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Old 03-05-2006, 06:29 PM   #32
Reefneck
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Originally Posted by Fishfirst
It is indeed a very controversial fish. I'd say if you don't have luck with this one, don't get another. The more power to you if you can keep this one alive for quite a while say 4-5 years. Although cleaner wrasses can pester fish to death with their cleaning efforts, and fish particularly not ones that associate with them (not in their geographic distribution) are often very stressed out by their behavior.
I agree with you 100% here. He's still doing fine and does his job but he also harasses my feather dusters and also the fish sometimes. My yellow tang goes to him wanting to be cleaned but he ignores him so the tang goes to the cleaner shrimp.

The Cleaner Wrasse seems to be a bit of a bully IMO and I would not get another one if this one does not make it although he seems in great health still.
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