SHOmuchFUN
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Gary, it's an honor getting a response from you, so thank you!
This was my premonition as well and thus the reason for me going with ORA Peppermint Shrimp instead of the Berghia's.
Leopard Wrasse Primer
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This was my premonition as well and thus the reason for me going with ORA Peppermint Shrimp instead of the Berghia's.
ento-reefer
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My leopards
My leopards
I have been following this thread for a while now and finally have some photos to add.
I have had my female bipartitus for about a month and the choati since yesterday. Both came from Blue Zoo Aquatics.
My leopards
I have been following this thread for a while now and finally have some photos to add.
I have had my female bipartitus for about a month and the choati since yesterday. Both came from Blue Zoo Aquatics.
iamwrasseman
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awesome fish you have there !the choati leopard finally came out , what a treat to see !dont worry if it goes to bed early mine have been on kinda short days for the first three weeks and now they are out for most of the 10 hour day .keep up the good work miss and pop a couple more pictures when you get a moment .
ento-reefer
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Thanks Dave. I posted a few more in the wrasse compatibility thread that I started a few days ago. I will start posting updates here. Do you know how to sex the choati? Mine was out for about 5 hours today and ate both frozen mysis and live tiger pods with gusto. There hasn't been any problems with agression from the other fish so I am very pleased.
Thanks for talking me into getting the choati!
Ellen
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I have 5 leopard wrasses in my 295 gallon tank. I have a potters, melegaris, ornate, niger and now a kuiter. I have never seen the kuiter before so I thought I would post a pic of it. All of my leopards eat frozen ferociously.
ento-reefer
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14706591#post14706591 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by extinguishfire
I have 5 leopard wrasses in my 295 gallon tank. I have a potters, melegaris, ornate, niger and now a kuiter. I have never seen the kuiter before so I thought I would post a pic of it. All of my leopards eat frozen ferociously.
Wow! Awesome fish extinguishfure. I have never seen that species of leopard before.
iamwrasseman
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yup the kuiter is one i have never been able to get my hands on ,i have seen clips on them but not one for sale . thanks for the picture , beautiful specimine !
extinguishfire
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My LFS had two of them. Both of them were eating and the one I picked up was being dominant to the other. They were in the same tank.
iamwrasseman
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used to live in dallas but its a bit far away right now ,do you know if they ship livestock ?i really miss the blazing dallas days wow what heat ! i really enjoyed going from fish store to fish store each sunday and spending a portion of my paycheck but that was back when we "rented "fish ,ya know back when undergravel filters were the new wave or the future . i would appreciate if you could let me know if they ship ,or a phone number
thanks Dave
thanks Dave
There have already been a number of good accounts of success, but I will add my experience.
I have a female meleagris which has been thriving in my tank for 14 months. This has been my only attempt at leopard wrasses. I believe the key to my success has been careful planning and patience. I knew I wanted to keep this fish well before the tank was established and I wanted to ensure success.
My tank is a 180 with refugium. There is a 2'' sand bed in the display and 6'' DSB in the fuge. I seeded the display with Kaelini live rock and my fuge with the same plus an assortment of organisms from Inland Aquatics. I did not experience a major nutrient spike due to the high quality of the rock I used. Next, I allowed the tank to mature for six months before adding any fish or coral. During this time, I used the algael succession as a gauge of system maturity. By the time coraline aglae predominated the system was crawling with a great quantity and diversity of tiny animals. My meleagris was introduced into this environment as the tank's first piscine inhabitant.
I acquired the meleagris at about 2.5'' from a not-so-great LFS. She was in a rather bare holding tank and was not eating. I did not QT. I performed a 1.5 hour drip acclimation. Initially, the fish disappeared into the sand and was not seen for 4 days. After she emerged I soon saw her actively feeding on the live rock. I began offering frozen mysis and cyclopeeze every third day, which she took to on the second attempt. It has been smooth sailing ever since. Now at 14 months, she has grown over an inch and has become rather fat. She displayed aggression toward a mystery wrasse I introduced subsequently, but they eventually learned to live together, albeit usually on opposite sides of the tank. Unfortunately, I lost the mystery wrasse do to jumping, but I have since installed some fine bird netting over the tank.
The meleagris now eagerly takes small pellet food, which is given 3 times daily.
My method my be a bit extreme, but like I said, I wanted to do everything I could to ensure success. The important components are probably a mature system, a refugium, a sandbed, timely introduction of appropriate foods, absence of aggression from other fish, a healthy specimen, and a patient aquarist. Hope this helps.
