Mr S Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Any problems with a leopard wrasse in a reef tank? If yes, what would be a good, colorful and hardy wrasse to put in a show tank besides a 6-line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Melanarous wrasse. I have found that leopard wrasses are delicate and tend to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Ive got 3 leopards in my tank,, well,, I have a bipartis, male bipartis and a potters. Yes they are very tricky,, you need lots of PODS! If you can get them to last the first 4 weeks you are good, often though, they tend to shoot into the sand never to be seen again. Pack there bag with sand,, or DONT bag them,, keep them in the day light to help keep there day/night cycle. This seems to help keep them from diving into the sand when introduced to the tank. I wouldnt cut the lights either, just leave them normal. If they swim around the day you get them, likely it will be fine. IMO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 have one in a 45 gal with no probs, but I just rock harder than you reef geeks hahaha Joel would know though since he is the wrasse guru and is obsessed with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 the fairy wrasses are reef safe, they will munch down your pod population though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I am a wrasse man, wrasses and tangs, that's all you need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBoy Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I have one love him he eats flake food with all the other fish. I did a sand conversion not too long ago and he buried himself and i kinda forgot about him and he almost got sucked into my shop vac and was burried in the sand with no water for quite awhile and lived through it all so mine seems pretty hardy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Melanarous wrasse. I have found that leopard wrasses are delicate and tend to die. 2nd this one, they are great. I have one now and it will eat anything small that moves. I bought him to kill some Nudi's and he did just that, and then took care of thousands of bristle worms too. He is a machine and is one of the most colorful fish with a great pattern to him. Don't get me wrong, I think the leopard wrasse is right up there for me in the top three but the Melanarous is a work horse along with the beauty. Two of my other favorites are the red tailed tamarin and the yellow tailed tamarin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I've got a Melanurus Wrasse too and it's a great fish. Mine looks just like Snowpunk's. I would like a Leopard wrasse too but don't know if I want to take the chance cause i've heard they can be delicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 That melanarius is a pretty sweet looking fish. How spendy? Also thinking about doing a school of blue tangs in the show tank. Start with real small ones and have a good flow. The show tank is a cube with the overflow in the middle of the tank so they can swim around in a circle. Any thoughts. Don't like chromies and anthias seem real sketchy for survival rate. Remember they are unsupervised over the weekends. Thanks for the help peeps!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 talk with Garret, he is local to you and can get any fish any other store could get you but he charges less. That's where I got mine. That picture isn't actually mine(I wouldn't have a chromie ever!(laugh)) but mine looks identical. They are pretty cheap actually. The blue tangs will probably school for a while if you get them small enough but eventually thy will find they have no predators and start branching out on there own. Beyond that, once they do that and get big enough that they have to always search for food they will probably become more aggressive toward one another. Unless you have some frantic active fish to keep the schooling fish a little on edge, I think most of them will eventually stop schooling. Think fire fish, cardinals, anthias maybe. They all seem to be a little more social with each other for the long haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCityAquarium Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 have one in a 45 gal with no probs, but I just rock harder than you reef geeks hahaha Joel would know though since he is the wrasse guru and is obsessed with them! I'm glad the leopard wrasse that you grabbed yesterday from me is doing well in your 45 gallon tank. I have had many leopard wrasses in my tanks. One of my favorites fish . It is true, all the macropharyngodon wrasses are a little touchy in the beggining. As long as they start eating, they become model citizens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead77 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I picked this guy up a couple weeks ago from Rose City. He is doing great and has quickly become our favorite fish. He's as peaceful as can be, and is out most of the time swimming around picking stuff off rocks and the tank walls. Now he has started eating Formula One and Hikari pellets as well as cyclop-eze so I think he'll do just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I picked this guy up a couple weeks ago from Rose City. He is doing great and has quickly become our favorite fish. He's as peaceful as can be, and is out most of the time swimming around picking stuff off rocks and the tank walls. Now he has started eating Formula One and Hikari pellets as well as cyclop-eze so I think he'll do just fine. Nice looking fish there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I picked up the smaller of the two, yours was a bit bigger but they are great lookin but nothing beats a pair of Blue stripe clowns suckas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 leopard I also recently aquired a leopard after my 6 line died while I was out of town. She's a fun fish to watch and awsome to watch bed down in the sand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Sounds cool. Great pictures. ps. Pajama Cardinals are the spawn of the devil! They eat cleaner shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Will leopard wrasse or melaningus wrasse live okay in a bare bottom tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Will leopard wrasse or melaningus wrasse live okay in a bare bottom tank I know they dive in the sand and "sleep" there for the night. They definitely like sand better and I'm sure it would be better for them healthwise if they had it. With that said, I can't answer your question for sure since I have no experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 thanks. I am going for a bare bottom on the school show tank. Have not had a bare bottom before so will be curious about tank upkeep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Roger you could keep a tupperware bowl full ofsand in there, hide it with rocks or something, for them to sleep in My yellow coris wrasse sleeps in the sand too. Getting some really awesome colors too i'll try to get some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 cool idea. Thanks Show me some pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Melanarous wrasse. I have found that leopard wrasses are delicate and tend to die. I totally agree with this. I absolutely love my melanurus wrasse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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