Leopard Wrasse Primer

[iamwrasseman]

hope the male pops out in mint shape . i just got a bluespotted tamrin wrasse ,Macropharyngdonon cyanoguttatus and a leopard ,macropharyngodon meleagris today . they are both under an inch long and in very juvinile attire ,they are so cool ,gotta get some live brine friday to help get them on track eating .Tylt33 try some live brine if you can find some and if the male appears it may be what will help him get eating . do you have them in a reef tank with pods ? i always put them directly in display tank with no QT because they seem to acclimate to that situation 99% better and a much higher survival rate also . i know it feels like your waisting $ on the survival rate but once you get them figured out its much easier . they have a very high need for multiple feedings during the day and i own my business near my house so its easy for me to get home two of three times a day to feed them in the begining that also helps out . many times the wrasses are coming out for small amounts of time and it really helps out if you can be ther to feed through out the day . once they get going you can cut back on the feedings and they will fare out fine .
i really do hope the male does well ,its worth the effort ,good luck !

 

[NCSUsalt]

was out in LA at the beginning of the week picking out fish and bought too much stuff at Quality Marine. I brought home a 1" bluespot tamarin, a nice leopard, a nice potters leopard, a gourgeous china wrasse (anampses neoguinaicus), and a red tail tamarin and spread em out over three tanks. so far the red tail, the china, and the bluespot are all eating hikari mysis. the potters is out hunting but also pacing a lot at the front of the tank. leopard immediately buried and hasn't made an appearance yet. also picked up a nice red velvet (C. rubrisquamis)

 

[Tylt33]

hope the male pops out in mint shape . i just got a bluespotted tamrin wrasse ,Macropharyngdonon cyanoguttatus and a leopard ,macropharyngodon meleagris today . they are both under an inch long and in very juvinile attire ,they are so cool ,gotta get some live brine friday to help get them on track eating .Tylt33 try some live brine if you can find some and if the male appears it may be what will help him get eating . do you have them in a reef tank with pods ? i always put them directly in display tank with no QT because they seem to acclimate to that situation 99% better and a much higher survival rate also . i know it feels like your waisting $ on the survival rate but once you get them figured out its much easier . they have a very high need for multiple feedings during the day and i own my business near my house so its easy for me to get home two of three times a day to feed them in the begining that also helps out . many times the wrasses are coming out for small amounts of time and it really helps out if you can be ther to feed through out the day . once they get going you can cut back on the feedings and they will fare out fine .
i really do hope the male does well ,its worth the effort ,good luck !

He was eating last night- I fed him mysis as well as live black worms. My tank has 120+ lbs of live rock and a 30g refugium cram packed with chaeto and pods.

 

[iamwrasseman]

well that tank sounds like a great home for them and i hope it works out ,dont get discouraged please they "wrasses" are the coolest of fish IMO .as for NCSUsalt i wish i could find a potters ,they have been eluding me for years . must be cool living close to all thoes fish warehouses in california .i would be broke i would imagine in such a place but we do have some great stores here also and it puts a hurting on my vacation funds at times but i usually recoupe selling some frags n stuff.

 

[purebullet417]

i love leopard wrasses but i just can not seem to be able to keep it going. i had one for well over a year then it died in a tank crash. now iv gone through 3 and i cant keep one alive. they eat for a week and then just show up dead.

 

[iamwrasseman]

try prazi pro for internal parasites it may help you along .most wrasses have parasites in their bellies and they will eat and still perish .GL

 

[Tylt33]

i love leopard wrasses but i just can not seem to be able to keep it going. i had one for well over a year then it died in a tank crash. now iv gone through 3 and i cant keep one alive. they eat for a week and then just show up dead.

Yeah I feel your frustration. I think I might try one more time and then be done. Beautiful fish, but endlessly frustrating.

 

[iamwrasseman]

the fish once acclimated for a couple of weeks usually fair out quite well . i dont think its always the fish rether the wholesaler that improperly handles them and it goes all the way back to the collection procedures on the reefs . i may have lucked out because many of my wrasses are mac certified and the usually acclimate with no problems at all .

 

[NCSUsalt]

^ I'm actually in raleigh, was in LA for fish business so it was really nice to be able to hand pick all my stuff. plus QM's wrasses are mostly MAC certified as well, so it was a definite plus. still haven't seen the leopard yet, but everything else seems to be fairing well.

 

[deaterk]

This would be my Black Leopard Wrasse, had it for about a month and took realy well to my tank. Loves to eat Cyclop-eeze food,sometimes will eat frozen Brineshrimp.

 

[blennielove]

Greetings to all leopard wrasse lovers!!!
I have recently joined your group but just lost my little Macropharyngodon meleagris last night. Had her for six days. She had just came into the fish store the day before I picked her up and that was watching her eat some frozen brine. She looked really good - inquisitive, actively swimming around, well proportioned. I brought her home, temperature and water aclimated her for over one and a half hours and set her in my 225 gallon reef tank with 315 lbs of live sand, 280 lbs live rock, 26 gallon refugium with 15 lb live rock and 25 lbs live sand. She was swimming around for 2 hours before diving into the sand. No problems. Came out around 11:30 AM and going to "bed" around 10 PM for the next four days was eating only live but showed interest in frozen for the three or four times I would feed, other times picking things from rocks and sand Two days ago stopped coming out and last evening, poor little thing, she was half way out of the sand and breathing rapidly. My parameters were good Nitrate/Nitrite 0, pH 8.4, Phosphate 0.5. She tried to swim a little but died 4 hours later. I was wondering if it was because my tank temperature dropped to 72 degrees (we forgot to close the window that night) but learned that they tolerate temperatures between 72 and 78 degrees and then I am guessing that something was already wrong when she did well for several days before she stayed in the sand. No one in the tank was bothering her or paying much attention to her at all (Powder Blue Tang, Kole Tang, Atlantic Blue Tang, Clown Fairy wrasse, Filament Flasher Wrasse, LUbbock's Wrasse, Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, and Flame Angel)
I absolutely LOVE the Leopard Wrasses and was planning on getting an assortment of them in my tank, but this was really really disappointing because they are so beautiful and you get attached to them so quickly...
I want to try again!
I bought her at a LFS that I've done more than $8000 dollars of business with over the past two years but they only guarantee their fish's lives for ONE day. Now, I don't know about you but when you've been a dedicated customer for so long and for goodness sake, they KNOW me and KNOW how I run my tanks, you'd think they would be more understanding...
Well, now I'm looking on line for these little guys! The places that guarantees them for 14 days - well, I'm guessing that I would be out of the woods by then and what happens after that would my issues.
Please let me know if you know of a particular web store that have been successful for the Leopard Wrasses and are M.A.C. certified.
Thanks to everyone and best wishes for our fishes!
BlennieLove

