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Post by ReefJunkie on Nov 11, 2013 15:52:42 GMT -5
Picked up a nice one today. Drip acclimated for an hr. Shut the lights off and let him go. Hovered on the rock work at the top of the tank, my angel tried beating him up a bit. So before I know it he swam into the opening of my pistol shrimp and watchman den. Moved one of the rocks and then he was gone. I think he swam under the rock work into the den even further. Hoping he comes out of this alive. If not, big waste of money today :/
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stephen
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Post by stephen on Nov 11, 2013 16:00:53 GMT -5
I definitely feel your pain. It happens to the best of us. I once added a cleaner wrasse to a large aquarium about 1000gals and soon as I added it a puffer fish eat it. It was in the tank for 20sec max
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Post by ReefJunkie on Nov 11, 2013 16:02:46 GMT -5
It's a risk we all take at some point I suppose  |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 12, 2013 6:29:59 GMT -5
I feel your pain I got a flasher wrasse for 50$ when I first set up my tank and the second I put it in my tank my trigger I used to have bit a hole in its head! literally it had barely hit the water! And the trigger had never done anything like that before that so I was kinda surprised in a bad way.
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Post by ReefJunkie on Nov 12, 2013 8:45:24 GMT -5
Well I came home up to two good sights this am. Wrasse is alive just hiding out in a completely different part of the tank, yay!
And I was standing there when my lights popped on and there were more pods on the glass than I could ever count. I knew my mandarin was eating and healthy, but now know there is good supply for him in addition to frozen food! Turns out to be a good day.
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Post by moulton712 on Nov 12, 2013 16:06:03 GMT -5
i bought McCosker's Flasher Wrasse a couple of weeks ago. it just likes to hide. hes still shy. when i feed frozen with garlic it comes out to eat.
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Post by ReefJunkie on Nov 12, 2013 20:29:20 GMT -5
Mine came out for a little bit with the lights off, but when I switched them on he went back to hiding. He wasn't very shy at the store so hopefully he will come around. My little angel doesn't help him feel at home though
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Post by Lance on Nov 13, 2013 10:28:23 GMT -5
Triggers, Puffers, and Boxfish are all prone to 'tasting' new arrivals.
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Post by doverdoug on Nov 19, 2013 21:22:08 GMT -5
Triggers, Puffers, and Boxfish are all prone to 'tasting' new arrivals. As are lionfish my banded shrimp lasted about 10 seconds after I put him in. It was cool though he sucked him in tail first so his digestive tract had no problem. That was a long time ago. |
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