BTW, I don’t agree at all that live foods are require for leopard wrasse. OK, you may come across an adult specimen that can only be tempted by copepods, etc.; but the vast majority that recover from initial acclimation will take frozen. I do have a stash of nutramar ova that is my frozen-of-last-resort food. My issue with the black is not getting it to eat initially, rather keeping on weight. Even with treatment for internal parasites, they just waste away. I have multiple other species that don’t waste away. Curious.
Initially I offered mine LRS, nutramar ova, and fish eggs, but he wasn’t tempted by them.
Im sure many will accept frozen foods after acclimation but live food certainly wouldn’t hurt. Ive also found that it helps them put on weight a little quicker.
Bummer that these guys don’t seem to last very long. How long did you have yours before it began to waste away?