Leopard Wrasse Primer

[Saltwaternooby]

Well the waiting game finally paid off,

I kept thinking she was dead, It has been close to a month since last seen, today she was out for 1 hr 30 that i observed. Cruzing around picking at the pods, not frighted by me at all, and now just went to bed. I tried feeding mysis, tomorrow i will do Gut loaded brine shrimp.

 

[Ralph ATL]

good luck!

 

[small alien]

Oooo la la!

 

[small alien]

Pylos, that picture gives me crazy aquatic feelings I can barely understand!

 

[iamwrasseman]

thats great and for whatever reason they sometimes stay under the sand bed for just way to long and then appear like nothing ever happened .
best wishes

 

[small alien]

I wonder if they're able to slow their metabolism way down if they're under the sand for a long time.

 

[aquaph8]

They must cause thats a long time. Their certainly strange little fish.

Pylos, that pic is awesome. The only thing that would make it better would be a Choati swimming with them.

 

[bradleyj]

Here are a few new pictures of a few of mine.

 

[iamwrasseman]

yessssssss a choati too !its like they can hibernate because they usually pop out perfectly healthy and fat . i think they come out at night and do some forging for food when we dont "catch" them . they may be closet eaters then sleep and hide . it is quite amazing !

 

[Saltwaternooby]

She looks healthy to me, not skinny at all. They must have a way to slow metabolism down, also how do they breathe under the sand?

 

[iamwrasseman]

im not a sciectist here but its gotta be like us breathing under the covers of our beds . there is just enough air in there for life

 

[javsku]

This is my leopard that I picked up a few weeks ago. She eats everything I put in the tank. She even gets in the mix with my two tangs when they eat the algae off the vegi clip. The first couple of days she just watched them like what are you doing.

 

[BL1]

@ Bradleyj, are you a professional photographer or something, your pics are always amazing!

@ javsku that's a beautiful Leopard, I love the shot with her mouth open.

 

[Ralph ATL]

Here are a few new pictures of a few of mine.

those pics are just unreal! would you mind posting lens, and f-stop, etc? Just beautiful pics of my favorite species.....Thanks for sharing!

 

[bradleyj]

LOL. I'm definately not a professional photographer by any means. I just practice alot on my tank and every so often luck out with a good picture. Just using my cannon xsi with the stock 18-55 mm lens, av mode, and then use Elements to sharpen them up a bit.
But thank you all for the compliments.

 

[iamwrasseman]

yepper certainly some nice shots there !

 

[bradleyj]

Thanks Dave.

 

[iamwrasseman]

you have some awesome fish to photograph so that makes it a bit easier . whenever i try taking pictures of mine they all scurry out of my view once i hit the auto focus mode . it seems that they dont like whatever my camera uses to focus ,does any body else have this problem ?

 

[MentalNote]

Mystery Box,

I really liked the video with the music. Nice work.

 

[Ralph ATL]

Mystery Box,

I really liked the video with the music. Nice work.

Well Thanks! I appreciate it!