cleaner wrasse question

[BILL & THERESA MEISTE]

Okay, I know that generally cleaner wrasse are not recommended for home aquariums because they starve. However, would a very large, highly populated fish-only tank possibly be able to support one cleaner wrasse? An Aquarium Magazine article said that they eat slime and scales as well as parasites off slimy, scaly fish.

So, in a 300 gallon with 1 pinktail trigger, 1 niger trigger, 1 large crosshatch trigger, 2 puffers, 1 small lionfish, 1 small lunare wrasse, 3 damsels, 1 gold-spotted rabbitfish, 1 large naso tang,1 lemon tang, 1 blue tang, 1 sailfin tang, a small banded moray eel, a Lamarck's angel and a zebra eel... would he have enough to eat?

 

[naesco]

No the cleaner wrasse rarely suvive in any aquarium, expert or newbie and should not be imported or sold .
They should be left doing there good job in the ocean.

 

[BILL & THERESA MEISTE]

We believe that to be true after reading about them. Was just hoping to here that maybe they were not that bad. Definately will not get one. Thanks.
BILL

 

[Cracker]

You have plenty of fish, sure. However, they need parasites and other anomalies to feed off of. In the home aquarium there is little to produce for the food chain they demand.
Good job asking before buying, though.
Whitey

 

[jwtrojan44]

And aside from the above responses, which I whole heartedly agree with, a cleaner wrasse would likely not last long in your tank before it was eaten!

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, there are a lot of predators in that mix. I don't think a cleaner shrimp would survive either. (I think the puffers would find them to be a nice lunch)