Leopard Wrasse Primer
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iamwrasseman
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great news ,im sitting here on my bed waiting for mine to appear . i keep putting small amounts of live brine in to get his attention . time will tell~
I'm off work for the next 18 days... so... feeding my fishies is going to be my full time job :fun2::fun2:
rgentry123
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congrats tylt, juyst a matter of time i guess. hope all goes well with yours too wrasseman i know you've been waiting a while to get a good one too.
iamwrasseman
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ty im still waiting for him to show today but its getting late . he will have to get onto our time schedule soon i hope .
iamwrasseman
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mine came out and ate also but looked good and swam around . hope yours makes a comeback . wow thet are tough to get acclimated to aquarium life .
Bocaswim
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New help with dying lepoard
New help with dying lepoard
First off I appreciate any advice and suggestions. I have read through this entire thread and most of the info I have already gathered through practical experience. A bit of history-I currently have a harem of two bipartitus females and two meleagris females all of which are healthy pod pickers, these are all recent additions in the last month since none seemed to have been coming in lately, and last summer an unhealthy pair of bipartitus wiped out my 3 year old trio of leopards and heartbroken I decided to take a break from leopards. I also was told they were not really readily available at that time.
My current issue has to do with the newest addition, a large meleagris female (possible changing sexes) that sadly refuses to die. I was not able to watch her swim in the dealer tank where she was purchased as she was buried in the sand and then rudely awakened (by me) for purchase. She immediately buried in my tank, but came out later that evening. The next day she looked fine and was swimming about with the others. By day three I noticed she was swimming oddly but not the typical circle of death pattern. Just long figure eights around the tank (210 gal) avoiding the rocks but not picking or eating, I feed live pods, arctipods, PE mysis, Rods Food etc. At night she did not bury, in fact she was thrashing wildly at the surface and I couldn't bear to watch so I caught her and placed her into the social acclimation cup I use for fairy wrasses and she slept at the surface for the night. I was sure I would awake to find a dead wrasse. To my surprise, the next morning she was alive and calm so I released her back into the tank and watched her do the same thing she swim somewhat normal slighly sideways.
I do not see any damage to her mouth/snout, but she still has not eaten. This has been going on for three days. It is sad to see her suffer a slow death, is there anything that can be done to save her? Sorry for the long post.
New help with dying lepoard
First off I appreciate any advice and suggestions. I have read through this entire thread and most of the info I have already gathered through practical experience. A bit of history-I currently have a harem of two bipartitus females and two meleagris females all of which are healthy pod pickers, these are all recent additions in the last month since none seemed to have been coming in lately, and last summer an unhealthy pair of bipartitus wiped out my 3 year old trio of leopards and heartbroken I decided to take a break from leopards. I also was told they were not really readily available at that time.
My current issue has to do with the newest addition, a large meleagris female (possible changing sexes) that sadly refuses to die. I was not able to watch her swim in the dealer tank where she was purchased as she was buried in the sand and then rudely awakened (by me) for purchase. She immediately buried in my tank, but came out later that evening. The next day she looked fine and was swimming about with the others. By day three I noticed she was swimming oddly but not the typical circle of death pattern. Just long figure eights around the tank (210 gal) avoiding the rocks but not picking or eating, I feed live pods, arctipods, PE mysis, Rods Food etc. At night she did not bury, in fact she was thrashing wildly at the surface and I couldn't bear to watch so I caught her and placed her into the social acclimation cup I use for fairy wrasses and she slept at the surface for the night. I was sure I would awake to find a dead wrasse. To my surprise, the next morning she was alive and calm so I released her back into the tank and watched her do the same thing she swim somewhat normal slighly sideways.
