This female was at the local fish store eating frozen, picking pods off rocks, and looking great. She's the first black leopard I've seen in person, and she's much prettier than I thought they would be. Her body is black with a slight indigo blue sheen, her dorsal area is a light yellow-cream color, and her tail and fins have reddish iridescent streaks.
Drip acclimated her for 45 minutes to get from roughly 1.023-1.025, put her into my DT, and she immediately started swimming about, and was hunting pods within 5 minutes. None of the other fish in my tank cared much about her presence except the Royal Gramma who showed her big mouth when the leopard got close to her cave. Leopard stayed away from her, but barely seemed phased. She stayed out for a few hours, and the second the lights started to dim she put herself to bed. Slept in this morning but was up and swimming about by early afternoon. Ate mysis when she got up, cyclopeeze for dinner, and is definitely snagging pods off the rocks and sand. Fingers crossed she keeps doing well!!
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Drip acclimated her for 45 minutes to get from roughly 1.023-1.025, put her into my DT, and she immediately started swimming about, and was hunting pods within 5 minutes. None of the other fish in my tank cared much about her presence except the Royal Gramma who showed her big mouth when the leopard got close to her cave. Leopard stayed away from her, but barely seemed phased. She stayed out for a few hours, and the second the lights started to dim she put herself to bed. Slept in this morning but was up and swimming about by early afternoon. Ate mysis when she got up, cyclopeeze for dinner, and is definitely snagging pods off the rocks and sand. Fingers crossed she keeps doing well!!
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