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Gseclipse02
Sun, 3rd May 2009, 07:03 PM
any one ever had this problem ??? i took the wrasse out and gave it to a friend but yea what should i do for the torch to make it better ??? my water checked out fine ( sorry i don't know the parameters) i had my water checked at awana pets (thanks)

hobogato
Sun, 3rd May 2009, 07:58 PM
yep, a yellow tail cleaner wrasse is only a cleaner as a young fish. as you found out, they feed exclusively on lps and sps as adults. now that you have removed the fish, the torch will likely recover if it wasnt too damaged.

Gseclipse02
Sun, 3rd May 2009, 08:09 PM
yep, a yellow tail cleaner wrasse is only a cleaner as a young fish. as you found out, they feed exclusively on lps and sps as adults. now that you have removed the fish, the torch will likely recover if it wasnt too damaged.


WOW !!!!!! im so mad

saltwater fish doesn't say anything about them doing this and that's what i based it on!!!


http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=2866&parent_category=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4


i hope i didn't loose them all ... about 8-9 heads worth im so mad right now

Kristy
Sun, 3rd May 2009, 08:18 PM
Yeah, we learned this lesson the hard way ourselves. That favia still is not completely recovered. Guess you missed this thread:
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47067&highlight=cleaner

Gseclipse02
Sun, 3rd May 2009, 08:47 PM
Yeah, we learned this lesson the hard way ourselves. That favia still is not completely recovered. Guess you missed this thread:
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47067&highlight=cleaner




i had just become a member a month before this thread and that was my bday week so i didn't see it ...