Mystery Wrasse
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That seems like a crazy low price to me, compared to what I've seen in the past. Does the site list the size of the fish at purchase? I've noticed a lot of sites sell cheaper than LFS's, but you get a much smaller specimen than you would from the LFS. Plus, you have to factor in the cost of the shipping, and some sites have minimum orders and stuff.
Agreed. If I'm going to pay that much for a fish, I'd rather not buy it sight unseen.
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Sweet, thats less than online + shipping.
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Thats cheap.
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There are a bunch of prettier wrasses that aren't as territorial.
I have had one for 3 years.....never ate a shrimp or crab.....never harassed a fish......
they are the best looking wrasse, period....and if you find on like Tim has it priced, I would be bee-lining straight over there...
I paid cheapest $135 and up to $200 for the ones I have had
they are the best looking wrasse, period....and if you find on like Tim has it priced, I would be bee-lining straight over there...
I paid cheapest $135 and up to $200 for the ones I have had
I have had MANY mystery wrasses....in fact over my my aquatic lifetime. I have had 4 of these fish.....and have been in 2 of my 3 tanks.... OK maybe not quite 3 years...but so the F what? So I am not allowed to have more than one? Yep I wanted yours..It been a while.
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lol. +1 mvm.
Anyways, the invert eating isn't much of a concern for me either as I don't care for shrimp/hermits anyways as they're always stealing food from my LPS... grrr. I've got 16 wrasses in my tank and quite a few of them are not "invert safe"... yet sadly they still leave the theiving crustaceans alone :sad:.
The problem though with the mystery wrasse and most of the wrasses in that genus is that once they reach full maturity they become very territorial and aggressive against conspecifics. It takes some time for them to get to that stage so clearly some people just may not be able to keep their fish alive long enough to witness that and report on it. Rest assured though if you can keep it alive long enough you may one day want to kill it yourself
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Keep in mind the fish is just doing what's natural to it... staking a claim to an area and keeping it free from competition. It's not a bad fish and it is quite striking but there are prettier imo that don't have its long term issues.
Anyways, the invert eating isn't much of a concern for me either as I don't care for shrimp/hermits anyways as they're always stealing food from my LPS... grrr. I've got 16 wrasses in my tank and quite a few of them are not "invert safe"... yet sadly they still leave the theiving crustaceans alone :sad:.
The problem though with the mystery wrasse and most of the wrasses in that genus is that once they reach full maturity they become very territorial and aggressive against conspecifics. It takes some time for them to get to that stage so clearly some people just may not be able to keep their fish alive long enough to witness that and report on it. Rest assured though if you can keep it alive long enough you may one day want to kill it yourself
.Keep in mind the fish is just doing what's natural to it... staking a claim to an area and keeping it free from competition. It's not a bad fish and it is quite striking but there are prettier imo that don't have its long term issues.
