his a$$ would be grass if he wasn't so darn pretty

[nickyblase]

I put in a really nice fire shrimp yesterday afternoon. Decent sized. Pretty psyched about the new guy.

Not even 2 hours later, I saw him literally chopped in half! At first I thought it might be a really oddly shaped molt. But nope - it really was the front half of his now dead body.

My beautiful, beloved Mystery Wrasse is a murderer!!!!!! I saw him eyeing the shrimp, and darting really quickly at it, but thought nothing of it, because it never occurred to me that he could do such a thing. Then, he was carrying it around in his mouth!

If he weren't so expensive and so pretty, he'd be in big trouble.

Bummer - guess I won't be keeping ornamental shrimp anytime soon.

Anybody think I should pick the shrimp over the wrasse??? JK

 

[naturebatslast]

If you do pick the shrimp over the wrasse, Portland is a wonderful place for wayward fish

 

[vinny]

That was an expensive lunch .

 

[Aquaman_68]

ouch!!! That hurts!!!
I had 5 peps & 2 cleaners in my tank for over three years....All of a sudden they started to disappear....Figured after 3 years in captivity I could chalk it up to old age......So.......Added 5 new peps...they were all gone within a week!!!
Culprit:

6 line!!
Moral:
No ornamental shrimp are safe in a tank with any wrasse!!!

Sorry to hear about your loss...BTW...It's also nice to put a face with ur name!!!
Take care.
B

 

[stingythingy45]

How about a nice big Coral Banded?
Might be entertaining to watch and will cost less.....just kidding.

 

[Mad Cow]

I feel your pain. I had a fire, peppermint and 2 sexy shrimp in my tank before I added a Mystery Wrasse. I actually watched it hunt the sexy shrimp.

 

[ReeferMedic]

Better to have the wrasse hunt the shrimp than the shrimp hunt the wrasse. When I bought my first 5 bar, I watched my six line hunt it down and kill it. There was nothing I could do about it. My $15 dollar fish killed my $180 dollar fish!

 

[JayM]

what a pain in the wrasse! You KNEW that was coming......

 

[Mad Cow]

Better to have the wrasse hunt the shrimp than the shrimp hunt the wrasse. When I bought my first 5 bar, I watched my six line hunt it down and kill it. There was nothing I could do about it. My $15 dollar fish killed my $180 dollar fish!

Thats much worse. I was going to blame you Don because I bought it after seeing yours.

 

[nickyblase]

OMG Don - your sixline will go down in history books, that's for sure.

p.s. If you don't change your avatar, I'm going to photoshop a pic of Terry Francona (to look younger and better looking of course!)

 

[Gina McReeferson]

I think it helps to have the shrimp in the system before adding the mystery. We have 3 fire shrimp and a pair of cleaners in a tank full of wrasse and they have been fine for a very long time now. We tried to add some peppermints a while back, however, and that didn't work out so well for the peppermints. A few managed to find good hiding places where the wrasse couldn't reach them but an unfortunate few became snacks right before our very eyes.

Sorry to hear of your fire shrimp Nicky, that's a shame, they're so gorgeous. Our 3 all hang out together out in the open all day, on the same rock. They're buddies.

 

[nickyblase]

ouch!!! That hurts!!!
I had 5 peps & 2 cleaners in my tank for over three years....All of a sudden they started to disappear....Figured after 3 years in captivity I could chalk it up to old age......So.......Added 5 new peps...they were all gone within a week!!!
Culprit:

6 line!!
Moral:
No ornamental shrimp are safe in a tank with any wrasse!!!

Sorry to hear about your loss...BTW...It's also nice to put a face with ur name!!!
Take care.
B

It's such a funny thing about sixlines - mine is an angel. It could be all about the company it's in though, because I have a couple of Tomatoes that I got from Armando a couple years back, and the female is NASTY!

I think you're right though. I should have known better putting a shrimp in after a wrasse. Doh!

On another note, I am in need of a couple SPS frags! You going to the meeting this month Brian? An acro fell on my purple undata (at least I think it was an undata!), and it ain't lookin' too hot.

 

[Gina McReeferson]

Also, it's a good idea to add the shrimp at night when the fish are asleep. That way there's less of a chance of them being viewed as food.

 

[Aquaman_68]

It's such a funny thing about sixlines - mine is an angel. It could be all about the company it's in though, because I have a couple of Tomatoes that I got from Armando a couple years back, and the female is NASTY!

I think you're right though. I should have known better putting a shrimp in after a wrasse. Doh!

On another note, I am in need of a couple SPS frags! You going to the meeting this month Brian? An acro fell on my purple undata (at least I think it was an undata!), and it ain't lookin' too hot.

Laurie,

My sixline is a slob!! He has cleaned my tank of pods to the point that my manderin had to be administered the royal flush!! (he had the dead stare so I had to Euthenize him) It was very slow...it took 1 year for him to starve!!

The SL is so big on the other hand he doesn't even look like a wrasse!!! more like a tang!!!
On the other note:
I think it was the Grape undata you speak of. I have more, if that is the one...I'll throw one your way ...you've been more than fair w/me!

BTW...I am going to this months meeting...(it's been a while for me & I've been waiting for MP to come speak for a very long time)

If there's other sps that interest you Just shoot me a pm.
B

 

[ReeferMedic]

<<<<---- How's this?

 

[nickyblase]

THAT's AWESOME!!!!

 

[Aquaman_68]

does look like him

 

[nickyblase]

Don, I mean Terry... I have those palys and purple tonga shroom if you want them still - let me know. I'm actually (finally) coming to the next meeting.

Brian - I'll send you a PM of my shopping list.