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Starry 09-21-2012 03:21 AM

Still having to talk the wife out of a mystery wrasse after she seen yours Doug. lol. fuigred it was a good excuse to get a pretty, low cost wrasse. from what ive read they are good to great at eating any small morsels that move. if i have to loose my nem shrimp, so be it.

Starry 09-21-2012 03:52 PM

http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/in...2-fish-profile

This is where I read about Melanurus eating nudies.

reefwars 09-21-2012 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 748229)
um.....I may have missed the memo or something but I dont ever remember reading anywhere that Halichoeres wrasses eat nudis.....flatworms and pyramid snails yes but nudis, no...perhaps one or two anecdotal reports but its not a general rule



they sure do, hundreds of reports on RC of them doing it,infact ive fed mine a couple nudis he had them long gone before they hit the bottom(im evil like that lol )

Starry 09-21-2012 05:53 PM

think in combination with this guy, http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...13&pcatid=2113

they might do good clean up job.

reefwars 09-21-2012 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Starry (Post 748419)
think in combination with this guy, http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...13&pcatid=2113

they might do good clean up job.


yup you nailed it , in my fragtank i keep a yellow corris,melanarus,black leopard and green mandarin......theese are my watch dogs;)


i dont feed the fish and force them to hunt all day.


if you feed the melanarus he may stop hunting as much.


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