Leopard Wrasse Primer

[Ralph ATL]

I sold my female MM leopard after 3 years, and she is still alive and well 6 years later...

my Male Macropharyngodon kuiteri is over 2 years old from Vanatua....

 

[Ralph ATL]

Anampses femininus transitioning to male....

 

[twon8]

Recent picture of my Kuiter's leopard

Updated

 

[jdjp]

My blue star female just came out after 8 days hiding

 

[wrassesngobies]

She's a cutie. My bipartitus is the queen of the tank, without even showing aggression. She is one of the only wrasses who isn't chased by the other bosses, the Exquisite Fairy and Eightline Flasher.

 

[twon8]

He's not the easiest to get s pic of

 

[Ralph ATL]

Awesome Kuitier & Bipart!

twon8, I know he's skiddish and will remain so. It's best to catch him with a telephoto lens 10-12 feet away from tank, focus on eyes, and make sure his body is facing lens (parallel)

 

[blazend]

He is a tough one to get not moving.

 

[jdjp]

What kind is the yellow and blue one?

 

[twon8]

What kind is the yellow and blue one?

Potters leopard

 

[wrassesngobies]

I really need a Potter's in my life.

 

[hogfanreefer]

I really need a Potter's in my life.

:lol2: Mine has become my favorite fish. Super outgoing and eats great!

 

[albano]

I really need a Potter's in my life.

Not an easy fish to keep!

 

[Evinskyt]

I have a Choati wrasse that is my favorite little guy. Eats everything and and super social! My second favorite citizen in my system is my yellow tail tamarin

 

[jdjp]

My blue star has only been coming out for less than an hour each day. Today she came out and stayed out for hours. She also ate some mysis shrimp today. So im stoked.

 

[pREEFERED]

just purchased!

just purchased!

Please post on this thread if you have had success keeping a leopard wrasse (let's define "success" are kept 1 year or more)

The following information would be helpful (add anything I might have left out):

• Species of leopard 2 meleagris, wanted 3 but that will have to be a later purchase
• Source (LFS, online, etc) LFS, they rec'd the specimens earlier this week, all eating and swimming around thr tank, my GF luckily spotted them as I was transfixed on some SPS
• Method of introduction (quarantine, straight-to-tank, etc) I placed the fish in a 10g QT tank with a bowl on sugar fine sand and some pvc, sponge filter and HOB filter... equalized the temp and gradually added water to the bag to get them accustomed to the salinity, both appear to be fine during the transfer
• Tank set up (reef, fowlr, size, age, etc) DT is a 90g mixed reef, 1 yr old, parameters are stable though I recently added a biodenitrator to my system to decrease my nitrates which ran high
• How many other attempts, if any, you made to keep a leopard wrasse and thoughts on why this attempt was successful (if applicable)

i purchased a bipartitus a few months back but was unsuccessful, just placed the specimen in my tank at the direction on my LFS amd the poor thing got tossed around by my mp40s, nose dived into the sand bed and was never seen again. i wanted to take a safer approach this time as these fish are rarely seen at any of my LFSs in the area and have a poor survivability due to stress induced during shipping. i'm crossing my fingers these 2 make it as they are appear healthy and are eating to some degree in QT

 

[wrassesngobies]

Not an easy fish to keep!

Oh, I know. I have 4 species of Macropharyngodon at the moment.

 

[ca1ore]

Noticed yesterday that my long-established Potters leopard has a really impressive case of popeye. Still swimming and eating. Typically with an established fish, I just let it's immune system handle. Any thoughts from the leopard pros?

 

[jason2459]

Not an easy fish to keep!

I don't think so compared to the other leopards. The choati seems much harder to get established. I had several other leopards until I got the Potters which took over the tank as wanting to be the only leopard in there. He's done very well and has gotten quite big. Colors have not faded at all yet. Really awesome to see with just the blue's on which really makes him look like a Tron fish.

 

[ca1ore]

I've not had any more trouble with the potters when compared to the other species - though it's a small sample size. I'd love to get a Choati, but rarely see quality specimens locally.