I do not see any damage to her mouth/snout, but she still has not eaten. This has been going on for three days. It is sad to see her suffer a slow death, is there anything that can be done to save her? Sorry for the long post.
iamwrasseman
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i am sorry for your distress but i have found that nature will take its corse no matter what you do in most cases . i would try to darken the tank for a few days and also make sure the fish isnt being harassed by any fish . if this was occuring you should try to re aquascape the tank so the other fish are not as settled and territorial . looks like you have a plenty big tank so room isnt an issue but the fish itself could have deen damaged physically or even mentally during the collection procedure . when they are caught there are many ways that this is done and yours very well may have been poisened or inproperly housed within the collection and warehousing process . by your explanation it looks as though the fish was handled improperly if you want my opinion i would simply let nature take its corse as i have had to many times and sometimes they will pull through and become great tankmates for years to come . i really hope the best for you and your fish ,sometimes all we can do is hold our breath and wait .
good luck Dave
good luck Dave
Boca,
I noticed that swimming pattern in the most recent leopard I had die. It was eating, swimming, looked fine, but was tilted slightly at an angle. I'm wondering if they're not coming in with some kind of swim bladder issue. I'm not sure that there is much to be done except to let it fight for its life, as hard as that may be to watch.
I noticed that swimming pattern in the most recent leopard I had die. It was eating, swimming, looked fine, but was tilted slightly at an angle. I'm wondering if they're not coming in with some kind of swim bladder issue. I'm not sure that there is much to be done except to let it fight for its life, as hard as that may be to watch.
Bocaswim
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Swim Bladder
Swim Bladder
Update:
Much to my surprise/dread this fish has suffered through another night. She is now banished to the acclimation cup and seems to be OK in there. I could not stand to see her getting stuck to my intakes for the closed loop and overflows. She is definitely weaker and is still not eating.
As far as swim bladder I suspected that may be the case also. Although I have never actually observed a fish with that issue, and I am not sure what can be done to prevent or cure it if anything. My fish does seem to be gasping for air and making a small bubble nest in the collection cup. I suspect the end is near for her, but in other leopard losses I have experienced over the years I haven't had to watch them perish. They just usually bury themselves and never re-emerge, sad.
Thank you for thoughts/insight......... the rest of my female leopards are doing fine and hopefully this is nothing that will eventually affect them.
Swim Bladder
Update:
Much to my surprise/dread this fish has suffered through another night. She is now banished to the acclimation cup and seems to be OK in there. I could not stand to see her getting stuck to my intakes for the closed loop and overflows. She is definitely weaker and is still not eating.
As far as swim bladder I suspected that may be the case also. Although I have never actually observed a fish with that issue, and I am not sure what can be done to prevent or cure it if anything. My fish does seem to be gasping for air and making a small bubble nest in the collection cup. I suspect the end is near for her, but in other leopard losses I have experienced over the years I haven't had to watch them perish. They just usually bury themselves and never re-emerge, sad.
Thank you for thoughts/insight......... the rest of my female leopards are doing fine and hopefully this is nothing that will eventually affect them.
iamwrasseman
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every leopard that i have lost always came out to perish which is good cause i could scoop him out .and yes they have bladder issues along with a huge list of other things that will be their demise . mostly its the collection and handling process along with the infestation of internal parasites that really contribute to many wrasse deaths .
iamwrasseman
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honestly havent seen or though tof him in three days . been pretty busy and also he came in such cold water i decided that i would not go crazy trying to keep this one alive as i pretty much left it to destiny . so with that in mind i really think he has parished and never came out of the sand except for one time when he ate ,it was his last supper i guess . i will be removing all other fish from that tank in the hopes that i will get four or five choati,s and it will be dedicated to them with absolutly no other inhabitants to distract ,harrasse ,or compete with them and we will see . i was going to wait for my big tank to be up and running but its gonna be a bit before we get all the parts together . the tank is nothing but its three times that to get all the other stuff that goes with it .
howes yours doing Steve ?
howes yours doing Steve ?
iamwrasseman
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yes i will be clearing one of my 75 gal tanksof all fish in anticapation for a batch of choati leopards when they are available they will be ordered and i can start this nonsense all over again .it is sort of just as you said Steve ,luck of the draw .may we all draw some luck of our own soon !
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