leopard wrasse?

[MIKE ALERS]

anybody knows about behavior,maintanence and are they reef safe.

[phoenix]

they are reef safe and beautiful but are poor shippers and have poor survivability. Sometimes difficult to get eating.

[MIKE ALERS]

thanks for the info

[lecher]

I'd wait until your tank matures and you have a little more experience before attempting a leopard. Like phoenix said, poor survivability record.

[MIKE ALERS]

actually my tank is 7 months old.do you think it's still not mature enough?

[lecher]

Maybe. The thing about leopards is that a lot of times they will seem fine at first then just drop dead after a few days. Sometimes people buy 4 or 5 before they get one that lives. I think they just stress very easily. I got lucky the first time with mine. The LFS had him for 5 weeks though. He was the only one, out of the 6 the store got in, that lived. I then had bid on him to purchase. He is doing great now and is a very cool fish.

[Snowboarda42]

They need a deep sand bed as well, and peaceful tankmates are a must.