MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
Hi all,
I brought home two female leopard wrasses (meleagris) a few months ago. They were both eating well at the store, and ate well when I brought them home (rotating between mysis, Spectrum pellets, Formula One pellets, and blended raw seafood/algae). They went through a QT with hyposalinity treatment for ich as well as a PraziPro treatment. While in QT, one starting changing into a male.
They have been in the main display tank (150g) for a few weeks now, and have fattened up quite nicely. The "male" has almost completed the transition. Yesterday, the female disappeared. I'm completely stumped as to why. There is a canopy on the tank, and she's not in the overflow, filter sock, or the sump. She was fat and healthy the last time I saw her. Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are all 0.
Any ideas? The "male" wasn't picking on her, and there is nothing else in the tank (except a few hermit crabs, snails, corals, and a pair of harlequin shrimp.) Do they tend to hide for days even after they've been acclimated to a system?
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I brought home two female leopard wrasses (meleagris) a few months ago. They were both eating well at the store, and ate well when I brought them home (rotating between mysis, Spectrum pellets, Formula One pellets, and blended raw seafood/algae). They went through a QT with hyposalinity treatment for ich as well as a PraziPro treatment. While in QT, one starting changing into a male.
They have been in the main display tank (150g) for a few weeks now, and have fattened up quite nicely. The "male" has almost completed the transition. Yesterday, the female disappeared. I'm completely stumped as to why. There is a canopy on the tank, and she's not in the overflow, filter sock, or the sump. She was fat and healthy the last time I saw her. Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are all 0.
Any ideas? The "male" wasn't picking on her, and there is nothing else in the tank (except a few hermit crabs, snails, corals, and a pair of harlequin shrimp.) Do they tend to hide for days even after they've been acclimated to a system?
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