Leopard Wrasse Primer

Leopard Wrasse Primer

  • Macropharyngodon bipartitus

    Votes: 67 28.4%

  • Macropharyngodon choati

    Votes: 12 5.1%

  • Macropharyngodon geoffroy

    Votes: 24 10.2%

  • Macropharyngodon meleagris

    Votes: 78 33.1%

  • Macropharyngodon negrosensis

    Votes: 29 12.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 26 11.0%
  • Total voters
    236
Today I added my second leopard wrasse.

I have had a Macropharyngodon meleagris for about a year now. My LFS just got in 5 ornates.

I assume the care for the ornate is relatively similar to the meleagris. My meleagris is still a female, I am not sure the sex of the ornate. Anyone have any idea?

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ajgiov,just be calm and let nature take its corse , it may take a couple of weeks more for him to appear so relax . evidently you didnt read the 91 plus pages before this one . this is a long tread so its tough to keep up
 
evolved said:
Female.

Subtle difference (as are Potter's), but it really comes down to the pattern on the face/head.

Male: http://www.fishbase.org/photos/PicturesSummary.php?StartRow=0&ID=12724&what=species&TotRec=6
Female: http://www.fishbase.org/photos/PicturesSummary.php?StartRow=1&ID=12724&what=species&TotRec=6
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Wow nice picture comparison. Thanks a lot man.

She is still under the sand. I saw her last night come out while the lights were out. Which is good, because she is alive. Bad news is she was swimming really erratically, like her head was too heavy for her body.

I am hoping she is just disoriented, but I have a feeling I may not be seeing her again.
 
All these reports of Leopards eating pellet, flake and various other foods make me jealous. I know mine is still recent bet she does have a healthy apetite but so far has turned down anything except for frozen brineshrimp or mysis. Starting to look at the Spectrum pellets a bit but has yet to taste one, maybe I'm getting close.

There is a major hurdle for me on the horizon. My tank has ich and even though I (my fish) had tolerated it for nearly six years I've decided to get rid of it once and for all. Going to be a long process treating all the fish and letting the display lay fallow for 70 some odd days. I sure pray I dont suffer any losses in the course of treatment. I'm still about 6 weeks before getting started so I'll be reading what I can and try to have a good idea of whats going on and what to be prepared for as this will all be new for me.
 
So it has been since September since I last saw my first Bipartitus. I was forced by certain circumstances to move the tank and setup the 110g tank. During the move everything was sifted through carefully and nothing was found. It is now the middle of July and I have ran across a rather small specimen, maybe and 1.5in. I thought that I would share my experience thus far. I am pleased to say she was in the MD first day ate and went to sleep. Second day she was out eating and reading and taking so much advice from this thread I immediately started to try different foods. Nls pellets Rod's food the original formula, Dr.g's mysis and brine, and cyclops are what she actively eats and gets a little bit of all those everyday. With every day and close close monitoring through out the day... Girl friend is now part of that monitoring process. I have been monitoring when she is waking and going to sleep under the sand and have made and effort in feeding almost seven times a day, doing water changes at night after lights out. I do that so I don't go nutrient crazy during the process. Over a period of two weeks now still early in the game. The wrasse is out the full light period 8:30 -8:30. I will keep this same monitoring and feeding until I feel comfortable with can see noticeable weight gain and growth. I still want to quarantine, however I want the fish to be well adjusted and have plenty of stored energy, before moving into QT! Thank you all for the knowledge and advice I have collected.
 
I'm so glad I came across this post! About two months ago I purchased 3 Macropharyngodon bipartitus, 1M, 2F. The male buried himself immediately after I put him in the tank, the females swam to the back and disappeared only to come out a couple days later swimming erratically with heavy breathing soon dying. After a few days the male finally came out only to be harassed by my white cheek tang and my male scooter dragonet (That same night the scooters spawned so I'm assuming that's why so hostile, there's no explaining the white cheek tang) I thought for sure the stress of the other tank mates would kill him, but he's been doing amazing and the other tank mates leave him alone now. He comes out at about 4pm every day and eats frozen and pelleted food.

I ordered another 3 females, 1 was dead upon arrival. The other 2 buried themselves and I haven't seen them, it's been two weeks now so I figured they were dead for sure, but after reading the posts I have hopes that they're still alive. I was tempted to sift through my sandbed but will hold off on that if there's a chance they are still alive.
 
ataller said:
Wow nice picture comparison. Thanks a lot man.

She is still under the sand. I saw her last night come out while the lights were out. Which is good, because she is alive. Bad news is she was swimming really erratically, like her head was too heavy for her body.

I am hoping she is just disoriented, but I have a feeling I may not be seeing her again.
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So as expected, she had problems with her swim bladder. Died within 24 hours. MY LFS did have another, smaller, but healthy looking ornatus.

I have had her 3 days now, she did not hide in the sand when added to the tank. She is jet lagged I guess, wakes up around 4pm.

She is eating mysis, and I am sure will convert to pellets like my meleagris did.

I have seen essentially no agresssion between my female meleagris and this smaller (about half her size) ornatus.

Ill post a picture when I get a chance.
 
Female to Male Meleagris

Female to Male Meleagris

I posted a separate thread but thought I would share here. After over a year changing, my meleagris is just about Male.

From beginning 2 years ago to today.

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Inferno , you are doing good in leaving them alone and they may be okay . many times they will "sneak" out and get tiny meals while your not looking . remember that one of their most recent remembrances of humans was when they were netted so they are scared of you until you are seen as their food source .let nature take its coarse now and good luck
 
iamwrasseman said:
ajgiov,just be calm and let nature take its corse , it may take a couple of weeks more for him to appear so relax . evidently you didnt read the 91 plus pages before this one . this is a long tread so its tough to keep up
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I did read most of the thread and understand the behavior of this fish. I am up to 6 weeks now since seeing the fish. I also have a webcam pointed at the tank that I am able to check on via my phone in order to catch him/her out when I am not at the residence. Still no luck. Could he really be alive somewhere still? It is only a 50g tank and none of the rockwork is piled against the glass.
 
yes he could still be alive but its not looking good IMO . sorry didn't mean anything bad by questioning if you have read this entire tread but it seems like the past five people have asked this same question which isn't a problem as we are all in this together to help one another so please take no offense . six weeks is getting pretty long and its pretty cool that you can watch in on your tank .i personaly have had a few that disappeared for more than a month and they appeared like nothing had happened so your fish still has a chance for sure .
 
Well I didn't want to jinx it by posting here...But my 2 choati's are going strong since the beginning of March. Not long term success by any means but they are doing very well. I QT'd them for 5 weeks and treated them with Prazipro before they went into my 120 display. I temporarily removed my big tangs and left the small fish so they could establish themselves without being intimidated. The smaller one has less brilliant coloration than the larger and gets bullied by the larger one occasionally. At one point she was hiding for a week before the larger one accepted it. They are on good terms now though :)

I think part of my success comes from the fact that I work at a wholesale company and these fish came direct from Australia and spend only 1 day at the place I work at. A short chain of custody is no doubt valuable for any sensitive fish. I'll get more pics if you guys would like.
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awesome specimine there and thanks so much for sharing with us . the choati's up at the top of my list and i have had a few for months and many for weeks as they are tough and it looks as though your doing well so far .
best wishes on their well being for a long time to come !
 
I have 5 now, I added a pair of Kuiteri this weekend, I'll try and get some snaps later when the main lights are on. Until then here's my other 3. There's been a little aggression from my female splendid and the odd face off.

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