I picked up this wrasse at the local fish store, not sure of it name, there are so many spotted wrasse, could anyone tell from the picture, also what is his diet, he is only picking from the rocks and sand after about three weeks.
Unnamed wrasse (leopard wrasse maybe)
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P-Dub
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Looks like a juvenile Ornate Leopard Wrasse. As far as getting him to eat, as with all wrasses and particularly leopards, he will readily accept all foodstuffs or wither away and die. Try live food of any type if you can get your hands on it. Other than that.... anyone?
ilyad
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Looks like an Ornate Leopard Wrasse to me too. Leopard wrasses in general are finicky eaters when it comes to frozen or pellets. Their main stable of diet is pods.
If you want to have some success trying to get the guy to eat, def try some live food, keep trying frozen as well. If you can afford it, buy pods and add them to the sump to help replenish the populations while you try to get it to eat frozen. I've heard people have some luck getting them to eat non live food by using Easy Reefs Masstick Fish Food. It mixes into a sticky paste that you can stick to the glass or rockwork. For some reason people have had luck with the leopards going after that. If its not shy, stick it to the glass, so you can see if it eats it, otherwise mix and stick it to the rocks... its likely to find it while its searching for pods.
If you want to have some success trying to get the guy to eat, def try some live food, keep trying frozen as well. If you can afford it, buy pods and add them to the sump to help replenish the populations while you try to get it to eat frozen. I've heard people have some luck getting them to eat non live food by using Easy Reefs Masstick Fish Food. It mixes into a sticky paste that you can stick to the glass or rockwork. For some reason people have had luck with the leopards going after that. If its not shy, stick it to the glass, so you can see if it eats it, otherwise mix and stick it to the rocks... its likely to find it while its searching for pods.
ilyad
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That’s awesome! Glad to hear that
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