Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

cruzin94066 · 03/10/2006, 01:30 PM

A friend of mine gave me a hawaiian wrasse to take care of my ich problem after it took care of his ich problem. He's doing a pretty good job of it right now but when I did research on its care it seems like he only eats parasites. How can I keep this guy from starving. Anybody had success with them.
Thanks

AdidaKev · 03/10/2006, 02:15 PM

My best advice would be to try brine or baby brine. Unfortunately, though, cleaners are almost always parasite-only feeders.

rayjay · 03/10/2006, 11:17 PM

The hawaiian cleaner wrasse will not eat anything other than parasites.
I've attempted to get them to live at the LFS when they get them in and have tried nauplii and various sizes of ongrown brine shrimp.
Nor do they feed on brine shrimp mush like the Shri Lankan ones do that I keep. If they ever get another one in I'll try live copepods and see what happens then.
The Shri Lankan cleaners I have no problem keeping, and usually have seven on hand all the time.
Ones I sell, (after a minimum 3 months in my tanks) will eat everything I feed to the tanks, including my main feed, spirulina flake food.
Some hobbyists in the area report success with the ones from Bali but many more have reported losses.

03/10/2006, 01:30 PM	#1
cruzin94066 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 116	Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse A friend of mine gave me a hawaiian wrasse to take care of my ich problem after it took care of his ich problem. He's doing a pretty good job of it right now but when I did research on its care it seems like he only eats parasites. How can I keep this guy from starving. Anybody had success with them. Thanks

03/10/2006, 02:15 PM	#2
AdidaKev Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NA Posts: 624	My best advice would be to try brine or baby brine. Unfortunately, though, cleaners are almost always parasite-only feeders. __________________ ... Current Tank Info: NA

03/10/2006, 11:17 PM	#3
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	The hawaiian cleaner wrasse will not eat anything other than parasites. I've attempted to get them to live at the LFS when they get them in and have tried nauplii and various sizes of ongrown brine shrimp. Nor do they feed on brine shrimp mush like the Shri Lankan ones do that I keep. If they ever get another one in I'll try live copepods and see what happens then. The Shri Lankan cleaners I have no problem keeping, and usually have seven on hand all the time. Ones I sell, (after a minimum 3 months in my tanks) will eat everything I feed to the tanks, including my main feed, spirulina flake food. Some hobbyists in the area report success with the ones from Bali but many more have reported losses. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses