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Will a girdled fairy wrasse play nice with Katherine’s and others ? One of the LFS I go to have them and I have been thinking of getting back one.
 

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Will a girdled fairy wrasse play nice with Katherine’s and others ? One of the LFS I go to have them and I have been thinking of getting back one.
They are pretty peaceful, but also very closely related. Its a risk.
 

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I think my female potters are dead. have not seen them in 10 days or so. The male is doing very well.
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Is Radiant hard to QT? The place i got it from say they never seen them with parasites.... Not sure if that’s true!

I have mine for 2 years now. Mine was picky at first. He is fine now. Make sure the Radiant is eating at the LFS. If not, don’t buy it.
 

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I have mine for 2 years now. Mine was picky at first. He is fine now. Make sure the Radiant is eating at the LFS. If not, don’t buy it.
+1....I tried a Radiant Wrasse from a good LFS I buy my leopards from....it was eatting at the LFS....put him in my tank, no harrassment from my other fish, was doing good....than several weeks later didn't come out of the sand.....after several weeks I knew he was a gonner....I was bummed.... pretty wrasse....I haven't tried one after that....
 

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I am getting locally. All i know now that it should be smaller-2 inches.
 

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Gorgeous! Must feel weird to know you can just dump them in the tank :)

It is a very strange thing after running everything through QT for so long. Not complaining though, it is great to just temp acclimate and release (or put in the acclimation boxes.)
 

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Hey what is a good to reasonable price for a Black fin (Melamargintus) male 4 plus inches?
 

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I have seen them anywhere from 60.00 to 90.00....I am sure a 4 inch or more would be closer to 90.00.....that is just the prices I have seen them in LFS around me.....


This is the fish you are talking about right? It just seem like to nice of a fish to be that cheap. Hahaha

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Gorgeous! Must feel weird to know you can just dump them in the tank :)

It feels exceedingly weird! The first fish I got from Humblefish I kept in a cycled QT for a few days thinking I would need to fatten them up a bit. That was wrong and they have thrived. The second batch I got went straight to the acclimation box and are also thriving in the tank!
 

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