Leopard Wrasse Primer

[albano]

Mine changed after about 6 months with 2 other smaller leopards in the same tank. I think it was approaching the 4" mark when it changed. About 90% of the change was literally over night.

Just had the same thing happen with my Blue Star Leopard...total change didn't seem to take 2 days!

 

[Jstn]

Wow, exciting; I cant wait to get these guys in my main display. They are eating mysis, ova and cyclops; are there any tricks to getting them to accept pellets (DT has an AFS auto-feeder)?

 

[jason2459]

I had no issues getting all mine to start eating NLS pellets. I'd just mix it into the meaty foods and they would start eating it too.

 

[triggreef]

Yeah all mine eat pellets in the display but they did not start eating pellets until they were seeing all the other fish go crazy for pellets and they learned. Took a while though.

I have a potters in qt now that is eating pods like crazy but I can't get her to even so much as try any black worms or frozen food at all. I couldn't resist grabbing it from the LFS after seeing it go for live brine like crazy and hunting well. But 4 days in and only eating pods is not good IMO. Good thing it's in a tank with a heavy population.

 

[jason2459]

I had good luck with pe mysis and cubes of hikari krill.

 

[Jstn]

I think my wrasse are just too small for the pellets, they do love ova and cyclops, the PE is hit or miss, but I think its too large. I may try hikari brine with spirula next.

 

[jason2459]

I think my wrasse are just too small for the pellets, they do love ova and cyclops, the PE is hit or miss, but I think its too large. I may try hikari brine with spirula next.

If they eat the frozen then that is good too. If you really want to get them to eat pellet you can find various sizes. 1mm is common but if to big you can get .5mm and micro pellets.

 

[Maxxingout]

My LFS has a baby LW that I'd love to get my hands on! Went in yesterday to see if it would eat pe mysis, no luck. It was picking at live baby brine, probably should have asked if they could try feeding the .5mm pellets. Told them that I really want it so once they get it eating other things besides pods, bb, I'll pick it up.

 

[jbvdhp]

My LFS has a baby LW that I'd love to get my hands on! Went in yesterday to see if it would eat pe mysis, no luck. It was picking at live baby brine, probably should have asked if they could try feeding the .5mm pellets. Told them that I really want it so once they get it eating other things besides pods, bb, I'll pick it up.

The one I have in QT, which hasn't been seen too much, didn't touch PE either. It did, however, go for Cyclops.

 

[triggreef]

I tried all of the above and then some with this one he just won't try anything but brine. I keep a ton of offerings on hand. I'm going to try roe tomorrow I had some luck with it in the past. Other than that I'll just have to featuring the LFS for being for a while. If he makes it past a couple round of prazi I'll put him right into the display, acclimation box for a day, then he should learn about food fast.

 

[triggreef]

I've really been debating keeping some kind of active non aggressive fish in my at just to teach leopards how to eat. Maybe a cheap anthias or a couple cleaner gobies.

 

[jbvdhp]

Well, my wife officially saw my first meleagris this afternoon while I was at work, and this has been 1.5 weeks since intro into a small qt. With DSB of course. Problem is, I just added two more females. Whoops. Now there's three.

 

[Jstn]

Well one is lying on her side and breathing heavy... I hope she get better.

 

[3FordFamily]

Well one is lying on her side and breathing heavy... I hope she get better.

My blue star came this week and she did the same thing and died in 24 hours. Very sad.

 

[Rybren]

I picked up what I think is a female M. meleagris a few days ago. It is a tad on the thin side, but was picking at the rocks and eating frozen brine at the LFS. I decided to take a chance on it as Leopards of any variety don't come in very often around here.

It went straight into an acclimation box in the DT without a QT. It has been out and about and eating ever since.

I haven't been able to grab a decent pic yet, but are juveniles/females of the other species similar enough to be confused with the meleagris?
Thanks

 

[jbvdhp]

Does anyone know if having 3 meleagris is a bad idea? I heard they're good to have in a small group, I am not expecting them to school or a be a tight group, but I unintentionally ended up with 3.

They're really difficult to get used to the lighting cycle I have. I am so glad I read this primer first. My first one I thought was dead (hence why I bought another pair), and I kept strict about not digging for it (I had a blue star before and I DID dig for it, so maybe this killed that female), but on Sunday, my first meleagris popped up for a good 10 mins (seems like that's all she's out for during any given day), ate a good number of cyclops, and back into the sand she went.

Then the new pair, about an hour later, popped up, barely ate... then dove down into the sand. Had I dropped them into my fallow (because of ich) DT, they would have been ok as it's FULLLLLLLLLLLL of any and all types of pods, but I'm glad I have them in a smaller QT.

I just hope when it comes time for them to go into DT, they'll survive and find food, but any issues with keeping three female (for now) meleagris???

Guys, heed the advice of the pros: DONT GO DIGGING FOR THEM. It was almost 2 weeks until I saw the wrasse, sometimes people saw them at various times of the day. They'll come out when they're ready to!

 

[Jstn]

Well one is lying on her side and breathing heavy... I hope she get better.

Well 48 hrs later and she is still on her side but acting more with it, I figure if she made it this far she might have a chance.

 

[thedasher]

Hey guys, I have a leopard wrasse that eats frozen mysis and picks at the rocks but it never eats pellets. Is there any way I can get it to eat the pellets?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Does anyone know if having 3 meleagris is a bad idea? I heard they're good to have in a small group, I am not expecting them to school or a be a tight group, but I unintentionally ended up with 3.

They're really difficult to get used to the lighting cycle I have. I am so glad I read this primer first. My first one I thought was dead (hence why I bought another pair), and I kept strict about not digging for it (I had a blue star before and I DID dig for it, so maybe this killed that female), but on Sunday, my first meleagris popped up for a good 10 mins (seems like that's all she's out for during any given day), ate a good number of cyclops, and back into the sand she went.

Then the new pair, about an hour later, popped up, barely ate... then dove down into the sand. Had I dropped them into my fallow (because of ich) DT, they would have been ok as it's FULLLLLLLLLLLL of any and all types of pods, but I'm glad I have them in a smaller QT.

I just hope when it comes time for them to go into DT, they'll survive and find food, but any issues with keeping three female (for now) meleagris???

Guys, heed the advice of the pros: DONT GO DIGGING FOR THEM. It was almost 2 weeks until I saw the wrasse, sometimes people saw them at various times of the day. They'll come out when they're ready to!

They are haremic in the wild, so a group of 3 should be fine. You may soon notice a heirarchy develop, but it shouldnt be anything too serious.

Hey guys, I have a leopard wrasse that eats frozen mysis and picks at the rocks but it never eats pellets. Is there any way I can get it to eat the pellets?

Patience. They will soon eat anything you put in the tank. If you want to expediate the process add pellets to the shrimp.you feed and add it in flow to the tank.

 

[jbvdhp]

They are haremic in the wild, so a group of 3 should be fine. You may soon notice a heirarchy develop, but it shouldnt be anything too serious.







Patience. They will soon eat anything you put in the tank. If you want to expediate the process add pellets to the shrimp.you feed and add it in flow to the tank.

Thanks for the info!

Today I visited a local hobbyist that had 4 leopards, male, that all got along: potters, meleagris, vermiculite, and ornate. No aggression between them all.

MAN THOSE ORNATE AND POTTERS LOOK AWESOME!!!!