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cleaner apisto
Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
> Ouch! That hurts. A. sp. São Gabriel Lyretail has just been reported to be a cleaner fish
> like some marine shrimps and blennies. I would love to see them in action. Koslowski now
> calls them A. sp. Putzer (Cleaner).
Mike,
Discoveries like that can make you think. For example, I had a group of these fish for over a
year. They grew to be very beautiful, with high dorsals and red caudals on the males. Due to
their rarity, I tried hard to breed them, unsuccessfully. They were always in large tanks, in
which they were the largest fish.
I assume that for cleaning, they'd need a relationship with larger species. Keeping them
'traditionally', I never saw anything but ordinary Apisto behavior. It makes me think about
how many wonders with miss, keeping small samples under unnatural conditions.I'd wager that a
few of the species we keep would surprise us if we gave them a chance.
-Gary
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