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[Nate Chalk]

Oh boy. Watch the video in this post. Tell me if the look the same.

Amphipods Eating Palys/Zoas

I've made a few threads about my suffering paly and zoa colonies. After returning home from a short vacation, I noticed my Sunny D palys had a spot that appeared to be eaten away. My first thought was my hermits went rogue. I decided to inspect at night time, here is what I found. I've invested...

www.reef2reef.com

Mine is taken at night, his during day. Wow. Very similar behavior. Eating off of and irritating. So I need more wrasse?

 

[Nate Chalk]

Halichoeres and Anampses are mostly diurnal but they can sometimes readily be hunting at night, definitely hunting these amphipods as it’s a great opportunity for food. There isn’t a specific one though, but chrysus and leucoxanthus for halichoeres and meleagrides for anampses are good choices for the nocturnal hunting IME. I also want to point out that since Macropharyngodons are skittish and will be active when lights go out especially in the first few days of addition these are also good candidates.

So my single red coris baby isnt enough to knock these guys down.... I need some heavier fire power....

Can have both chrysus and leucoxanthus? with my red coris?

 

[Goaway]

Mine is taken at night, his during day. Wow. Very similar behavior. Eating off of and irritating. So I need more wrasse?

You just aren't having luck. Get them wrasse @Petcrazyson listed some nice choices. I know my leucoxanthus and chrysus have torn up my pod/flatworm population. They're my A-team.

 

[Petcrazyson]

So my single red coris baby isnt enough to knock these guys down.... I need some heavier fire power....

Other than just wrasse as options, dragonets (though don’t think they‘d pack the punch you’d need) will hunt amphipods at night.

Another strong wrasse choice would be melasmapomus

 

[Nate Chalk]

You just aren't having luck. Get them wrasse @Petcrazyson listed some nice choices. I know my leucoxanthus and chrysus have torn up my pod/flatworm population. They're my A-team.

Is there an online vendor you'd trust to order? My LFS rarely has, and the closest place is maybe 2.5 hours and they may not have them... Never ordered a fish :S

 

[Goaway]

So my single red coris baby isnt enough to knock these guys down.... I need some heavier fire power....

Can have both chrysus and leucoxanthus? with my red coris?

Coris is still young and shouldn't have an attitude about the other 2. I guess you just can't know. Unless you really have her personality pegged.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Other than just wrasse as options, dragonets (though don’t think they‘d pack the punch you’d need) will hunt amphipods at night.

Another strong wrasse choice would be melasmapomus

All of these you listed are absolutely beautiful fish.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Coris is still young and shouldn't have an attitude about the other 2. I guess you just can't know. Unless you really have her personality pegged.

She/He's super chill.

 

[Goaway]

Is there an online vendor you'd trust to order? My LFS rarely has, and the closest place is maybe 2.5 hours and they may not have them... Never ordered a fish :S

Saltyunderground, but they havent had any nice wrasse in months.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Oh boy. Watch the video in this post. Tell me if the look the same.

Amphipods Eating Palys/Zoas

I've made a few threads about my suffering paly and zoa colonies. After returning home from a short vacation, I noticed my Sunny D palys had a spot that appeared to be eaten away. My first thought was my hermits went rogue. I decided to inspect at night time, here is what I found. I've invested...

www.reef2reef.com

lol... the music was a little over the top.

 

[Goaway]

lol... the music was a little over the top.

I never have my sound on. Will have to give a listen when wveryones awake. No, no earbuds

 

[Goaway]

She/He's super chill.

I really like to try to understand my fish and predict their response to new additions. So far, I'm pretty good. I just never expected my leu to go flirting with the chrysus. I should have recorded it.

 

[Nate Chalk]

I never have my sound on. Will have to give a listen when wveryones awake. No, no earbuds

Its like a horror movie... honestly 6 months of growth and they are being eaten by bugs...

 

[Goaway]

Its like a horror movie... honestly 6 months of growth and they are being eaten by bugs...

I hear you. You have to be insane to run a reef. We see things..

 

[Petcrazyson]

Is there an online vendor you'd trust to order? My LFS rarely has, and the closest place is maybe 2.5 hours and they may not have them... Never ordered a fish :S

A place where I’d trust to order wrasse from would be MarineCollectors but they are very pricey for my liking, cuz I know you can get them for a fraction of the price,

Dr Reef…..but I don’t trust his wrasse handling very well……

See the thing with wrasse, is they are very delicate shippers, so you’ve got to be overly cautious when ordering even from a trusted supplier. Its a big balancing issue with wrasse prices and shipping chances.

@SaltyT do you know of some good places to ship for wrasse?

 

[Petcrazyson]

We see things..

Too many things….

 

[Projects with Sam]

Its like a horror movie... honestly 6 months of growth and they are being eaten by bugs...

like all my sunflowers last year... they'd get to about a 1' tall then I'd find the stalk bit in 1/2...
turned out to be rolly polies of all bugs...

 

[Nate Chalk]

A place where I’d trust to order wrasse from would be MarineCollectors but they are very pricey for my liking, cuz I know you can get them for a fraction of the price,

Dr Reef…..but I don’t trust his wrasse handling very well……

See the thing with wrasse, is they are very delicate shippers, so you’ve got to be overly cautious when ordering even from a trusted supplier. Its a big balancing issue with wrasse prices and shipping chances.

@SaltyT do you know of some good places to ship for wrasse?

Yeah woah marine collectors is super expensive.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Its like a horror movie... honestly 6 months of growth and they are being eaten by bugs...

Any petco near you? they'll order for you and you wont have to pay shipping.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Any petco near you? they'll order for you and you wont have to pay shipping.

and I just found out for $10 a month you get 20% off fishy stuff...and a $5 coupon.