The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

4FordFamily · May 1, 2015

Steven C said:
Guess what i just bought
That black leopard in the center is mine lol i was so surprised im friendly with the workers at the fish store by my job and i was talking to one of them and i was like you guys usually don't carry so i have to order online they were like we don't but oddly enough we received one yesterday and we acclimated it and its doing great i got there and it was swimming around picking off the rocks and i was like well does it eat she was like lets find out it ate regular mysis and jumbo shrimp i was like what that's mine great personality out already and eating i was like ok ill be back at 5 pm lol i paid for it so its reserved and i can wait to go get it

Beautiful black leopard! One of the prettiest I have seen, personally!

If it does well and eats, it will be MUCH easier to get other leopard wrasses to eat.

evolved · May 1, 2015

I still want to see someone "grow" a nice male negrosensis (besides the Omaha zoo)

Steven C · May 1, 2015

3fordfamily said:
Beautiful black leopard! One of the prettiest I have seen, personally!

If it does well and eats, it will be MUCH easier to get other leopard wrasses to eat.

I am so excited to go pick him up i was going to put him into like a social acclimation box with some sand in the DT is that ok i at least this way i can keep track of him

Steven C · May 1, 2015

evolved said:
I still want to see someone "grow" a nice male negrosensis (besides the Omaha zoo)

My god the coloration on that fish is amazing

4FordFamily · May 1, 2015

Yeah that would be awesome!

Aquaph8 · May 1, 2015

evolved said:
I still want to see someone "grow" a nice male negrosensis (besides the Omaha zoo)

Yeah, I've ever seen one that pretty

Djbrandriff150 · May 1, 2015

Came home from work and my two new fish were dead [emoji17][emoji26]

Djbrandriff150 · May 2, 2015

Came home from work and my two new fish were sunk to the bottom of my acclimation box.

Steven C · May 2, 2015

Djbrandriff150 said:
Came home from work and my two new fish were sunk to the bottom of my acclimation box.

Sorry that really sucks man which types of wrasse were they

Steven C · May 2, 2015

3fordfamily said:
Beautiful black leopard! One of the prettiest I have seen, personally!

If it does well and eats, it will be MUCH easier to get other leopard wrasses to eat.

Alright i meant to post it last night i picked him up after work and brought him i was so nervous when i took him on the train for 45 minutes i was so nervous lol anyways i got home acclimated him and decided that i should move him from the bucket he was acclimating in to the little social box i mad for him with deep sand and some pvc for him to hide in so i picked him up with my HAND lol it really wasn't that hard very calm fish so i put him in the small tank and put him at the bottom of my dt where it is now after i put it in there he hung outside for a little while and then i looked away for a second and he was gone he dug himself he hadn't come out i was out today and my brother sent me a picture of him out swimming around so when i got home he wasn't out again so i shot some mysis in there and left it hopefully he will come out in the middle of the night and eat some

The photos are in chronological order the second its a little hard to see

4FordFamily · May 2, 2015

Cute lil fella! It's a good sign that he already came out! I've had some hide 2+ weeks and I thought them dead!

Djbrandriff150 · May 3, 2015

Steven C said:
Sorry that really sucks man which types of wrasse were they

The two I just added. Flame and a golden rhomboidalis both females

Steven C · May 3, 2015

Djbrandriff150 said:
The two I just added. Flame and a golden rhomboidalis both females

that sucks man are you going to try again

Steven C · May 3, 2015

3fordfamily said:
Cute lil fella! It's a good sign that he already came out! I've had some hide 2+ weeks and I thought them dead!

Yea he was out again today 1030 am to like 530 pm so tom afternoon i got my brother feeding him mysis shrimp how long do you think before i release him from that acclimation box?

4FordFamily · May 3, 2015

Steven C said:
Yea he was out again today 1030 am to like 530 pm so tom afternoon i got my brother feeding him mysis shrimp how long do you think before i release him from that acclimation box?

I've never used them, so I am not sure. I would say whenever!