Feeding Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse - Page 2

mwilliams62 · 03/14/2013, 08:08 PM

I just saw this post I know its old but I had been thinking about getting. Hawaiin cleaner wrasse but not sure still reading up on them. I was told by one lfs after I bought the regular cleaner wrasse that he would die of starvation but he ate every thing I put in the tank including nori on the clip. He lived for almost 2 yrs until for whatever reason he jumped out of the tank.

mwilliams62 · 03/14/2013, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JaneG

I thought Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse were illegal to export? I'm surprised your fish store bought one in the first place if so. Maybe I'm wrong?

Not sure but one of our lfs use to carry the Hawaiin cleaner wrasse almost very other month don't know if they still do that now or not I don't get to that store as often anymore.

DopeCantWin · 03/14/2013, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mwilliams62

I just saw this post I know its old but I had been thinking about getting. Hawaiin cleaner wrasse but not sure still reading up on them. I was told by one lfs after I bought the regular cleaner wrasse that he would die of starvation but he ate every thing I put in the tank including nori on the clip. He lived for almost 2 yrs until for whatever reason he jumped out of the tank.

I have a blue cleaner wrasse, and he also eats everything. The Hawaiian ate nothing.

triggreef · 03/14/2013, 11:47 PM

If you get one that will take prepped food, you still need to feed it multiple times a day. I feed mine sometimes 4 to 5 times a day until his belly is full. Each time within a couple hours his belly is empty looking again. They can do just fine on prepped foods though. I had mine in qt with only one other wrasse for quite some time while my tanks were fallow. I couldn't put him in my main qt tank because there was a dogface puffer that needed the big tank and the cleaner annoyed him to the point where the dogface lashed out and took a chunk out of him near his tail. He recovered just fine and I've had him for about 6 months now. One of my favorite fish. But a constant food supply is needed. Mine eats everything btw.

For anyone trying to desperately get one started on a captive diet... Try some live pods, they wont hunt them down but they will get them when you drop the pods into the tank. Mine now favors mysis and cyclopeez

MARINECRITTERS · 03/15/2013, 12:06 AM

I purchased one, not the best idea on my part. Although today the fish is fat and healthy. I feed flakes and mysis shrimp, also every once in a while live brine shrimp.

mwilliams62 · 03/15/2013, 09:07 AM

I might just stick the the standard cleaner wrasse don't want to chance losing a beautiful fish like the hawaiin cleaner wrasse.

Felixc · 10/28/2016, 10:29 AM

I've kept non Hawaiian wrasse two different times now and both lasted over 2 years before jumping out of tank and falling in to the overflow. Both ate everything in particular small pellets which was the primary food in my tank. The first couple of weeks they would taste and spit pellets but eventually caught on and flourished after the initial phase.

Question: Is a there a significant difference with the survive rate of Hawaiian vs non Hawaiian cleaner wrasse? I ask because my experience with cleaner wrasse has been 100% success rate and getting them to feed and grow has not been a challenge. Are the Hawaiians harder to get eating or they eat but still mysterious die?

Reeflover4ever · 07/20/2017, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by strike2867

This is about what I found. There might be a chance I can get him to a 20k gallon aquarium, where he would have plenty of parasites to eat. But just in case you didn't know, every fish has a 100% mortality rate.

AMEN to the Original Poster! Thank you. I have turned these "parasite only" fish into useless pellet and Mysis nibbling fish. They still seem to be happy picking away at tank mates but if you can keep them alive long enough (for me 2 months) they seem to thrive. It is an awesome site to see them pick a hole in live rock and make a nighttime nest. Good luck to you.

Reeflover4ever · 07/20/2017, 12:55 AM

BTW, anything born onto this earth should accept that it will die, one day... hahaha. Just saying.

ggfrancis · 07/24/2017, 04:34 PM

I have a cleaner wrasse. He eats like a pig. He eats nori, blood worm, mises, and pellets.

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03/14/2013, 08:08 PM	#26
mwilliams62 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,056	I just saw this post I know its old but I had been thinking about getting. Hawaiin cleaner wrasse but not sure still reading up on them. I was told by one lfs after I bought the regular cleaner wrasse that he would die of starvation but he ate every thing I put in the tank including nori on the clip. He lived for almost 2 yrs until for whatever reason he jumped out of the tank.

03/14/2013, 11:47 PM	#29
triggreef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: East Hampton, CT Posts: 2,917	If you get one that will take prepped food, you still need to feed it multiple times a day. I feed mine sometimes 4 to 5 times a day until his belly is full. Each time within a couple hours his belly is empty looking again. They can do just fine on prepped foods though. I had mine in qt with only one other wrasse for quite some time while my tanks were fallow. I couldn't put him in my main qt tank because there was a dogface puffer that needed the big tank and the cleaner annoyed him to the point where the dogface lashed out and took a chunk out of him near his tail. He recovered just fine and I've had him for about 6 months now. One of my favorite fish. But a constant food supply is needed. Mine eats everything btw. For anyone trying to desperately get one started on a captive diet... Try some live pods, they wont hunt them down but they will get them when you drop the pods into the tank. Mine now favors mysis and cyclopeez

03/15/2013, 12:06 AM	#30
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	I purchased one, not the best idea on my part. Although today the fish is fat and healthy. I feed flakes and mysis shrimp, also every once in a while live brine shrimp.

03/15/2013, 09:07 AM	#31
mwilliams62 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,056	I might just stick the the standard cleaner wrasse don't want to chance losing a beautiful fish like the hawaiin cleaner wrasse.

10/28/2016, 10:29 AM	#32
Felixc Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: AB Posts: 408	I've kept non Hawaiian wrasse two different times now and both lasted over 2 years before jumping out of tank and falling in to the overflow. Both ate everything in particular small pellets which was the primary food in my tank. The first couple of weeks they would taste and spit pellets but eventually caught on and flourished after the initial phase. Question: Is a there a significant difference with the survive rate of Hawaiian vs non Hawaiian cleaner wrasse? I ask because my experience with cleaner wrasse has been 100% success rate and getting them to feed and grow has not been a challenge. Are the Hawaiians harder to get eating or they eat but still mysterious die?

07/20/2017, 12:55 AM	#34
Reeflover4ever Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: New Orleans Posts: 13	BTW, anything born onto this earth should accept that it will die, one day... hahaha. Just saying.

07/24/2017, 04:34 PM	#35
ggfrancis Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 51	I have a cleaner wrasse. He eats like a pig. He eats nori, blood worm, mises, and pellets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

07/24/2017, 04:36 PM	#36
ggfrancis Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 51	Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk