Leopard wrasee

[dochoot]

I am going to QT a leopard wrasse. Worried about it eating in such a sterile environment. What food would be most recommended? Thanks.

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

R.O.E. is usually a safe bet, I prefer @Reef Nutrition myself.

With all the leopard wrasses, they burrow in the sand bed, while not usually part of a QT set up you may consider putting a little bit in a small tub to give it somewhere to go to help reduce stress. Then you could just swap out the sand in the tub when you clean the tank (if doing TTM).

 

[twentyleagues]

I am going to QT a leopard wrasse. Worried about it eating in such a sterile environment. What food would be most recommended? Thanks.

Do you know any of the history on the fish? coming from lfs? shipped? if from lfs how long did they have it? did it eat from them? These are pod eaters for the most part but its not terribly hard to train them on to frozen such as mysis or brine. Doubtful it will eat pellets or flake. Make sure to have sand in the QT at least 1.5"-2" you can use a wide flat container if you dont want to keep sand in the qt.

 

[dochoot]

Was gonna order online. I plan to put container of sand. 320 display that has had no problems supporting them in the past. Just worried about stressing out in QT. Weighing risk/benefit.

 

[twentyleagues]

Was gonna order online. I plan to put container of sand. 320 display that has had no problems supporting them in the past. Just worried about stressing out in QT. Weighing risk/benefit.

imo leopards dont do well in sterile tanks. But the risk of bring disease is definitely high not qt'ing.

 

[NorCalReefing]

Was gonna order online. I plan to put container of sand. 320 display that has had no problems supporting them in the past. Just worried about stressing out in QT. Weighing risk/benefit.

I’ve got 2 Meleagris. Love these fish and would recommend getting them from an LFS over online. I even had them add a little bit of sand to the shipping bag since they like to shoot downward when scared. Lost a couple early attempts due to broken beaks in shipping.

I’ve had good luck training them to eat frozen brine and fish eggs. They start picky but eventually become ferocious eaters. They are fun to watch and like to stay in a pack when they are small. My initial group of 3 would swim around together picking at the rocks.

 

[dochoot]

Maybe I’ll take advice and just get from LFS.

 

[higgy81200]

What is anyone’s favorite leopard wrasse?

 

[JoJosReef]

What is anyone’s favorite leopard wrasse?

You'll get a lot of different opinions on this one. I love my blue star (Macropharyngodon bipartitis). In a perfect worls I'd also have a M. geoffroy, an M. negrosensis and a Halichoeres lapillus (very close to a leopard)!

 

[higgy81200]

Ornate and meleagris. These are the two my lps can get in this week. When I looked at the two, I can’t see much difference. Is there?