Leopard Wrasse Primer
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I recently purchased a female bipartitus she was out and about for three weeks or so and today will have been a whole week with out seeing her She has been eating PE mysis and Hakari mysis during the three weeks and I will see her pick on rocks and stuff. but feed her one night and have not seen since for about a week normal for this particular species?
Yes, this is normal for this species. They will dive in the sand and sometimes stay put for up to 3 weeks without being seen at all. Leave the sand alone, let her get comfortable and keep your eyes peeled.
Thanks so much will do
Crypsis
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I had always heard that these were tough fish to keep so I stayed away from them.
A while back I came across two Macropharyngodon meleagris at the LFS that looked really healthy. I had upgraded from a 75g to a 140g about a year prior and finally felt like I had the setup that could support these amazing fish.
I added them after a short acclimation with no quarantine and they quickly went from eating frozen only to flake and pellet. As of now I've had this pair for twenty months.
Sorry for the pictures these guys never hold still.
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A while back I came across two Macropharyngodon meleagris at the LFS that looked really healthy. I had upgraded from a 75g to a 140g about a year prior and finally felt like I had the setup that could support these amazing fish.
I added them after a short acclimation with no quarantine and they quickly went from eating frozen only to flake and pellet. As of now I've had this pair for twenty months.
Sorry for the pictures these guys never hold still.
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BeanMachine
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Nice tank Merlin.
curlykid
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guys, i need some help. i am thinking of getting a leopard wrasse for my 28 nano. i know, crazy right? well, i know of the difficulty of getting the fish to eat and so on, i'm really concerned about space and environment. i have a 2"-1" sandbed, it kind of changes depth, i've kept other sand-sleeping wrasses before so i know that wont be an issue. I have two waspfish and a firefish, so it shouldn't have issues with territory as they all mind their own. I have nothing that eats pods (and a large population of them), so it won't compete for food. i have no more nassarius snails (these KILLED just about any fish i put in my tank). i finally got rid of them after they tried to attack my female waspfish. Swimming space, the rock scape allows the fish to swim in a circle (with lots of other room too). There are a few good, secluded hiding spots for one to hide. I have a large skimmer, and i run the zeovit system. My plan for acclimation goes like this: drip for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, transport to acclimation box. Next day: feed arctica pods in morning, then mix in some mysis for lunch, and for dinner same as lunch. 2nd day: (still in box) feed arctica pods and mysis in the morning, feed only mysis for lunch, and see if he/she eats it, if so, feed mysis for dinner, and then release to DT. What do you guys think?
iamwrasseman
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honestly its not impossible but the waspfish would have to go IMO . also it is a bit small for a forging wrasse to be happy and content . yes you could get away with it but it would be a crap shoot in the begining and it also would never be a wrasses happy home IMO .
Bluespot22
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After being buried for the first week and brief appearances for the second, my choati is finally eating like a champ. Looks like he just needed some time to adjust. He is constantly picking at the rocks and the tank gets fed 2-3x a day.
curlykid
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lol the waspfish only grow to 2 1/2 inches, and they eat mysis from the water column. but, yeah, i'm gonna wait till i upgrade in December, (to a 50 gallon hopefully). In that tank i'm definitely going to keep a few different wrasses! here's my stock list (sorry for not staying on subject, just excited! lol)
2x Paracentropogon rubripinnis
2x Macropharyngodon meleagris
2x Cirrhilabrus roseafascia
1x Nemateleotris helfrichi
1x Pseudocheilinops ataenia
1x possible Paracheilinus octotaenia
hope my firefish won't get freaked out by the active wrasses.
2x Paracentropogon rubripinnis
2x Macropharyngodon meleagris
2x Cirrhilabrus roseafascia
1x Nemateleotris helfrichi
1x Pseudocheilinops ataenia
1x possible Paracheilinus octotaenia
hope my firefish won't get freaked out by the active wrasses.
SwampyBill
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It's been almost a year since I chimed in here & thought I'd give an update. My MM, Hoeven's (the Hog), & 2 bipartitus wrasses are all doing great. Just acquired that 2nd bipartitus from a buddy who was going bare-bottom a few months ago & knew I love me some wrasse. It's settled in nicely.
I'm moving across town, setting up a 3rd tank & seriously want a few Potters wrasse after tank has cycled (or put them in my existing tank). I had 2 for all of a week earlier this year & hated that they didn't make it. I'm not a noob, know they're extremely sensitive (like Choati's) & I've read quite a bit here. What're you folks' experience with Potters & how long have you had them?
I'm moving across town, setting up a 3rd tank & seriously want a few Potters wrasse after tank has cycled (or put them in my existing tank). I had 2 for all of a week earlier this year & hated that they didn't make it. I'm not a noob, know they're extremely sensitive (like Choati's) & I've read quite a bit here. What're you folks' experience with Potters & how long have you had them?
BeanMachine
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Hey Bill I've had mine for 8 months now. Its a bit of a picky eater compared to my other fish as it won't eat any kind of flake food. It loves pellets though, mysis and cyclops.
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