Potters Wrasse

[pacislandaqua]

potters are tricky. It will graze for a long time before eating prepared foods. Keep trying, it will come around if it lives long enough (not to sound pessimistic by any means)

Nice one though! looks like a male. how big is it?

 

[BeanMachine]

potters are tricky. It will graze for a long time before eating prepared foods. Keep trying, it will come around if it lives long enough (not to sound pessimistic by any means)

Nice one though! looks like a male. how big is it?

I think originally it took mine 8 days before I noticed it eating any prepared foods. +1

 

[3rdimension]

crazy looking wrasse! Awesome! Hope it starts eating and does well.

 

[piusma]

potter wrasse

potter wrasse

Try a small pack of hikari mysis as they are smaller in size. All of my fish eat pe mysis but they are a little big. When I first start training my fish to take frozen, I usually train them with hikari mysis first then switch over to pe eventually. I found fish are more interested because they are small. Good luck.

 

[johnny]

potters are tricky. It will graze for a long time before eating prepared foods. Keep trying, it will come around if it lives long enough (not to sound pessimistic by any means)

Nice one though! looks like a male. how big is it?

He's a small guy, maybe 3". He wasnt out tonight when I got home, didnt see him dried up out of the tank or dead in the sand, so hopefully he's just hiding... I guess we'll see...

I tried both PE and Hikari earlier, but he showed no interest in either. If he comes out again ill give live brine a try....

 

[milkman55]

Funny how fish like this always show up in groups. My LFS had two potters wrasses and I picked one up yesterday. Introduced him with lights out and he was fine in the morning. He ate mysis the first time I fed the tank. I have followed a practice of using garlic guard for feeding after all new additions. I don't know if the Garlic Guard promotes initial feeding or not, but it worked in this situation.

I have a mystery, six line, and melanarus in the 120 gal tank already and they all left him alone.

 

[johnny]

Great to hear! Would love to see a pic! My wife's lasted another two days, I tried every food and trick without luck and found him dead the third day. I might try another one from a more reputable dealer.

 

[udiego]

I too agree with feeding live brine as it will entice the fish to eat in your tank. Once he is eating you can try mixing it with misis and pellets. That's what I did with my Leopard wrasse and now she eats like a shark. I also have a group of Lyratail anthias and to chromis that are ever hungry and trigger a feeding frenzy at feeding time. Not sure if this also triggers the wrasse's apetite. Mine loves eating nori algae which I attach to a rock for the hervivores.

 

[milkman55]

Well, we will keep our fingers crossed that this one makes it past three days. I know when I looked these up they said for "Expert". I have had pretty good luck with fish these past few years with just a few mortalities, but I don't know what defines an "expert". I mixed in some brine shrimp and blood worms with the mysis because I am also trying to get a Copperband to eat that has been in the tank about a month. The CBB appears to be getting plenty of pods because he has not lost any weight.

Here is my Potters.

 

[Pylos]

If you can find some try frozen prawn eggs, it seems to be one of the easiest prepared foods for leopards. My potters went crazy for it on day one.

 

[milkman55]

Are frozen prawn eggs sold for topical fish only or are they available at like Asian food stores? I don't think I have every seen them.

 

[MTWiley]

Usually sold by LFS under the name Ova or Ovum, if you can't find it locally MarineDepot has it here, my Mandarin goes nuts for it.

 

[BeanMachine]

Ive had mine at least a year. First began takin frozen cubed cyclops... Then mysis... And now loves pellets. It has always passed up flake foods when all my other fish will eat that. Good luck! Nice!

** maybe try a bottle of the reef nutrition live tigger pods... Normally I wouldn't add those to the display during light hours so they have a chance to spread in the tank without being eaten but in your case it might stimulate a feeding response from your new fish. Follow that up with the cyclops again. Hth

I'm bumping an old thread here.

My Potter's Wrasse just passed the other day. Over 6 years with me. In the end, he was getting skinny, had trouble seeing food, and just not as active as he used to be.

 

[Marshall O]

I'm bumping an old thread here.

My Potter's Wrasse just passed the other day. Over 6 years with me. In the end, he was getting skinny, had trouble seeing food, and just not as active as he used to be.

Sorry to hear that, although it sounds like old age got to it. Nothing to be ashamed of there.

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