The Wrasse Lover's Thread!
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eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
Coris venusta.
mfinn
likes zoanthids
Well, I lost all 3 of the blue star leopards I got in from liveaquaria 10 days ago.
First one was gone the first night. The second one was gone the next night.
The third one lasted 10 days.
Was doing great. It was eating tigger pods in the morning, roe or cyclop-eze at noon and a little bit of frozen mysis in the evenings.
Then 3 days ago, it didn't come out of the sand until almost noon. Ate some pods right away, some roe a couple hours later, then went into the sand.
Didn't see it at all the next day. It came out for about a hour yesterday. Seemed not interested in food at all and went into the sand.
This morning I found it next to the sand bed, dead.
Real bummer.
As per liveaquaria's warranty, they will re-ship 3 more, no charge.
But I'm wondering if I should.
First one was gone the first night. The second one was gone the next night.
The third one lasted 10 days.
Was doing great. It was eating tigger pods in the morning, roe or cyclop-eze at noon and a little bit of frozen mysis in the evenings.
Then 3 days ago, it didn't come out of the sand until almost noon. Ate some pods right away, some roe a couple hours later, then went into the sand.
Didn't see it at all the next day. It came out for about a hour yesterday. Seemed not interested in food at all and went into the sand.
This morning I found it next to the sand bed, dead.
Real bummer.
As per liveaquaria's warranty, they will re-ship 3 more, no charge.
But I'm wondering if I should.
Duke4Life
Just a crazy eel guy, LMAS
Sorry to hear.
mfinn
likes zoanthids
I'm wondering, are the Blue Star Leopards less hardy than the regular leopards?
Are they more of a risk to ship?
Are they more of a risk to ship?
Greenstreet.1
5000 Club Member
I don't remember if you where QT'ing or not but if you where what was your QT'ing process ?
mfinn
likes zoanthids
Yes, I always qt.
I have 29 gallon tank with a seeded sponge filter. Bare bottom, but for wrasses I have a dish with 2-1/2" of sand. A few fresh water decorations for cover.
First day, no treatment, usually by second day 24 hours of methylene blue, water change and carbon for 24. Then a couple rounds of prazipro.
Stretched over minimum 3 weeks, depending on how they are eating, maybe longer.
Greenstreet.1
5000 Club Member
Ok the reason for asking s I recently lost my wrasses that I had in qt and can not figure out why may need to change my routine a little
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
I think that this is a superb qt protocol for wrasses. Leopards are quite difficult the first few weeks. You didn't do anything wrong as far as protocol.
townjas
Active Member
Need some information on halichoeres timorensis. How big do they get? Are they reef safe? I have a melanurus and a red Christmas. Just got rid of a Yellow headed and a halichoeres poeyi, and don't want to add another wrasse just like the 2 I got rid of.
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
They reach between 4.5-5". They are a more peaceful Halichoeres species, much better behaved than peoyi and garnoti. It may eat cuc, but that has never been in issue in my tanks.
jonneyb
Active Member
I've read through this thread and have done lots of online surching, I've become a wrasse lover. Question is where to begin? I have a 40 breeder with a few small fish, royal garma tailspot and a couple of clowns. Looking for small and peaceful wrasse to start with. Thought about a redfin, then read about aggression so I don't know, where do I begin?
mfinn
likes zoanthids
but I'm curious about the differences in having bipartitus shipped vs. meleagris.
Are meleagris tougher, more likely to survive? @eatbreakfast
I see alot of failed attempts ( and my own ).
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
I have always felt that bipartitus is one of the leopards that handles it better than some of it's congenerics, comperable to meleagris and ornatus, and certainly better than choati and geoffreyi.
mfinn
likes zoanthids
Thanks
liveaquaria is going to re-ship the order this coming week.
Loosing fish like this is not cool. With the last order of meleagris I received where I lost some and a couple shipments of anthias that had losses, I've never lost this many fish combined in more than 30 years in the hobby, with the exception of the incident where I learned how important it is to quarantine fish.
Jstn
Well-Known Member
Melagris and blue star are Ime the easiest. I lost a lot of leopards in qt, once I started added them directly to the dt my success turned around. I qt any other fish but leopards, I know some people like to qt them but I have not had any luck. My qt has sand and live rock and honestly looks like a dt.
Took me 9 potters to get one to survive, I still have 3/4 blue stars. Both my Melagris made it to a year then I lost the male. I am 0/2 on black leopard and my one ornate that I got from the lfs is doing great. I won't try a choati even though they are beautiful.
Also if you are going to qt, I wouldn't treat them till they are really eating and active, I feel sometimes the treatments stress them more, with leopard ich is not the enemy it is stress!
Greenstreet.1
5000 Club Member
Just got back from the airport got my pintail back they made a mistake and sent me two temminckii that I did not order but you guys already know I'm not mad at all love my wrasses lol