Kris
I have a female meleagris which has been thriving in my tank for 14 months. This has been my only attempt at leopard wrasses. I believe the key to my success has been careful planning and patience. I knew I wanted to keep this fish well before the tank was established and I wanted to ensure success.
My tank is a 180 with refugium. There is a 2'' sand bed in the display and 6'' DSB in the fuge. I seeded the display with Kaelini live rock and my fuge with the same plus an assortment of organisms from Inland Aquatics. I did not experience a major nutrient spike due to the high quality of the rock I used. Next, I allowed the tank to mature for six months before adding any fish or coral. During this time, I used the algael succession as a gauge of system maturity. By the time coraline aglae predominated the system was crawling with a great quantity and diversity of tiny animals. My meleagris was introduced into this environment as the tank's first piscine inhabitant.
I acquired the meleagris at about 2.5'' from a not-so-great LFS. She was in a rather bare holding tank and was not eating. I did not QT. I performed a 1.5 hour drip acclimation. Initially, the fish disappeared into the sand and was not seen for 4 days. After she emerged I soon saw her actively feeding on the live rock. I began offering frozen mysis and cyclopeeze every third day, which she took to on the second attempt. It has been smooth sailing ever since. Now at 14 months, she has grown over an inch and has become rather fat. She displayed aggression toward a mystery wrasse I introduced subsequently, but they eventually learned to live together, albeit usually on opposite sides of the tank. Unfortunately, I lost the mystery wrasse do to jumping, but I have since installed some fine bird netting over the tank.
The meleagris now eagerly takes small pellet food, which is given 3 times daily.
My method my be a bit extreme, but like I said, I wanted to do everything I could to ensure success. The important components are probably a mature system, a refugium, a sandbed, timely introduction of appropriate foods, absence of aggression from other fish, a healthy specimen, and a patient aquarist. Hope this helps.
Kris
I didn't read all the post here but I would like to know if anyone has had success with a leopard wrasse in a barebottom tank. If anyone has please let me know.
I pulled the trigger on an African Leopard Wrasse last Monday. He is eating really good from the get go. I feed him frozen brine shrimp and pellets and he loves them.
The only problem I have is that I have a BB tank and I hope he makes it. Here is a picture of my beautiful fish
I pulled the trigger on an African Leopard Wrasse last Monday. He is eating really good from the get go. I feed him frozen brine shrimp and pellets and he loves them.
The only problem I have is that I have a BB tank and I hope he makes it. Here is a picture of my beautiful fish
ento-reefer
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14754290#post14754290 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GUILLO1
I didn't read all the post here but I would like to know if anyone has had success with a leopard wrasse in a barebottom tank. If anyone has please let me know.
I pulled the trigger on an African Leopard Wrasse last Monday. He is eating really good from the get go. I feed him frozen brine shrimp and pellets and he loves them.
The only problem I have is that I have a BB tank and I hope he makes it. Here is a picture of my beautiful fish
They need sand to burrow in at night so I don't think a leopard wrasse will do well in a BB tank. You could put some sand in a tupperware container for it. I have never tried this myself, but I have read of some people having success doing it this way.
iamwrasseman
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yes you need to get some gravel on the bottom and certainly a turrerware container will do . i would expect that some will get swooshed out of it but you will get that on the big jobs . wrasse looks great though !
looks like my African Leopard found his little home. Here is a picture of the piece of pvc with a 90 degree elbow filled with sand.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14754290#post14754290 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GUILLO1
I didn't read all the post here but I would like to know if anyone has had success with a leopard wrasse in a barebottom tank. If anyone has please let me know.
I pulled the trigger on an African Leopard Wrasse last Monday. He is eating really good from the get go. I feed him frozen brine shrimp and pellets and he loves them.
The only problem I have is that I have a BB tank and I hope he makes it. Here is a picture of my beautiful fish
iamwrasseman
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cool but he might be a bit more at ease if his bed was a little larger
iamwrasseman
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i was trying to be nice but yes she needs a king size bed not a cot !
gflat65
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Ditto on the spare bedroom for the female bipartitus. My fbvorite tank in the world (Kermit's Reef in Memphis) used to or still does have a BB, but he added a number of containers for his 45 or so wrasses that slept in the sand. I know he replaced the glass, but I'm not sure if he kept it BB when he did so. He had the wrasses and anthias in the BB for a good while, though, with no issues. I'd love a tank full of wrasses like that one...
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