Leopard Wrasse Primer
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gregrocks79
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Thanks brotherin!
thanks, i have a picture and video below! your male seems like mine that came with the trio in that he still is taking his time in getting used to the tank. keep us updated on yours. how long has he been in your system?
thanks, posted an update below.
about how large is your male? do you see him emerge from a nap in the sand? i can never see my male come out no matter how i time thing but i'll come to the tank and 'lo and behold he'll be swimming along in his corner. mysterious lil fella.
thanks a lot for the well wishes!
seems like everything is going along really well. they went through two rounds of prazi and were barely eating. once in the tank, they immediately dove into the sand and i didn't see them for a few days. then one female emerged but only for a couple hours. two days later both female emerge for 4-5 hours. then the next day the male emerged for only about an hour. the next day, the male emerged for 4-5 hours but staying in a 12" square area hesitant and just picking at the rock. the two females are more and more feisty in the tank and stay out all day now. the male goes one day without being seen then the next comes out for a few hours. i have seen all of them eat cyclopeeze, frozen mysis, live brine, a blackworm or two, squid, and mussels. i'm optimistic for the females and once the male starts coming out more, i'll feel better that he's getting the nutrition he needs.
the male is much larger than the DD photo led me to believe. he's about 4.5" and the females around 1.5".
the male has a discoloration around the rear of his dorsal fin and was curious if this was from stress, a malady, or anything of concern?
wish me luck!
here's a quick video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQErIU4meJI
gregrocks79
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Same. He is also about 4". Big guy!!! And the same yellow on the tail. That's normal for the adults. And he is most definitely taking his slow a$$ time coming out. He's been coming out earlier and earlier and for longer each day. My flameback angel was being a d!ck but then the leopard realized he's huge and don't eff w him.
So fat after a week er so he's out at 5pm for an hour and a half. Then goes back in. Then out at 9 again for a bit. Seems like he and the misses are starting a courtship! Super cool to watch.
Good luck and let us know for sure!!
good to know the discoloration or yellow is the same on your guy. glad to hear yours is going well and nice and fat. he picks at the rocks when he does come out almost nonstop and perhaps was conditioned less than the females who i never see doing so and eat from the water column of the magical sky spilling food.
gregrocks79
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Lol nice. Mine picks off the rocks too. And he's eating frozen stuff!!!! Love these fish
gregrocks79
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Ralph ATL
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thanks, i have a picture and video below! your male seems like mine that came with the trio in that he still is taking his time in getting used to the tank. keep us updated on yours. how long has he been in your system?
thanks, posted an update below.
about how large is your male? do you see him emerge from a nap in the sand? i can never see my male come out no matter how i time thing but i'll come to the tank and 'lo and behold he'll be swimming along in his corner. mysterious lil fella.
thanks a lot for the well wishes!
seems like everything is going along really well. they went through two rounds of prazi and were barely eating. once in the tank, they immediately dove into the sand and i didn't see them for a few days. then one female emerged but only for a couple hours. two days later both female emerge for 4-5 hours. then the next day the male emerged for only about an hour. the next day, the male emerged for 4-5 hours but staying in a 12" square area hesitant and just picking at the rock. the two females are more and more feisty in the tank and stay out all day now. the male goes one day without being seen then the next comes out for a few hours. i have seen all of them eat cyclopeeze, frozen mysis, live brine, a blackworm or two, squid, and mussels. i'm optimistic for the females and once the male starts coming out more, i'll feel better that he's getting the nutrition he needs.
the male is much larger than the DD photo led me to believe. he's about 4.5" and the females around 1.5".
the male has a discoloration around the rear of his dorsal fin and was curious if this was from stress, a malady, or anything of concern?
wish me luck!
here's a quick video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQErIU4meJI
curious, but I didn't see a 4 inch sugar fine sand bed in the video?
It is interesting how long it seems to take for these fish to get acclimated to our time zones. My MM lived in my fuge for probably 3 months and never quite got there. I was nervous about putting her into the DT, and while there was a bit of initial bullying, she has now settled down and has pretty much synched with my time zone. Competition from other fish also has her eating a far greater variety of foods than she did in the fuge.
gregrocks79
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Definitely!! Great fish though and love em
yeah, same location on the body, too. curious. thanks!
gregrocks79
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Np!!
it doesn't have to be sugar-fine for most of these species. and the video kind of shows it but my powerheads as they are have moved my sand bed and left parts of my tank bb. there are large sections of anywhere from 1-6" of sand bed. all the critters tuck out nicely as the lights begin sunset - it's very natural and beautiful sight.
it is curious and really a nice testament to the discovery work tony did. i'm sure you've read it but perhaps others haven't it since it was posted a while ago earlier in this thread. his acclimation/qt process for these wrasses: r e e f b u i l d e r s.com/2013/02/02/australian-leopardwrasse-quarantine-technique
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i would agree but i was making reference to the time change and process of acclimation more so than his qt/treatment procedure. these are the first fish i've seen really exhibit these kind of symptoms and the article helps to explain that and a method of acclimation.
gregrocks79
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I've float acclimated both my leopards and tossed them into the display with no issues whatsoever! Both are fat, healthy and eating frozen.
I felt like that acclimation from that link is waaaaaaaay overkill. 6 weeks?!?! Craziness
I felt like that acclimation from that link is waaaaaaaay overkill. 6 weeks?!?! Craziness
No, I understood what you meant and I fully agree. I think the aquarium hobby advances the thinking in species husbandry in lots of these kinds of ways - and then gets no credit, of course!
ilikefish34
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This lengthy thread has been incredibly informative from the selection and QT to the longterm care and it is very much appreciated. I have read most of it but have failed to come across specifics to sand bed granule size (i probably missed it). I plan on having some of these beautiful fish down the road and I want to make sure that my DT caters to them. I was looking at some caribsea products and am looking for the right mix of softness so the Leopards can safely burry themselves and as large as possible to avoid a sandstorm from a stray powerhead or simply stay put fairly well from the good amount of flow that this reef will have.
1. Aragamax Sugar-sized Sand .0.2-1.2
2. Aragamax Oolitic Select Sand 0.5-1.02mm
3. Aragonite Super Reef Sand 1.2-4.0mm
4. Aragonite Special Grade Reef Sand 1.25-1.95mm
I was thinking about a 3-4" sand bed with one of the Aragamax Sands would probably be best fit but would love to hear the thoughts of those with more experience.
Thanks
Mike
1. Aragamax Sugar-sized Sand .0.2-1.2
2. Aragamax Oolitic Select Sand 0.5-1.02mm
3. Aragonite Super Reef Sand 1.2-4.0mm
4. Aragonite Special Grade Reef Sand 1.25-1.95mm
I was thinking about a 3-4" sand bed with one of the Aragamax Sands would probably be best fit but would love to hear the thoughts of those with more experience.
Thanks
Mike
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