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OH NO... Bought a Red Coris Wrasse

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i think i'm in deep sh*t...

was sealife today... bought a yellow head goby and a RED CORIS WRASSE... asked the auntie there before if its reef compatible, peaceful together with a diadema dottyback and the goby and eats frozen preparation... she says yes to all

but when i search websites.. it seems that it is an aggresive fish.. cannot be kept with inverts... not reef compatible... destructive... and worst thing is... they are EXPERT ONLY fish...

should haf done my homework more thoroughly..

think i would haf to let go.. any one wanna adopt.. altho at this moment.. the wrasse and the goby remains invinsible.. the wrasse is somewhere under the sand.. the goby i dunno...

i really dun mind giving it away... no choice it seems.. any takers?

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It is Ok to keep a coris. They are not that bad......just cannot be kept together with tube worms and shrimps.

They are easy to keep and eat almost anything. They are not aggressive but they are very fast so any slow feeders in the tank will suffer.

If you don't have tube worms and shrimps, why not keep the fish.

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this is a food hog...eats like a pig.....we had 2 of this once......the more docile and slower fishes will have to buck up to compete for food...

I dun like it stiring up a storm in my sandbed as well :lol:

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i think i'm in deep sh*t...

was sealife today... bought a yellow head goby and a RED CORIS WRASSE... asked the auntie there before if its reef compatible, peaceful together with a diadema dottyback and the goby and eats frozen preparation... she says yes to all

but when i search websites.. it seems that it is an aggresive fish.. cannot be kept with inverts... not reef compatible... destructive... and worst thing is... they are EXPERT ONLY fish...

should haf done my homework more thoroughly..

think i would haf to let go.. any one wanna adopt.. altho at this moment.. the wrasse and the goby remains invinsible.. the wrasse is somewhere under the sand.. the goby i dunno...

i really dun mind giving it away... no choice it seems.. any takers?

P.S. they grow big.

Another reason why LFS advice should always be taken with a pinch of salt.

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i think i'm in deep sh*t...

was sealife today... bought a yellow head goby and a RED CORIS WRASSE... asked the auntie there before if its reef compatible, peaceful together with a diadema dottyback and the goby and eats frozen preparation... she says yes to all

but when i search websites.. it seems that it is an aggresive fish.. cannot be kept with inverts... not reef compatible... destructive... and worst thing is... they are EXPERT ONLY fish...

should haf done my homework more thoroughly..

think i would haf to let go.. any one wanna adopt.. altho at this moment.. the wrasse and the goby remains invinsible.. the wrasse is somewhere under the sand.. the goby i dunno...

i really dun mind giving it away... no choice it seems.. any takers?

Bascially maybe it is rated as hard to keep fish in website is due to the fact that when they are added into the tank, they will go into a very deep state of shock and will die easily if no care are taken.......



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managed to return the fish to the lfs... woke up suddenly this morning juz to look at the tank.. saw the fella swimming ard... so i quitely put a net in with the lights of dawn shining thru the window... my heart was gonna jump out thru my mouth i tell u... had to remove all life rocks and corals to catch the dottyback the last time...

got a algae blenny instead... still keeping the dottyback in a betta barrack to allow time for the blenny to acclimatise... poor dottyback...

anyways.. thnx for the advice guys...

the wrasse was a fine looking fish tho... kinda sad...

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managed to return the fish to the lfs... woke up suddenly this morning juz to look at the tank.. saw the fella swimming ard... so i quitely put a net in with the lights of dawn shining thru the window... my heart was gonna jump out thru my mouth i tell u... had to remove all life rocks and corals to catch the dottyback the last time...

got a algae blenny instead... still keeping the dottyback in a betta barrack to allow time for the blenny to acclimatise... poor dottyback...

anyways.. thnx for the advice guys...

the wrasse was a fine looking fish tho... kinda sad...

How big is your tank and is it infested with algae if not or your tank is small suggest you pass the blenny to someone with big tank



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How big is your tank and is it infested with algae if not or your tank is small suggest you pass the blenny to someone with big tank

was worried bout this even when i first started cycling my tank... its 2ft.. and less than 2 months old... but if it likes diatoms... then it can owez be assured of sumptous suppers...

but seriously.. what kinda algae are we talking bout here.. some of the liverocks sitll haf weed looking algae on them.. are the green types of algae the only ones that the blenny will eat?

trust pretty aunty in lfs now regret aready

heheh

eheheh... bet rocker dude had some experiences himself leh... ehem... but din noe lfs aunty can also be called pretty aunty... hmmm... if only i was 20 yrs older... or a heavy metal rocker...

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managed to return the fish to the lfs... woke up suddenly this morning juz to look at the tank.. saw the fella swimming ard... so i quitely put a net in with the lights of dawn shining thru the window... my heart was gonna jump out thru my mouth i tell u... had to remove all life rocks and corals to catch the dottyback the last time...

got a algae blenny instead... still keeping the dottyback in a betta barrack to allow time for the blenny to acclimatise... poor dottyback...

anyways.. thnx for the advice guys...

the wrasse was a fine looking fish tho... kinda sad...

I would give the dottyback back to the LFS...an evil dottyback will always be evil. :evil:

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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I suggest you bring it back to the LFS and get it exchanged... you may have spoken to the same Auntie who told me that filefish are reef safe :huh: I was sceptical and good thing I didn't get it on impulse. Researched and it turned out that file fish are not reef safe.

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