Melanurus or leopard wrasse?

Hawain_Rob · Nov 22, 2015

Went to the lfs today to look for a melanurus wrasse which I found. But also they had a male leopard wrasse!! And wow what a beautiful fish. I bought the melanurus cause of his size and it suiting the size of my tank right now. Im still thinking of the leopard wrasse tho!..lol

Longnose Hawkfish · Nov 22, 2015

They can both live together just fine. Leopards can be hard though. If it is eating at the fish store that would help a lot with the long term success of the fish.

Hawain_Rob · Nov 22, 2015

I wish I had room for both.

Hawain_Rob · Nov 22, 2015

eatbreakfast · Nov 22, 2015

Hawain_Rob said:

The first pic isn't a melanurus, but rather a nice male dusky wrasse, Halichoeres marginatus.

Hawain_Rob · Nov 22, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
The first pic isn't a melanurus, but rather a nice male dusky wrasse, Halichoeres marginatus.

Dang internet!..lol

drstratton · Nov 22, 2015

You should have placed an option for both

, because eventually that's what I want. First though will be a Melanurus!!!

Fishphi784 · Nov 22, 2015

The melenurus is super hardy; given the mortality rate of LFS fish I'd go with him. The leopard is definitely a stunning fish, thought. Just in case you didn't know, they both need sand beds to sleep in.