Leopard Wrasse feeding

JDapper · Nov 8, 2024

So I just got 2 leopard wrasse on Wednesday 1 blue star and 1 meleagris both about 2 inches. I acclimated them for about a hour and they are both out and about swimming around today picking at the glass, rocks and sand. When I feed the tank the Meleagris ate a brine or mysis shrimp and spit it back out and has been doing that with the food today so I’m wondering what I could feed them to where they will possibly eat or should I just give it some time and hopefully they start eating what I feed everyday? The place I got them said they were eating hatchery diet 1.4mm but they don’t seem interested in pellets.

JoJosReef · Nov 8, 2024

JDapper said:
So I just got 2 leopard wrasse on Wednesday 1 blue star and 1 meleagris both about 2 inches. I acclimated them for about a hour and they are both out and about swimming around today picking at the glass, rocks and sand. When I feed the tank the Meleagris ate a brine or mysis shrimp and spit it back out and has been doing that with the food today so I’m wondering what I could feed them to where they will possibly eat or should I just give it some time and hopefully they start eating what I feed everyday? The place I got them said they were eating hatchery diet 1.4mm but they don’t seem interested in pellets.

They become pigs once they settle in. What kind of brine/mysis are you using? My blue star has zero interest in beta brine, but loves frozen hikari mysis. She also eats TDO pellets, which may be her favorite. I got her started eating and putting on weight with Reef Nutrition ROE, though. Now ahe eats almost everything but brine.