 

[snorvich]

DR. Foster and Smith guarantee for 14 days. Next time have PE mysis available two or three times daily. These are delicate fish but once acclimated (I have four different ones), seem to do very well. I got three online and the fourth from an LFS.

 

[96gts]

I tried a Potters Wrasse about 2 months ago, but it only lasted 3-4 days as it was beated up by my sixline and eventually died. I added a Ornate Leopard Wrasse about 2 weeks, it hid in the sand for about 4-5 days and eventually came out. But it was only picking off the liverocks and won't accept other foods. I tried Frozen Cyclops and it started eating Cyclops the 2nd time I fed them Cyclops. It is eating PE Mysis and mini Mysis now. Hopefully this one will last. It's in a 90gal with A Clown, Midas Blenny, Fairy Wrasse and Melanurus Wrasse.

 

[Troy the Nomad]

Make sure you read this whole thread, there may be some things you are not aware of. 14 days is not all of the way out of the woods Welcome and good luck!

Greetings to all leopard wrasse lovers!!!
I have recently joined your group but just lost my little Macropharyngodon meleagris last night. Had her for six days. She had just came into the fish store the day before I picked her up and that was watching her eat some frozen brine. She looked really good - inquisitive, actively swimming around, well proportioned. I brought her home, temperature and water aclimated her for over one and a half hours and set her in my 225 gallon reef tank with 315 lbs of live sand, 280 lbs live rock, 26 gallon refugium with 15 lb live rock and 25 lbs live sand. She was swimming around for 2 hours before diving into the sand. No problems. Came out around 11:30 AM and going to "bed" around 10 PM for the next four days was eating only live but showed interest in frozen for the three or four times I would feed, other times picking things from rocks and sand Two days ago stopped coming out and last evening, poor little thing, she was half way out of the sand and breathing rapidly. My parameters were good Nitrate/Nitrite 0, pH 8.4, Phosphate 0.5. She tried to swim a little but died 4 hours later. I was wondering if it was because my tank temperature dropped to 72 degrees (we forgot to close the window that night) but learned that they tolerate temperatures between 72 and 78 degrees and then I am guessing that something was already wrong when she did well for several days before she stayed in the sand. No one in the tank was bothering her or paying much attention to her at all (Powder Blue Tang, Kole Tang, Atlantic Blue Tang, Clown Fairy wrasse, Filament Flasher Wrasse, LUbbock's Wrasse, Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, and Flame Angel)
I absolutely LOVE the Leopard Wrasses and was planning on getting an assortment of them in my tank, but this was really really disappointing because they are so beautiful and you get attached to them so quickly...
I want to try again!
I bought her at a LFS that I've done more than $8000 dollars of business with over the past two years but they only guarantee their fish's lives for ONE day. Now, I don't know about you but when you've been a dedicated customer for so long and for goodness sake, they KNOW me and KNOW how I run my tanks, you'd think they would be more understanding...
Well, now I'm looking on line for these little guys! The places that guarantees them for 14 days - well, I'm guessing that I would be out of the woods by then and what happens after that would my issues.
Please let me know if you know of a particular web store that have been successful for the Leopard Wrasses and are M.A.C. certified.
Thanks to everyone and best wishes for our fishes!
BlennieLove

 

[iamwrasseman]

it is amazing how much information that we have assembled here ,hope it helps with many future sucesses .

 

[Tylt33]

Day 7- Much to my surprise I was feeding mjy tank today and who did I see... MY MALE BIPARTITUS! He's still alive after two or three days in hiding! Some of my faith is restored in these fish. At the end of week one I've had a 1 of 3 survival rate... sounds like that's about par for the course for these fish.

 

[iamwrasseman]

patience and persiverence will always help . did he eat ? hopefully he will do just fine and i truely hope so because they are so beautiful .
good luck and its day by day for a few more .

 

[rgentry123]

sooo, just placed an order for a female bipartitus and my plan is to acclimate it to my tank water for about an hour once it comes in and then keep in my sump(which is loaded with pods and has a sand bed) until i can get it eating well and then place it in my Dt.good plan or should i go ahead and just stick it directly in my DT? thanks! it should be here on tuesday, ill post pics then!

 

[snorvich]

I would put it in the display tank. Depending where you are ordering from, it may take longer than an hour. I know at least one shipper that ships at 1.019

 

[rgentry123]

ok, thanks for the heads up. what do you reccomend for the acclimation time then? i ordered from LA if that helps. after some more thinking about it i will go ahead and put the fish directly intothe dtbut im going tom ove some of the rock from my sump into my Dt for a while just so i can make sure there are tons of pods available for the wrasse to eat.