Potters leopard

[Dizzle63]

The LFS just got in two large, fat, and very healthy potters in on Thursday. I have them on hold until they start eating. My question is: will two large potters get along together? Are they at all sexually dimorphic? I was looking for two smaller juveniles, but these are each 4". Only problem is that I doubt I will see any this healthy in the near future. How will these two get along in my 75?

 

[Tylt33]

They're dimorphic, ask in the Leopard Wrasse Primer (or look- someone explains it in there, can't remember who it was, maybe Snorvich?). The problem is, if your LFS runs copper in their tanks, the fish may not ever make it to you. Also, they should be treating them for internal parasites. Leopards are pretty mild manner fish, so even if they are male, you might get away with it.

 

[alovely]

two both of your questions yes and yes. Leopard wrasses get along with eachother and do not change sex like clown fish.

 

[snorvich]

two both of your questions yes and yes. Leopard wrasses get along with eachother and do not change sex like clown fish.

Well, sort of, but not really. Female leopard wrasses do change to male under the proper circumstances. Two males of the same species may have difficulty. I keep three different species together in the same tank: a pair of M. Choati and a pair of M. bipartus.

 

[Dizzle63]

I read most of the primer, but did not see any examples of male vs female coloration. What am I looking for to tell the sexes apart?

 

[Dizzle63]

What do I to get rid of internal parasites? My two previous leopards did fi e without. Is prazipro reef safe?

 

[snorvich]

Read the leopard wrasse primer.

 

[jhutton]

i had one and it was a great fish with a great personality, all i will say
is i saw one of my olive snails eat it, so they are now no more and i
am sure it will take me a year to find another good healthy specimen

 

[rgentry123]

i had one and it was a great fish with a great personality, all i will say
is i saw one of my olive snails eat it, so they are now no more and i
am sure it will take me a year to find another good healthy specimen

a snail ate your leopard wrasse? somthing tells me the wrasse was already on its way out if that happened

 

[jhutton]

olive snails are predatory and will eat hermit crabs and other snails
i did not know this untill it was too late, but since leopards wrasses
sleep in the sand it was an eay target

 

[SwampyBill]

I was wondering the same thing...I just added a bipartitus leopard wrasse to my tank on Sat. & she immediately did a sand dive. Came out yesterday for about a minute then dove again. Should I be concerned with the one olive snail I have in my sandbed?

 

[jhutton]

personaly i would remove them as soon as possible