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atzak
03/14/2006, 02:28 PM
Has anybody had first hand experience keeping a bird wrasse with clams? I'm looking at a beautiful wrasse, so looking for opinions.
mbbuna
03/14/2006, 03:44 PM
dosent sound like a good idea
Bird Wrasse inhabit lagoons and coral-rich reef areas. It is often seen in small groups or singly. The snout is used to probe the coral for prey, primarily crustaceans, brittle stars, molluscs and small fishes.
Australian Museum Fish Collection.
pondfrog
03/14/2006, 05:49 PM
Considering the same, I can put up with no shrimp in my tank, but has anyone any first hand experience with these guys and clams?
dppitone
03/14/2006, 10:38 PM
I had 5 bird wrasse together and by themselves (two males and three females) in a 150 gallon a couple of years ago and I put in a couple of smaller croceas - 4" or so - and within one day the wrasse started flipping them over and picking at their feet to chew them up. So I pulled the clams out. So in my experience the answer is that in small and medium sized tanks like less than 400 gallons, its a definite no. I love the bird wrasse. Especially the large males.
atzak
03/15/2006, 08:57 PM
I didn't see dppitones post before I picked it up today. SO far so good, we'll see
critterkeeper
03/18/2006, 12:59 AM
Bad combination. I'd say you can expect the worst, although every fish can have its own "personality" and it just might be okay. Maybe...
atzak
03/19/2006, 07:57 PM
so far so good
atzak
03/20/2006, 08:59 PM
here he is ignoring a crocea
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/atzak/DSC_0575.jpg
We'll see what happens in the long run
mbbuna
03/20/2006, 11:38 PM
looks like hes eyeballing it to me
atzak
06/15/2006, 08:03 PM
update, after 3 months, all is good. He's never even looked twice at my clams, my acro crabs are another story, but I expected that
mbbuna
06/15/2006, 09:11 PM
thats great! i hope your luck stays the same
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