Anyone have experience in the Leopard wrasse??

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ReeferItIs2

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Just want to see people's thoughts on them...thinking of trying to breed them which I heard is extremely hard trying to breed a saltwater fish...I'm about to Google to see if someone has ever been successful...
 
Why would you want to 'start' with leopard wrasses for a breeding project ?
 
Hahaha ok maybe I am getting ahead of myself...has anyone ever been successful getting the eggs to hatch and rearing a batch of fry??
 
Why don't you try keeping saltwater fish alive for more than a couple years, and then contemplate breeding them?
 
Well make sure you have the right tank for it bud, or else your wasting money and a life. wait at least 6-8 months AFTER the cycle to get one as they eat ALOT of pods and crustaceans. 3"+ sandbed so that it can sleep comfortably and be able to escape without running into the glass and injuring its mouth. DO YOUR RESEARCH!
 
What's a good tank size for just 1...i have a 20 gallon that will be running 7 months tomorrow and I know that's too small...I'm starting a new tank next week, have everything but the tank...what's the smallest they can be in and yes I'm doing alot of research and will wait for the new tank to be fully matured as in lots of copepods and such before i put one in there...
 
ReeferItIs2 said:
What's a good tank size for just 1...i have a 20 gallon that will be running 7 months tomorrow and I know that's too small...I'm starting a new tank next week, have everything but the tank...what's the smallest they can be in and yes I'm doing alot of research and will wait for the new tank to be fully matured as in lots of copepods and such before i put one in there...
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minimum of 50 gallons
 
i also am a breeder of many freshwater fish, i have a pair of black leopards one juvi and one sub adult thats showing signs of male. Dont go all wrasse police on me but I have them in a 20 long lol i wouldn't recommend them in a 20 but i cant say no cuz im doing it keep in mind both less then 2 inch and not much stock, fish wise because of competition. and water changes weekly and pods being added with water changes very pricy in all honesty to keep these fish in a small area. And be ready to upgrade they like to put on size pretty fast ive noticed but to answer the question

i believe all breeding in sw is based on moon cycle. not impossible but challenging. The most challenging part is the planktonic stage these animals go through. most fish dont rip apart food at this size (unlike so many captive bred shrimps do while in this stage). if you look at all the captive bred sw fish, they are fish that go through a very short plankton stage if one at all.

example clownfish, dotty backs and assessors from what i know just like cichlids surface spawner, young with yokes

Mandarins a bit challenging but a 1 month plankton stage. not raising young but getting to good enough condition to breed.

cardinals are mouthbrooders with quite large young.

wrasses ?? all reading says in nature on certain nights they will school together and pair off and do spawning runs that they will climb in the water column upwards to 36 inches (to sum that up polly wont happen or they will try but will stop once they break water surface) common problem in Mandarins too when breeding
 
No prob. at all i like strait forward answers. are you still into cichlids that was my specialty till I got into the reef, now the freshwater has kind of disappeared as quarantine tanks appeared haha
 
Yes i still have all my freshwater tanks running and breeding right now...getting rid of most of cichlids except for a breeding pair tank and a tank that I'm trying to make a pair out of...couple of my other tanks will turn into frag tanks and sumps

haven't updated it in awhile but you can search my YouTube to see my tanks just search adamcichlid
 
Well, Adam, you certinly picked a hard fish to start with.

Looking thru MBI site (Marine Breeding Initiative), there have been no reported successes. In fact Macropharyngodon meleagris is listed as "Class D, Species hardly ever successfully bred in captivity. Typically may have pelagic fry that start as prolarvae."

Translates to hardest of the hard!

Don't want to discourage you but this is a tough one to start with. Of course if you are successful you'll be famous (at least among aquarists, :) ).
 
I would try to breed cardinals if you want something similar to cichlids. They are easy to differentiate the sex of, they are mouth brooders, and the fry are (from what I've heard) relatively easy to raise. I have a few in my frag tank right now that I hope will become a breeding group.

Clownfish are also very easy to breed. I have a breeding pair, but don't bother with raising the fry because I don't have the time.
 
Thanks John yea it seems I have picked an impossible one lol...

Three Money I think I will take your advice and try with the Banggai Cardinal

thanks everyone for all the help
 
Give me a call if you want to chat about the leopards. I've had a female common and a male and female blue star for quite a while. G
 
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