Leopard Wrasse Pictures and Info! - Page 3

Shawnts106 · #51 07/31/2006, 06:29 PM

HAHA... hes soooo little!

is that blue sand?

why did you loose him?

raddogz · #52 07/31/2006, 09:47 PM

How deep of a sand bed do Leopard Wrasses need?

Milleme · #53 07/31/2006, 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by zemuron114
an inch is fine. As long as there is enough room for them to burry, it is fine.

Shawnts106 · #54 08/01/2006, 11:54 AM

DP

Shawnts106 · #55 08/01/2006, 11:55 AM

And IMO that inch should be very fine sand.... not that REEF FLOOR SPECIAL CRAP they shoot out all the time!

Put it this way... you wouldnt want to be sleeping on waffle fabric would you? BUT much rather be sleeping on 1,000 thread count egyptian cotton huh!!!

woo hoo for 1,000 TC Egyptian COTTON!!!

RichConley · #56 08/01/2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by Shawnts106
And IMO that inch should be very fine sand.... not that REEF FLOOR SPECIAL CRAP they shoot out all the time!

Put it this way... you wouldnt want to be sleeping on waffle fabric would you? BUT much rather be sleeping on 1,000 thread count egyptian cotton huh!!!

woo hoo for 1,000 TC Egyptian COTTON!!!

Fwiw, when my tank had both southdown and crushed coral, most of the sand sleeping wrasses were sleeping in the crushed coral area.

Rendos · #57 08/01/2006, 02:52 PM

I use that Reef Floor Special Crap! My three Leopards are doing great.

I also think they are happier in 2"-3" of sand. They dive into the sand at night pretty quickly. I think they may hit the bottom of the tank if the sand is too shallow.

zemuron114 · #58 08/01/2006, 07:53 PM

all sand burying fish are "happier" in deep sand, but an inch will be perfectly fine to keep one healthy. In the wild most sand dwellers will bury 6-15" in the sand... I've tried to dig one up once

i went atleast a foot and still didn't find that sneaky bugger.

RichConley · #59 08/01/2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally posted by zemuron114
all sand burying fish are "happier" in deep sand, but an inch will be perfectly fine to keep one healthy. In the wild most sand dwellers will bury 6-15" in the sand... I've tried to dig one up once i went atleast a foot and still didn't find that sneaky bugger.

Theres also the possibility that it could feel vibration, and dug deeper because you were trying to get him.

That being said, 2 or 3" and they seem to do fine.

Shawnts106 · #60 08/01/2006, 09:06 PM

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Fwiw, when my tank had both southdown and crushed coral, most of the sand sleeping wrasses were sleeping in the crushed coral area.

Interesting.. neat to know!

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I use that Reef Floor Special Crap!

yeah, and I bet when you syphon out that sand your pulling up a good bit of nasty brown water arent you!

COreefer · #61 08/01/2006, 11:12 PM

Here's a pic of Biparatus I took while diving in the Red Sea...

Tomorrow I'll try to get pics of my negrosensis and Melagris...

Rendos · #62 08/02/2006, 08:00 AM

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Originally posted by Shawnts106
yeah, and I bet when you syphon out that sand your pulling up a good bit of nasty brown water arent you!

No. I have been using CaribSea Special Grade Reef Floor for years. It is by far my favorite sand to use in a reef tank.

jda · #63 08/02/2006, 03:20 PM

I use the Carib Sea stuff too and my leopards love it.

ktrandc · #64 08/02/2006, 06:42 PM

I love these wrasses. I gotta get me one.

pnsnowboard · #65 08/03/2006, 12:49 AM

im gunna go get one too they are absolutely beautiful

pnsnowboard · #66 08/03/2006, 12:55 AM

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Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak

what species is this one

RGBMatt · #67 08/03/2006, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by zemuron114
I've tried to dig one up once i went atleast a foot and still didn't find that sneaky bugger.

That's because they usually burrow sideways under the sand after they dive. If you sit and wait, you'll often see it pop up somewhere else.

Gary Majchrzak · #68 08/03/2006, 07:07 PM

pnsnowboard- the fish in that pic is a male M. meleagris. The earspot is used to differentiate it from the very similar M. ornatus .

zemuron114 · #69 08/03/2006, 08:05 PM

i know they dive sideways. I dug in about a 5 foot radius and still didn't find it. I skimmer the whole area with the net at about 6" deep. It was a red coris wrasse. They dive deep at night and sideways to hide during the day.

Torno · #70 08/03/2006, 10:14 PM

Ok now you guys have got me excited about these! I have been thinking about keeping one in my tank for a while now. I was thinking about ordering a Biparatus on the internet. Do you think if I emailed them and asked them to put sand in the shipping bag it would arrive healthy?

Also, when I put it in the display tank, could I try to get it started on live blackworms? How easy do these guys take to frozen? I'm concerned because I don't have a sump/refugium and don't culture pods either.

Thanks and great pics!

bllfish · #71 08/03/2006, 10:24 PM

Here's my leopard. Quite a character. Always hungry & looking.

Torno · #72 08/04/2006, 12:16 PM

Can anyone help me?

jda · #73 08/04/2006, 12:19 PM

Torno,

For the best success, your tank should have a good amount of micro fauna for the fish to feed on until it starts eating prepared foods. I fear that a bare tank would spell doom for the fish.

Mine took to mysis in a week or two and pellets in a month. It had pods and all kind of stuff to eat in the meantime.

Milleme · #74 08/04/2006, 12:44 PM

Even better if you can get one thats already eating

Kinetic · #75 08/04/2006, 01:15 PM

they jump... so you gotta have a top.

I had to drop my idea of keeping one, I have a braceless tank coming and that's just asking for a hardwoodfloorsurfer =(