sure how he'd fair without them. Just something you might want to keep in mind if you get another.

[Kev]

I know its really nice watching these little guys go about there business.

Kev

[Gillybaby]

I know its really nice watching these little guys go about there business.

Kev

Know what you mean, they've actually got great characters. Mine sets up a cleaning station every morning just before lights on and all my tangs, my emperor and my foxface get a going over. Then he likes nothing more than to tuck himself inside a sheet of nori. I'm always terrifed that one of the tangs will get a hold of him by accident but they always seem to know that he's inside :eek:

[waren]

think i might give it a go in a few weeks got to get some more hermits,vibexs ect first, had some delivered last wed but think i should of had about the same agine well ill let you know how it goes

[Kev]

Good luck Waren. Please do let us know how you get on.

Kev

[moorish]

i have kept cleaner wrasse for number of years without any problems,but only one in the tank.i think they need a large number of fish to clean and without them they wont survive.i know quite a few people who have had problems keeping cleaner wrasse and others who have not,good luck.derek

[jasec]

i've always been on the asumption you can only keep 1 wrasse in a tank regardless of species as they will fight.
infact my cleaner wrasse has been in my tank for just over a year and was in someone elses before hand. eats like a pig .
beware though he saw a neon goby which was accidently added to the tank (extra lr added to tank from friends system) and was trying to attack it. both same sort of shape and colouring.
jase

[callum_parsons]

are they as hard to look after as i have read they say that they just wilt wawy due to starvation

[Gillybaby]

I've had my cleaner wrasse for nearly two years but he's always had multiple large fish to clean and feed from. He also eats really well on flake, frozen & nori and has always looked healthy.

I've heard it said that these fish just don't survive well when they don't have large fish to clean but I can't really comment. I've, so far, found the cleaner wrasse very easy to keep. Many also say that these fish are best left on the reef as they perform such a vital task and removing them could be detrimental to the other reef inhabitants. But I suppose this could be true of a lot of fish we keep.

Not heard about the one wrasse in a tank thing before. Although I suppose this could be true of smaller tanks. I have a sixline wrasse as well as my cleaner and they completely ignore each other. I guess its because they have different eating habits.