Potter's Leopard Wrasse experience please?

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There is sandbed and live rock in my QT tank and yes I know they dive when stressed. I have 3 leopard wrasses, M.M, that I nursed from buying live pods every week to eating pellets.
 
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I have tried them 3-4 times and never had any luck. really tough shippers. The longest I had one live for me was 2 months.
 
from what i have read the leopards and mostly the choati leopard wrasses have a 75% to 85% chance of being infested with internal parasites because of where they burrow at night . in the wild this just lets the stronger survive and the weaker are food for other larger fish . my first 5 or 6 choati leopards were untreated and actuslly did fine for a few weeks eating and had fat bellies but the food was being eaten right out of their stomaches IMO . they shoulf of been treated for the parasites . the next few i treated lasted longer but also died but they were in a very small tank compared to the ones that are having sucess . a couple 2 choati leopards is what i will try in a 300 gallon tank and hopefully this will be enough room for them to not be overstressed and die .my others were in 55 gal tanks with at least 8 to 15 vwrasses in the same tank and the others were in a 29 gal tank with four or five other tankmates . overcrowded abd overstressed at best , they never had a chance . one good thing is that i have been able to figure out their feeding needs so that will not be an issue ,they need more room and even much less stress in their surroundings .
 
Some pics of the gal I have.

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Thanks, she's at least 4 going on 5 inches. She's grown at least an inch over the last year. I've had her for over a year, but I got her from another friend who was getting rid of her tank. I beleive she had raised her for over a year also.
 
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Thanks, she's at least 4 going on 5 inches. She's grown at least an inch over the last year. I've had her for over a year, but I got her from another friend who was getting rid of her tank. I beleive she had raised her for over a year also.
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Awesome fish! So glad to see someone has one that is doing well in a home aquarium. :inlove:
 
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the fish will stand a better chance without the flukes or parasites on it . i have only had positive results with the prazi pro . you have one of the more delicate wrasses there and its gonna be quite a challange to get them aquainted to aquarium life .the potters is a very delicate wrasse and should be handled with the best care possiable .you will find they have a 10 % chance of living in an aquarium so yours that have died are quite normal percentage wise .most leopards are in the 25% to 50% range for living ,given the right conditions . if the fish seemed to perish when you added the prazi pro then they were probably gonna die then anyways . in extreem cases the flukes may be "plugging" the sores and it could be detrimental to remove them but i would suggest the possiability that the fish was doomed anymay . in the wild they get groomed and the parasites are constantly being removed by the cleaners . the fish if healthy enough should handle the treatment with no issues . i use it all the time for new fish in my display tanks . yes a fresh water dip certainly helps but many wrasses are so skiddish that it will simply shock them and they wont recover . if you dip ,temp and ph are so criticle so be sure to get them on key before the dip . i have been able to dip some hardier wrasses for 10 minutes with good results but you should usually stay under 3 minutes and be sure to watch closely . last but not least good luck ,they are worth the effort !
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Second attempt, we tried 3. Two around 2.5-3 inches and one around 3.5 to 4 inches. One made it through QT and prazi treatment. It's now in the display and eating spectrum pellets.

The colors on these are quite peculiar. All three in second try seemed to be closer to orange color with shimmery blue dots than the normal yellow background with blue dots. Perhaps, it's a regional variation? The first attempt contained 3 females (all yellow with blue dots) and 1 large male (orange with blue dots).

Edit: I should also comment on that it's the smallest of the 3 that made it through treatment.
 
another thing that i have found to increase my wrasses possibility for living in a aquarium is not to use a QT but to introduce them directly in the display tank and treat the DT if necessary .this has worked very well for me and many others with the delicate wrasses and you can read up on it in the "leopard wrasse primer" lots of good insight in that tread ,check it out and good luck !
 
iamwrasseman said:
another thing that i have found to increase my wrasses possibility for living in a aquarium is not to use a QT but to introduce them directly in the display tank and treat the DT if necessary .this has worked very well for me and many others with the delicate wrasses and you can read up on it in the "leopard wrasse primer" lots of good insight in that tread ,check it out and good luck !
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This is how I handle all my leopard wrasses. Every one goes right into the DT and if necessary that tank is treated. There is something about tank stability and these fish that really throws them out of whack. The more you move them around, the worse they do.

I currently have a 5+" potters wrasse in my DT. This one is a beast and is super healthy and happy. Have had it about a year now and it has doubled in size.

Good luck, these are great fish!
 
awesome fish there ,any pictures ? i was just explaining my personal experiences with the more delicate wrasses such as tamarin's and the very difficult choati leopard wrasse ,he's the one on my avatar .very,very tough to keep ~
 
Yeah, I have tried one Choat's wrasse, it was shipped to me from a LFS in SoCal, it lasted two days and then "spiraled" out. I am still waiting to get one.

I have never tried the Tamarins, though I am often tempted. I have had many different leopards, bipartus, kuiteri, potteri, negrosensis, and melagris and have tried both QT and non QT. My only real successes have been putting them straight into the DT.

I dont have any updated pictures of my tank or fish unfortunately. Wish I did, this guy is pretty impressive, especially when he starts to display.
 
yes the DT is the best way to go IMO .the Kuiteri is one i cant find anywhere at all .wish you had some pictures ,that would be cool.
 
Here is a pic of my Kuiteri before it went carpet surfing (M. bipartus male in bg). I got it from DD about two years back. I actually had a male and tried to pair it with a female, but he was the most aggressive leopard i have ever encountered, he chased the female incessantly and I had to find her a new home.

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I wait patiently for the day DD gets more.
 
definately no QT on these guys. i have a potters who went straight to the DT and is doing great, i tried QT on a few bipartitus' and none of them ever made it but the potters that went straight into the DT is eating like a champ. only had him aobut 2 months now so its still early for this type of a fish but he is doing extremely well so far.
 
I have had no luck with regular leopard wrasses but i was able to get a potters wrasse from a great source. it was eating well at the LFS so i picked it up, had it for about a month now and its the ideal tank mate, its gets alone with all other fish and is always out showing off its beautiful colors
i feed home made food that is similar to rods. glad to see others keeping these beauties
 
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