Cleaner wrasse

fredflinstone · 04/03/2006, 06:45 PM

I recently bought a cleaner wrasse. The blue streak one. It was cleaning my other fishes but now I think he got ich himself. My question is can cleaner wrasse get ich?

bertoni · 04/03/2006, 06:51 PM

Sure. A hospital tank and hyposalinity would be a good approach to dealing with ich, IMO.

Amphiprion · 04/03/2006, 06:54 PM

Might want to do a bit of research on the bluestreaked cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. Due to the nature of their diet (obligate cleaner), they rarely ever find enough food from a typical fish population. Tend to do very poorly in the long term.

fredflinstone · 04/03/2006, 07:26 PM

My cleaner wrasse is also eating the normal flakes that I feed the other fish. Its also eating the brine shrimp.

bertoni · 04/03/2006, 08:29 PM

It might survive. Most seem to die even if taking standard fish food, I think. That might be a species that matures into a corallivore, but I don't try to keep all those species straight anymore.

04/03/2006, 06:45 PM	#1
fredflinstone Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 271	Cleaner wrasse I recently bought a cleaner wrasse. The blue streak one. It was cleaning my other fishes but now I think he got ich himself. My question is can cleaner wrasse get ich?

04/03/2006, 06:51 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Sure. A hospital tank and hyposalinity would be a good approach to dealing with ich, IMO. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/03/2006, 06:54 PM	#3
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	Might want to do a bit of research on the bluestreaked cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. Due to the nature of their diet (obligate cleaner), they rarely ever find enough food from a typical fish population. Tend to do very poorly in the long term. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

04/03/2006, 08:29 PM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	It might survive. Most seem to die even if taking standard fish food, I think. That might be a species that matures into a corallivore, but I don't try to keep all those species straight anymore. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/03/2006, 07:26 PM	#4
fredflinstone Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 271	My cleaner wrasse is also eating the normal flakes that I feed the other fish. Its also eating the brine shrimp.