New leopard wrasse not eating

[Clownfish2]

I purchased a leopard wrasse 4 days ago and placed in 20 gallon QT. He will not eat.

I called the LFS. They say they fed him frozen mysis. I have tried frozen mysis, Hikari pellet, 3 day old live brine shrimp, and raw scallops and raw wild shrimp from grocery store. He ignores it all.

Im about to leave on a work trip. I’m thinking of picking up some copepods next Monday so that will be 6 days without food.

Any other food suggestions?

 

[nicholas.babb@gmail]

I have two that are big copepod eaters; they constantly hunt for that stuff. Took a couple of days to eat prepared food but eventually took to all of it.

Is there sand in the QT? Leopard Wrasses require sandbed in order to sleep.

 

[Cment]

live black worms and gut loaded brine along with a bottle of pods. Keep throwing every food you can at her eventually they will eat or they wont. Once they start to eat they become very hardy

 

[Bob Weigant]

With Leopards I never buy without seeing the eat first. Live food is a big help. Mine love pods but will also eat frozen foods

 

[Maacc]

If you can get your hands on some live blackworms try that.

 

[YellowFinsReef]

Whenever I try to condition leopard wrasses, I use nutramar ova (which isn't currently available) and LRS fish eggs. It seems to stimulate their appetite.

 

[Clownfish2]

where did you buy blackworms.....bait and tackle store? The wrasse does have a sand bed in a Cool Whip container lol, he likes it.

 

[Maacc]

Your local fish store may have them or be able to get them, LRS fish eggs are also a good idea.

 

[Clownfish2]

If you can get your hands on some live blackworms try that.

How do you feed the black worms? I assume the black worms are too long to fit in the wrasses mouth so would need to dice them up to very small pieces or would you just toss them live into the tank ?

 

[Maacc]

I would leave whole and target feed a few at a time and see how it responds.

 

[Maritimer]

Use the blackworms whole and alive (they'll die shortly after being added, so just a few at a time). Fish with smaller mouths eat 'em like spaghetti.

~Bruce

 

[eatbreakfast]

Live black worms, fish eggs(you can get tobiko from an Asian food store), reef plankton.

 

[lion king]

I personally have never seen a leopard wrasse make it, that had not been treated for internal parasites. His qt tank needs to outfitted with sand as well or he will be super stressed. Live pods, live brine shrimp, live black worms, and depending on his size and the size of live ghost shrimp you can get; my leopard loves hunting ghosties. Fish with internal parasites may not eat, this is usually the case that gives some fish their difficulty in feeding. Immediately dose prazi pro, then follow up with metro/focus once he starts eating. I would establish some pods before I left on my trip, even the ones in tghe bottle at the lfs if necessary.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I personally have never seen a leopard wrasse make it, that had not been treated for internal parasites. His qt tank needs to outfitted with sand as well or he will be super stressed. Live pods, live brine shrimp, live black worms, and depending on his size and the size of live ghost shrimp you can get; my leopard loves hunting ghosties. Fish with internal parasites may not eat, this is usually the case that gives some fish their difficulty in feeding. Immediately dose prazi pro, then follow up with metro/focus once he starts eating.

A container of sand will suffice. But I definitely agree that internal parasites often is what keeps a fish from feeding.

 

[KMench]

My ornate leopard took a long time to start eating prepared foods. Months. Live pods are the key, lots of them. I went through quarantine with her only eating live pods, and one day in the DT she decided to start eating frozen foods randomly.