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Need Advice/Poll- cleaner wrasse or 12’ derasa clam

Discussion in 'Fish' started by JoshHill83, Oct 27, 2017.

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Which would you keep

  1. Cleaner wrasse - healthy fish are better

    2 vote(s)
    18.2%

  2. Clam you idiot, that thing is huge!

    9 vote(s)
    81.8%
  1. JoshHill83

    JoshHill83 Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member

    I have a bit of a dilemma here. I have a 12” derasa clam that I aquired a few months back and recently put it in my display. It was doing great until my cleaner wrasse decided its mantle was delicious. I’m thinking I will need to get rid of one, but would like to know what others out there think. This cleaner wrasse actually eats PE Mysis and NLS pellets. I have quite a few tangs that he cleans regularly.

    Which would you keep? The cleaner wrasse or the clam.
     
    JoshHill83, Oct 27, 2017
    #1
  2. Balz3352

    Balz3352 Marlin M.A.S.C Club Member

    Get rid of the wrasse. Not often do you come across a clam that big. But just imagine what it does for the look in your display
     
    Balz3352, Oct 27, 2017
    #2
  3. BrianH

    BrianH Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member ex-officio

    Is that the clam jagermeister was selling? That thing was awesome, keep the clam and ditch the fish!
     
    BrianH, Oct 27, 2017
    #3
  4. SkyShark

    SkyShark Tuna Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. B.O.D. Member-at-Large

    Keep the cleaner. Finding one that is healthy and eats pellets is tough!
     
    SkyShark, Oct 27, 2017
    #4
  5. TheRealChrisBrown

    TheRealChrisBrown Barracuda Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. B.O.D. Member-at-Large

    I voted clam, I think a clam that size in home aquaria is a lot more rare.... And a big statement piece. If it was Jagermiester's, that was a nice one!
     
    TheRealChrisBrown, Oct 27, 2017
    #5
  6. MuralReef

    MuralReef Shark Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. MASC Vice-President

    If your fish are healthy what is the wrasse really doing. I was in the same spot a while back and wish I had gotten rid of the wrasse. While it was eating pellets and frozen it still wasted away after a year.
     
    MuralReef, Oct 27, 2017
    #6
  7. TheRealChrisBrown

    TheRealChrisBrown Barracuda Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. B.O.D. Member-at-Large

    This post seriously gave me nightmares last night! I had a dream that my Foxface Lo was eating my SPS like it was corn on the cob, and just going from colony to colony! In my dream he cleared the whole tank in like 5 minutes, and I couldn't find a net or anything to stop him!! I think the story of the wrasse nipping the clam triggered this nightmare. When I woke up I checked the tank and all SPS is fine, Foxface is ignoring it....lol
     
    TheRealChrisBrown, Oct 28, 2017
    #7
  8. SantaMonicaHelp

    SantaMonicaHelp Copepod

    I think clams are always neat to have, so I'm gonna have to vote for that one. Do you have a picture of it, by any chance?

    -Kamran
     
    SantaMonicaHelp, Nov 2, 2017
    #8
  9. MuralReef

    MuralReef Shark Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. MASC Vice-President

    What did you decide to do?
     
    MuralReef, Nov 3, 2017
    #9
  10. JoshHill83

    JoshHill83 Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member

    I’m going to go with the clam... if I can get the wrasse out. My 2 liter soda bottle trap isn’t working. If anyone want to come catch him they can have him
     
    JoshHill83, Nov 3, 2017
    #10
  11. JoshHill83

    JoshHill83 Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member

    Some pics of the clam
     
    JoshHill83, Nov 3, 2017
    #11
  12. JoshHill83

    JoshHill83 Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member

    If I can figure out how...
     
    JoshHill83, Nov 3, 2017
    #12
  13. SynDen

    SynDen Shark Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. M.A.S.C President M.A.S.C Webmaster

    Images need to be under 3500px x 3500px. If it loading to 100% but not finishing then the image is likely to big and needs to be downsized a bit.
     
    SynDen, Nov 4, 2017
    #13
  14. JoshHill83

    JoshHill83 Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member

    Maybe this time...
     

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    JoshHill83, Nov 5, 2017
    #14
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  15. MuralReef

    MuralReef Shark Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. MASC Vice-President

    Clam is way better than a cleaner wrasse!
     
    MuralReef, Nov 7, 2017
    #15
  16. JoshHill83

    JoshHill83 Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member

    E0E8B653-BDEF-45DD-877A-B8F6D7769A2C.jpeg Finally got the clams back in my main display. Also added some addition T5 lighting to my current set-up to help with growth.
     

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    JoshHill83, Nov 15, 2017
    #16
  17. SkyShark

    SkyShark Tuna Staff Member M.A.S.C Club Member M.A.S.C. B.O.D. B.O.D. Member-at-Large

    Looks great. The tank looks loaded up on snails!
     
    SkyShark, Nov 15, 2017
    #17
  18. BrianH

    BrianH Prawn M.A.S.C Club Member ex-officio

    Great looking tank!
     
    BrianH, Nov 15, 2017
    #18

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