Tarasco1
Premium Member
I posted this in the reef fishes forum a while back, and didn't get much of an answer, so I thought I'd ask you directly. I realize this may be a little late (after your article) but I was reading your article on leopard's over, and noticed that you were able to keep several different Macropharyngodon species together, provided that there is only one male. I'm probably going to get another tank at the end of the year, and really want to try and do this, specifically keeping M. ornatus, M. geoffroy, M. negrosensis and M. meleagris, with bipartitus thrown in if I can find one. So I have a couple of questions that some of you may be able to help answer:
Is it best to get several smaller fishes and place them in the tank together at the same time? Basically juveniles? What is the approximate size limit of a juvenile Macropharyngodon?
Assuming that the tank will have a productive refugium, what size tank would you recommend for 5 or so leopards in this arrangement?
Also, there are a couple of wrasses that look similar Macropharyngodon, but aren't. I think Halichoeres such as ornate/christmas and dusky wrasses. How would these guys do in there with the Macropharyngodon? Or would it be the same, there could be only one male? I saw in another thread that you had aggression after a couple of months, was there a cause for this, or was it just a size difference?
Finally, would they be OK with a small harem (1 male and 2-3 females) of fairy wrasses in the same tank? Would there be aggression issues between the male Macropharyngodon and male Cirrhilabrus?
Just thinking of future tank possibilities. Thanks in advance.
Mike
Is it best to get several smaller fishes and place them in the tank together at the same time? Basically juveniles? What is the approximate size limit of a juvenile Macropharyngodon?
Assuming that the tank will have a productive refugium, what size tank would you recommend for 5 or so leopards in this arrangement?
Also, there are a couple of wrasses that look similar Macropharyngodon, but aren't. I think Halichoeres such as ornate/christmas and dusky wrasses. How would these guys do in there with the Macropharyngodon? Or would it be the same, there could be only one male? I saw in another thread that you had aggression after a couple of months, was there a cause for this, or was it just a size difference?
Finally, would they be OK with a small harem (1 male and 2-3 females) of fairy wrasses in the same tank? Would there be aggression issues between the male Macropharyngodon and male Cirrhilabrus?
Just thinking of future tank possibilities. Thanks in advance.
Mike