LFS lets me down again, for the third time!(story and question)

[nemo_66]

the first time i ever went to the this LFS, i was treated as if i was a 5 year old who had a 10gallon and i just put table salt in it. thats as simple as it gets. i was 13 at the time, and it really angered me how they treated me as if i knew nothing just because i looked young. thats strike one
well, the next time i go, i have a happy face exited to get a lunare wrasse. i go, find one, and tell this lady to bag it up. she says if i have coral, and i say yes. she said that the lunare will eat it. i found this hard to swallow since i have kept a lunare with corals before, and was ready to take the risk. but, i had no intention to argue so i just said whatever and left. no business for you today LFS. strike two.
well, went to the LFS today with a positive attitude, hoping to get a new anemone and a lunare wrasse(since i was still in search), and maybe even some xenia. well, i go and find an incredible lunare wrasse, and an anemone that looked good. i didnt like the xenia they had in stock. well, i tell the guy to bag up the lunare wrasse, and he does. then, i ask him to get me the anemone, and he says that the lunare will eat it. i found this hard to believe, since i have kept a lunare wrasse in a previous tank before i sold it off. i couldnt even convince the guy to let me buy it. i was practically begging him! im a big risk taker, probably the biggest in the family, so i was ready for the risk. you can even see the niger in my avatar. people said it couldnt be done, but 4 months now and nothing. but no, the guy insisted it would eat it, and i couldnt pass up the luanre, so i took him, and not the anemone. strike three.
so my question is
is it ture that lunares will eat anemones?
and sorry about the long rant. lol

 

[lsu]

No idea about the wrasse/anemone combo but I have to side with your LFS. It is nice to see a store that cares about the animals that they sell, rather than the numerous stores that will sell anything to anyone while knowing the end result will be the animals demise.

 

[aquaknight]

There's really few fish that are capable and more so, willing, to eat a heathly anemone. A large Racoon Butterfly and a small BTA is really the only thing I can see. Sure, some like dogface or trigger, might 'nip' at the anemone, but the intent is not to eat it.
That said, I've (parents tank) had a lunare with a carpet anemone with no problems. I bought a Goldbar wrasse (cousin to a Lunare) and was told the same thing by the LFS, they asked if I had corals and that he'd eat them. My best guess is that they're marked "Non-reef safe" and the LFS assumes that means they eat corals. My Goldbar did fine with a pair of BTA's for the 2 months I had him.

 

[nemo_66]

ok, thanks aquaknight. but i really couldnt get them to sell me the anemone. now, i have to go tomorrow or the next day to get it, and its a real bad inconvieniece, especially with the rising gas prices.

 

[stanlalee]

same thing I said in your other thread asking the same question. Lunare wrasses dont eat corals or anemone's. IF it bit into a coral a crustascean was likely hiding in or around it.

 

[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by Nemo_66
http:///forum/post/2669314
ok, thanks aquaknight. but i really couldnt get them to sell me the anemone. now, i have to go tomorrow or the next day to get it, and its a real bad inconvieniece, especially with the rising gas prices.
Yea, it's surprising of the LFS to do that. If it were me, I probably would have came back with "Okay, I'll just buy the anemone for food then."

 

[nemo_66]

uhg, your right aquaknight, shouldve been like, its okay, if it gets eaten, then it will be a gourmet meal, if it doesnt, it will be a house to my clowns. lol

 

[n8ball2013]

just so you know there is not an invert alive that will last with a lunare wrasse. it is a killing machine.