| Re: Cleaner wrassies
This is s VERY passionate topic and most people agree with your points here. I do know of a couple of people who have indeed had "long-term" success with each of the fish you've mentioned. Unfortunately these people are the exception and not the rule.
Another point to make is that "Cleaner Wrasse" once removed from the ocean leave a "Gap" in the eco-system that few other fish can fill. They provide a very needed and often times life-saving service on the reef.
As long as these animals are available for sale they will be kept in home aquaria.
On a side note . . . there is a "Mimic" cleaner wrasse that looks and acts almost identical to the real fish. It waits until a "client" opens it's gills for cleaning and will literally start eating the fishs gills immediately. We've seen THOSE sold in the trade AS cleaner wrasse lately. |