Bluejawtrigger
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He won't hold still. lol
Show me your leopard wrasses
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Bluejawtrigger
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Sorry, my leopard won't set still. I deleted and excellent shot of him off my phone Saturday. I'll see if I saved it on my computer.
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Acrokeeper3729
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Awesome fish guys. Sadly I have not seen my leopard wrasse in a couple of days. I am hopeful that he is just being shy and will pop out any day now. If he does I will post some pics as he is one of my favorite fish.
Mike&Terry
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Great pics 96gts... How long have you had the Choati?
Mike&Terry
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That is great to hear! We're not brave enough to try one yet. :smile:
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I don't even think about keeping them, if Mike, Terry and Aquaph8 won't try them, I have no shot 
Will look at everyones elses pics though and just wish.
Will look at everyones elses pics though and just wish. 
I don't want to jinx myself, but the Choati is my 1st try and I have much better luck with it then some other wrasses like the Rhomboid. I'm shamed on saying how many Rhomboid I had lost, I had never been able to keep one for much more than 1.5months.
I think the key for the Choati is to get one thats eating. I just happened to see it at a LFS, it just got out from the sand, told the lfs to try feed it and it ate live brine and frozen mysis. I bought it and pick it up that following weekend. I'm not saying Choati is easy, as I do know someone locally that had lost quite a few, most just won't eat.
I think the key for the Choati is to get one thats eating. I just happened to see it at a LFS, it just got out from the sand, told the lfs to try feed it and it ate live brine and frozen mysis. I bought it and pick it up that following weekend. I'm not saying Choati is easy, as I do know someone locally that had lost quite a few, most just won't eat.
reeffirstaid
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I kept a Leopard Wrasse years ago to great success. Then I gave it to a friend of mine and it perished shortly after. Like a mandarin dragonet or any specialized feeder you have to find a strategy to get these guys eating. I would take cyclopeeze soak it in the morning and let it set all day while I was at work. Feed that in the evening with every flow pump turned off and had some success as the leopard would eat it. A good mature tank helps but IME you have to get them eating.
Mike&Terry
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There is more to it with the Choati's as they are extremely sensitive to ph and alk swings. I know several wrasse experts who have not been able to keep these guys successfully even though the fish were eating well.
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Here is a bad phone pic of my potters pair:
I just added a black leopard Wednesday, but I haven't seen it come out of the sand yet.... hopefully soon I'm not overly worried I had a friend who's black didnt show for almost 2 weeks, and it was in a tank by itself lol
I just added a black leopard Wednesday, but I haven't seen it come out of the sand yet.... hopefully soon
I'm not overly worried I had a friend who's black didnt show for almost 2 weeks, and it was in a tank by itself lol 
Here is my male Chaoti wrasse. I have yet to get a decent picture of the female, though I haven't tried lately. i'll have to do that.
They were both difficult to get eating over the first month and I was worried about the female especially. She was and continues to be much more slender than the male who was a fat cigar when he came to me from LA Divers Den. They are both doing amazingly well for the tough time I had getting them to eat. The female eats more options than the male. She relishes Live black worms, Nutromar Ova, Cyclopeeze, and small HiKari Mysis. He eats the Live black worms, cyclopeze and Nutromar Ova but I haven't really noticed him going for much else. I feed three to five times per day.
I have had them for almost 4 months. They are both gorgeous, healthy, and seemingly content. I notice the male chases the female from time to time but she just zooms off and doesn't seem to bothered.
They were both difficult to get eating over the first month and I was worried about the female especially. She was and continues to be much more slender than the male who was a fat cigar when he came to me from LA Divers Den. They are both doing amazingly well for the tough time I had getting them to eat. The female eats more options than the male. She relishes Live black worms, Nutromar Ova, Cyclopeeze, and small HiKari Mysis. He eats the Live black worms, cyclopeze and Nutromar Ova but I haven't really noticed him going for much else. I feed three to five times per day.
I have had them for almost 4 months. They are both gorgeous, healthy, and seemingly content. I notice the male chases the female from time to time but she just zooms off and doesn't seem to bothered.
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Aquaph8
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They are generally safe with inverts.
Slojmn, so glad to hear your pair are doing well. I tried to buy them when they went up but your too fast, congrats on some amazing fish.
