leopard or potters?

[cephlopus]

Does anyone know if there is a difference in care between a leopard wrasse and potters wrasse if so whats the difference? and which one would you get?

 

[Bret61081]

Ive been looking for a nice leopard wrasse for a while. I was told the only ones that do well in captivity are from Africa so thats what Ive been waiting for. They are a little more $(usually around 30-50) but they adapt pretty well to the aquarium...

 

[jda]

Potters is a kind of leopard wrasse.

I have 2 potters and 1 gunea fowl.

They are all very hardy once adapted to captive live. They ship poorly and oftentimes come in damaged. The need a nice sand bed to sleep in. They will need pods and other microfauna to feed on while they adapt to captive foods. My potters took to mysis, pellets and flake in less than a week. My gunea fowl is on mysis, but will only hesitantly eat flake/pellets after several months - it will take several more months before it eats dry food well.

They cannot be harassed. They are peaceful and might not make it 24 hours if they are chased by another fish. 6-lines are a no-no.

They are constantly on the move, so they might not be a good fit for a 15G tank. They always have full bellies and eat/pick constantly. They grow fast. I imagine that a healty leopard could destroy all of the pods in 15G tank in a day or two. They also eat baby snails, worms, etc.

Here is a good article on them:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/hcs3/index.php

 

[COreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7474992#post7474992 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bret61081
Ive been looking for a nice leopard wrasse for a while. I was told the only ones that do well in captivity are from Africa so thats what Ive been waiting for. They are a little more $(usually around 30-50) but they adapt pretty well to the aquarium...

Actually the ones from Africa are potentially the most difficult to keep...