Mixing Leopard Wrasse Species

[Dylan3]

I have a Guinea Fowl female leopard wrasse and want a Blue Star female leopard wrasse. I have a 75 gallon tank. Should I have a problem mixing the two species?

 

[downbeach]

"Macropharyngodon species may be mixed in the same aquarium, provided only one male Macropharyngodon is present. Mixing females is not a problem if the aquarium can support them in both overall size and micro-fauna. In fact, I have kept M. meleagris, M. geoffroyi, and M. negrosensis in the same aquarium with absolutely no problems. Multiple fish of the same species are also no problem, once again provided there is only one male. Captive spawning of Leopard wrasses has not occurred. Due to the intricacies of the mating ritual, spawning would be impossible in all but the largest of home aquariums. The terminal males repeatedly dive to the sandbed where the females congregate. Gravid females execute a series of rapid, vertical jumps followed by hovering in the middle of the water column. The male then joins the female and, side-by-side, the pair rocket up two or three feet, snap apart and simultaneously release gametes (DeLoach, 1999)."

From this article:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/hcs3/index.php

 

[polleke]

And a bit more recent (currently in my tank 180 gallons): 2 bipartitus, 2 chaoti, 1 negrosensis. Probably all female except the negrosensis (not sure).

In this part of the forum is also a leopard wrasse thread with a LOT of information.

 

[VanHeze]

I have mixed 3 species of leopard wrasse in a 30gal tank, without paying much attention to gender. How did it work? I got them all very small, and added them one at a time. The oldest is a male black leopard, and it leads the group. They also occasionally hang out with a possum wrasse in the tank.