Leopard Wrasse Primer

[Pylos]

Does anyone happen to have a photo of a male Macropharyngodon negrosensis? I've seen various photos of what I think it should look like, but all I found is this, which is a bit confusing and a photo would help:

Both the male and the female have a black body color. On the male, the spots are more like "diamond" shapes, in the sense that each scale is outlined in a blue-green coloring. The females are similarly colored, though the spots are closer together as they get closer to the dorsal fin, with colors ranging between yellow to white. The juveniles are the ones with the yellow spots, thus the name Yellowspotted Wrasse. As this fish ages the spots may take on a blue-greenish color with yellow near the the top of the head.

Also, as a side note, does anyone have a photo of a terminal male Macropharyngodon geoffroy?

 

[Korrine]

ooo the geoffroy. I have one coming today!

 

[EMUReef]

welp its a couple months passed my meleagris's 1 year and this will always be my fav fish.

i really can't say why i had success with him.
eats everything and anything. very friendly fish. i'd be devistated if i lost him.

throughout the year i went through 2 potters wrasses.

about 3 weeks ago i ordered a small bipartus through a wholesaler who had awesome shipping and the bipartus was eating frozen within a day.. SCOREEEEE

than just a couple days ago i got another potters... figure why not... i just cant give up.. eating frozen in a day or two, score again!!!!!!

some pics

the meleagris and potters together
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...VI/AAAAAAAAAPI/WJZQQoxLvOQ/s800/102911_14.JPG

potters
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...xI/AAAAAAAAAPA/hDqJATlBbl0/s800/102911_13.JPG

bipartus
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...3I/AAAAAAAAAPY/VES3E09dp9c/s800/102911_16.JPG

figure ill qoute myself.
well meleagris is doing great per usual.
so is the bipartus, eats lil pig.

struck out with the potters... i dunno why i can't keep one of these, he was doing great for a couple weeks than his mouth started to degrade....

i keep telling myself no more potters so im going with a kuiters hopefully this friday.

 

[iamwrasseman]

yes i do for sure but its in a folder with over 1,000 shots so i will have to look for you . will post asap for you

 

[iamwrasseman]

my male

my male

here ya go ,i found it pretty quick .

 

[iamwrasseman]

EMUReef ,nice shots of some awesome specimines , i have an older potters that actually is getting kinda ugly compared to yours . his colors are shifting and fading in spots just like a dragon wrasse that i had that was seven years old . this potters is at least five years and he was big when i got him ,about 5-6 inches .

 

[Pylos]

duplicate

 

[Pylos]

Thanks iamwrasseman that helps a lot. I was pretty sure that the male black leopards had that distinctive green that showed up in your photo.

I'm glad to say that I just added a beautiful black leopard to my 180. She has great yellow coloration on top of her with deep black on the body. I'm now at 5 leopards, just need a kuteri and chaoti to finish off one from each family. I've never even seen either fish for sale at any LFS or on one of the select times I've been up to the LA wholesalers.

 

[iamwrasseman]

quality marine has both of them right now so if you know a retailer that orders through them you can get them real soon .beware that the choati is very delicate and needs a very calm setting along with very ,very stable water paramiters x100 to the millionth squared .

 

[jason2459]

EMUReef ,nice shots of some awesome specimines , i have an older potters that actually is getting kinda ugly compared to yours . his colors are shifting and fading in spots just like a dragon wrasse that i had that was seven years old . this potters is at least five years and he was big when i got him ,about 5-6 inches .

I would love to see recent pictures of your potters. Don't think there's one posted in this thread yet?

 

[jason2459]

I've been through the thread a couple times now and have seen many people maintaining multiple different species but just want to ask this again for some reassurance or maybe I have something wrong here. I currently have a 180g and ready to feed anything and everything.

I would love to have one of each of the following.
M. geoffroyi (definite)
M. bipartitus (definite)
M. kuiteri
M. negrosensis
M. meleagris

They would be housed with
Yellow watchman goby w/ tiger pistol shrimp
false perc. clown
starry blenny
kauderni cardinal pair
shark nose goby
magnificent foxface

(will also possibly be getting)
ignitus anthias trio
lyretail anthias trio
tomini tang

 

[BeanMachine]

I've been through the thread a couple times now and have seen many people maintaining multiple different species but just want to ask this again for some reassurance or maybe I have something wrong here. I currently have a 180g and ready to feed anything and everything.

I would love to have one of each of the following.
M. geoffroyi (definite)
M. bipartitus (definite)
M. kuiteri
M. negrosensis
M. meleagris

They would be housed with
Yellow watchman goby w/ tiger pistol shrimp
false perc. clown
starry blenny
kauderni cardinal pair
shark nose goby
magnificent foxface

(will also possibly be getting)
ignitus anthias trio
lyretail anthias trio
tomini tang

I have a meleagris, geoffroyi, and negrosensis together in the same tank... also have a watchman goby, clowns, HAD a foxface (that I traded for a different reason), and some of those gobys... you shouldn't have a problem mixing those fish.

Anthias are a little aggressive sometimes...

 

[BeanMachine]

quality marine has both of them right now so if you know a retailer that orders through them you can get them real soon .beware that the choati is very delicate and needs a very calm setting along with very ,very stable water paramiters x100 to the millionth squared .

Ya I lost mine in days and have had great luck with the other species... I don't think water quality was my issue... mainly aggression from the male Meleagris and having a rather busy tank. Sucks, someday I'll try again but not in this tank.

 

[iamwrasseman]

i will have to look around and see if i can find a shot of him .here is one ,its a bit overexposed but its the best that i have that is current . he is a beast nearing 6" long .

 

[BL1]

Has anyone else experienced aggression, between Leopards in tanks with multiple species?

I've had a male bipartitus, male ornate, and female meleagris all in a 75g tank together for 6-7 months now. And just yesterday the bipartitus is going crazy on the female. Any time he sees her he chases her around the tank. I obviously don't want it to stress and kill my wrasse but, I'd like to keep them all together if possible.

Anyone have any suggestions other then changing up my rockwork?

 

[iamwrasseman]

change the tank ? it really does help with new aquascape
i have had most of them together in multiples and have had no issues but you do have to do it wisely

 

[BL1]

Unfortunately, even if I change up the rocks a little I need to keep it the same structure-wise in order to keep it visible from 3 sides. So I'm not sure if it will do anything.

 

[bradleyj]

I haven't experienced any aggression between my Leopards.

 

[El richie]

My potters gets along with my chaoti and black leopard but I've added a blue star, and African leopard and my potters won't have anything to do with them

 

[jason2459]

Very beautiful potters iamwrasseman.


Thanks for the input guys. So, best bet is to try and introduce them as soon as possible if not all at the same time? Don't think the later will be possible as I have to depend on availability. I have a new LFS that has a nice source for these when their source has them. lol