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Old 01/24/2006, 08:29 PM
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latest addition!!!

I rescued this guy from a lfs that had him for 3 months in a 20g cube! he was stressed out and spending alot if time in the sand so I thought I would try to save him! on top of that I had been wanting one for quite a while for my 150 and I couldnt pass on the price!

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p.s. try not to look at the bubble algae!!! lol
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Old 01/24/2006, 09:11 PM
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beautiful wrasse
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Old 01/24/2006, 09:24 PM
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absolutely stunning!
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Old 01/24/2006, 09:25 PM
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Good luck with the new leopard. Beautiful fish with peaceful personality.
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Old 01/24/2006, 09:44 PM
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do leopard wrasses sleep in the sand like some other wrasses?
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Old 01/24/2006, 11:19 PM
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yes, and what a nice catch! good luck!
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Old 01/25/2006, 11:30 AM
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thanks guys for all the compliments, he is stunning to look at and got along with all my other tank inhabitatns right off the bat!!! it loves the sand and goes there on a strict schedule for bed time and gets up at the same time every day!!! Im super stoked on the fact that he followed suite and took to flake once he saw my other fish tearing it up.....
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Old 01/25/2006, 08:42 PM
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anyone else have leopard wrasse photos? lets see them!
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Old 01/26/2006, 12:13 AM
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how would a Leopard do in a 24" barebottom cube?

Very nice, btw.
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Old 01/26/2006, 09:47 AM
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not good! they need sand to sleep and hide in when stressed out!
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Old 01/26/2006, 03:52 PM
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put a bowl of sand behind the rocks, he'll find it for nap time
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Old 01/26/2006, 04:17 PM
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Here is a really bad picture of one of my Potter's wrasses.
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Old 01/26/2006, 04:32 PM
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looks sweet! how big is it?
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Old 01/26/2006, 04:34 PM
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Just under 3 inches. She was about 1.25 when I got her a few years back. You could see through her tail because she was so small. Notice the full belly - I can come home from a week's vacation, and they have a full belly.
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Old 01/26/2006, 04:47 PM
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so Im guessing you have a monster load of pods for them to munch on in your system......
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Old 01/26/2006, 09:20 PM
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thanks for the info. Beautiful photos.
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Old 01/26/2006, 10:28 PM
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here is a pic of a leopard wrasse I had like yours. I got him and put him in my tank. He swam around my tank unharmed and looked super healthy for about 3 hours. Then when the halides went off he went under a rock to what I thought making a home. Well next day I went to work at the fire station for 24 hours and haven't seem him since. This was 2 months ago.


I just recently got one last week and this one is still around eating and getting along with everyone but I haven't got a pic of him yet.
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Old 01/26/2006, 10:36 PM
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nice shot! good luck with the new one! they truly are awesome looking fish!
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Old 01/27/2006, 04:12 AM
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I bought one last sunday, added him and he swam around for 3 hours, then I took my eye off him for a split second, and gone..

havnt seen him for 5 days now, really getting worried..
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Old 01/27/2006, 10:32 AM
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I have a female bipartitus.
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Old 01/27/2006, 11:06 AM
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jrfowler I hope you find your fish but at this point things are looking grim, was the fish healthy when you picked it up?

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is that from "the crow"!? great flick!

and thats a good looking fish! how long have you had her?
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Old 01/27/2006, 09:04 PM
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so does anyone else keep these and if so share your experience and photos!! from the few post I have heard they dont sound to be real hardy!?!?
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Old 02/03/2006, 02:16 PM
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