Got a Leopard Wrasse

[Bakedpwn]

This guy is awesome. well girl from what im told. pretty small for leopard but fits perfect in my tank. added 10000 pods over the last 3 weeks and have 2000 more on the way.

 

[helen ann]

This guy is awesome. well girl from what im told. pretty small for leopard but fits perfect in my tank. added 10000 pods over the last 3 weeks and have 2000 more on the way.

Ohhhhhhh pretty!!!:eek:

 

[RMS18]

Yes that is a female. Did you qt? Treat for internal parasites? I have 2 female blue stars on qt going on 4 weeks now both had flukes. My radiant also had flukes.

 

[Bakedpwn]

no qt to avoid extra stress of moving several times.
i have a top notch lfs that qts all leopards for 3 to 4 weeks then moves them to the buy section. should be good

 

[4FordFamily]

no qt to avoid extra stress of moving several times.
i have a top notch lfs that qts all leopards for 3 to 4 weeks then moves them to the buy section. should be good

I hope you're right, but the cardinal rule in this hobby is to trust no one to do your qt and treatment for you it will almost always bite you.

That said, beautiful fish!!

 

[JaimeAdams]

Beautiful fish.

 

[CoralNerd]

I just ordered a Leppard Wrasse myself. I'm having the store quarantine it for me and their buying it from Quality Marine which is a very good wholesaler. Wish me luck.

 

[Bakedpwn]

yea good luck. same thing i did.

so he was all around the tank pecking at pods yesterday. i turn on the lights today and no sign of him. no possible jump or overflow suck cause i have a top and hes not in filter sock or overflow.

 

[jenreefer]

yea good luck. same thing i did.

so he was all around the tank pecking at pods yesterday. i turn on the lights today and no sign of him. no possible jump or overflow suck cause i have a top and hes not in filter sock or overflow.

They sleep in the sand and do not always go by our schedules. I would not be too worried. Some new additions have been known to stay in sand for weeks right after addition to new tank.

 

[Playa-1]

Beautiful fish :) I want to get one for my tank, one of these days.

 

[Bakedpwn]

yea after some reasearch i read that

 

[Bakedpwn]

out and about after i went and ran some errands. Shes doing fine. very hungry lol. i added alot of copepods recently so there should be plenty!

 

[Bakedpwn]

 

[jenreefer]

Time to start her on frozen foods. Mysis and bloodworms are favorites of mine.

 

[Bakedpwn]

yea shes been pecking at pods and i was feeding the rest of my fish lrs reef frenzy but i threw some mysis in for the hell of it. she ate a piece or 2 of one of the frozen stuff. very happy.
probably the work of the lfs

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I love leopards!

 

[Bakedpwn]

i never had a issue with anything eating my lps until now

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

i never had a issue with anything eating my lps until now

Hmm...that's odd. I've never heard of a leopard nipping at corals. o_O

 

[Bakedpwn]

only other things are
2 chalk bass
1 tail spot blenny
1 clown
1 diamond
1 watchman and shrimp
2 cleaner type shrimp

all which have been in the tank for months

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

only other things are
2 chalk bass
1 tail spot blenny
1 clown
1 diamond
1 watchman and shrimp
2 cleaner type shrimp

all which have been in the tank for months

Well, fish (like people) have different personalities, so any fish could be a potential deviant I suppose. :-) But that's not normal behavior for the species (at least I don't think it is).