Leopard wrasse care

MaverickFalcon4 · Sep 17, 2024

So I’m getting back into the hobby and I would like to know if it is easier to keep leopard wrasses in Singapore due to shorter shipping time to LFS and from what I read up, less disruption to their circadian rhythm?

I ordered a Waterbox 380.8 XL and plan to keep 4 of them all different species… no Halichores or any other type of wrasses in the tank.
( note this is an sps reef )

Stocking list:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
4 yellow tangs
1 blue tang
1 naso tang
4 leopard wrasses ( of any species not picky here )
1 Tiger Watchman Goby
1 copperband butterfly
2 skin cleaner shrimp
1 tuxedo urchin
1 sand sifting sea star
Assorted snails ( about 10 )

Do let me know if there are any issues with the stocking… thanks for reading

MaverickFalcon4 · Sep 18, 2024

i cant think said:
Basically, as mentioned, some species are more aggressive (or as I say, boisterous) than others. If you don’t add them all at once I recommend getting peaceful species first. For example, here’s the 4 leopard wrasses I’ve had and the order I would’ve (I kept 2 in my main wrasse tank and 2 in my nano) introduced them based on how boisterous each one is;
1. Blue Star (M. bipartitus)
2. Vivian’s (M. viviennae) - if I did a Harem I would do a group of these guys
3. Meleagris (M. meleagris)
4. Kuiter’s (M. kuiteri)
Now, if the Blue star was the M. marisrubri I would’ve introduced that after my M. meleagris.
But without knowing what 4 you’d go for, we can’t quite say what order to introduce them in.

Like I said I’m not picky about my halicoeres and leopard wrasses.