Share some tricks about what you did in order to get your leopard wrasse to eat.
I my self having some issues with getting my leopard wrasse to nibble on seaweed, lettuce, meat pellets, mysis shrimp, blood worms, brine shrimp.
I haven’t dipped anything in garlic but the meat pellets are pre dipped
Share your thoughts and ideas
Hopefully your leopard is eating by now. I currently have two young leopards and I followed advice here to get them eating.
I offered live bbs, live and frozen copepods, frozen mysis, and pellets. I read that immature leopards stick close to each other in the ocean and it was theorized that competition from peers during feeding could act as an appetite stimulant while also boosting their confidence.
Originally, I had three leopards, but sadly one died after spending much of its time buried in the sand. The two survivors spend most of their time together and they are now very enthusiastic eaters of pretty much anything I feed them, including pellets. Typically, they are fed 3-4 times/day: frozen mysis, bbs, copepods (live and frozen), Hikari algae wafers, Masstick, etc.
About a month ago I added three orange-spotted filefish following the same philosophy of creating peer pressure to eat. Two of the three were very skinny, but the smallest one was pretty plump and he took to Masstick on the glass very quickly. As soon as the larger two noticed that he was eating, they chased the smaller one away from the Masstick and started eating. Everyone LOVES the Masstick, so you may want to try that. I get the tabs and stick them to the glass.
It might not be helpful to add another leopard at this point, but wanted to pass along the info that was so helpful for me.
