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Do leopard wrasses need to be kept in pairs/small groups or can they be kept solo?
 
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I have a single leopard wrasse and she seems very happy. But, a 40g breeder won't give much room...this fish is constantly active and making its rounds about the tank hunting pods, etc...
 
I had a female meleagris get close to 5”, but mine mostly stay at about 4”. I’ve eight across five different species in a 450. Loads of space so no major aggression. Only one is demonstrably male.
 
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Don't want to hijack the thread but is there a timeframe when I should start worrying about a hiding leopard wrasse? I added a QT'd wrasse Wednesday. Kept in an acclimation box the first day, it seemed stressed even with a container of sand in the acclimation box so I let it out about lights out on the first night. It immediately dove into the sand. I did see it on a web cam the next day (Thursday) out and about. I watched as much as I could and I didn't see anybody bothering the wrasse during my time watching. Since Thursday I have not seen it again on video or when I've been home around the tank. I wouldn't call my tank very aggressive. I have a Coris and Melanarus wrasse as well and I saw them while the leopard wrasse was out and about and I didn't see them picking on it. I have a tang that can be a jerk but I also didn't see him bothering the leopard wrasse.

I know they can hide for a while but I thought maybe since I saw it out and about on day 2 it was good. Give it more time or should I be worried?
 
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Don't want to hijack the thread but is there a timeframe when I should start worrying about a hiding leopard wrasse? I added a QT'd wrasse Wednesday. Kept in an acclimation box the first day, it seemed stressed even with a container of sand in the acclimation box so I let it out about lights out on the first night. It immediately dove into the sand. I did see it on a web cam the next day (Thursday) out and about. I watched as much as I could and I didn't see anybody bothering the wrasse during my time watching. Since Thursday I have not seen it again on video or when I've been home around the tank. I wouldn't call my tank very aggressive. I have a Coris and Melanarus wrasse as well and I saw them while the leopard wrasse was out and about and I didn't see them picking on it. I have a tang that can be a jerk but I also didn't see him bothering the leopard wrasse.

I know they can hide for a while but I thought maybe since I saw it out and about on day 2 it was good. Give it more time or should I be worried?
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No, they can hide for a week or longer when they first are released. It will come out when it is ready...hopefully you have quarantined it and converted it over to the foods that you normally feed. Having a strong healthy pod population will help when it comes out to eat when you are not around to feed it, though.

It is highly advisable to quarantine leopard wrasses and prophylactically treat for internal worms and parasites...they are notorious for having these!

Don't disturb the sand looking for it...just let it adapt on its own schedule.

Good Luck!!! They are beautiful fish!
 
Idoc said:
No, they can hide for a week or longer when they first are released. It will come out when it is ready...hopefully you have quarantined it and converted it over to the foods that you normally feed. Having a strong healthy pod population will help when it comes out to eat when you are not around to feed it, though.

It is highly advisable to quarantine leopard wrasses and prophylactically treat for internal worms and parasites...they are notorious for having these!

Don't disturb the sand looking for it...just let it adapt on its own schedule.

Good Luck!!! They are beautiful fish!
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Thanks.

It came from Humblefish so it was prophylactically treated and acclimated to foods. And it actually did eat (LRS) while in the acclimation box that first day.

I have touched the sand as little as possible. I didn't vacuum my sand during my weekly water change, I just pulled water out of the tank to avoid disturbing the sand.
 
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Huff747 said:
Don't want to hijack the thread but is there a timeframe when I should start worrying about a hiding leopard wrasse? I added a QT'd wrasse Wednesday. Kept in an acclimation box the first day, it seemed stressed even with a container of sand in the acclimation box so I let it out about lights out on the first night. It immediately dove into the sand. I did see it on a web cam the next day (Thursday) out and about. I watched as much as I could and I didn't see anybody bothering the wrasse during my time watching. Since Thursday I have not seen it again on video or when I've been home around the tank. I wouldn't call my tank very aggressive. I have a Coris and Melanarus wrasse as well and I saw them while the leopard wrasse was out and about and I didn't see them picking on it. I have a tang that can be a jerk but I also didn't see him bothering the leopard wrasse.

I know they can hide for a while but I thought maybe since I saw it out and about on day 2 it was good. Give it more time or should I be worried?
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Mine hid for 14 days straight and came out healthy and fine on day 15. Comes out every day since
 
It’s a yes and no answer. As noted, newly introduced leopard wrasses can hide for a week or even two. I even had one hide for three weeks. So it’s certainly within the range of normal, BUT, the longer they hide the poorer the prognosis. It also can take a week or two for the biological clock to adjust, so the fish may be out without you seeing it.
 
Huff747 said:
Thanks.

It came from Humblefish so it was prophylactically treated and acclimated to foods. And it actually did eat (LRS) while in the acclimation box that first day.

I have touched the sand as little as possible. I didn't vacuum my sand during my weekly water change, I just pulled water out of the tank to avoid disturbing the sand.
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Awesome! I'm sure Bobby did a great job quarantining that leopard! I followed his advise when I quarantined my leopard as well. I initially started with 2 leopards but lost one in quarantine due to it not eating and then having an internal parasite! But, when I first had them in the quarantine, they hid for about 2 weeks...but I did catch them coming out during the afternoons for a couple hours then burying again. After releasing into my main tank, she was very friendly with the community of fish and they all got along great from the start.
 
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Idoc said:
Awesome! I'm sure Bobby did a great job quarantining that leopard! I followed his advise when I quarantined my leopard as well. I initially started with 2 leopards but lost one in quarantine due to it not eating and then having an internal parasite! But, when I first had them in the quarantine, they hid for about 2 weeks...but I did catch them coming out during the afternoons for a couple hours then burying again. After releasing into my main tank, she was very friendly with the community of fish and they all got along great from the start.
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I just got a female Melagris leopard from Bobby. She stayed buried for a day, then was out for about half a day the next. Now she cruises all day with the Vlorik’s (he also quarantined). It just varies from individuals how long it takes for their biological clock to adjust. Yours will appear soon :)
 
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