Shipment has arrived! Ok, so what did we get? We ordered a trio of black leopard wrasse.
Macropharyngodon negrosensis. Funny thing, the scientific name for the leopard wrasse genus means 'big throat teeth.'
Anyway, we had one DOA.
The bag had a small puncture and altho it was still full of water, I think some gas exchange occured. It was the largest of the three around 3", the other two are around 2".
One of the survivors looked really healthy and dove into the sand as soon as she was released, never was able to get a picture. The other was pretty dazed and took about 15 minutes to come to. It moved around a little, but just laid against the rock and the glass. When I went to check on it a few minutes later, it had already buried itself. They are both burried over on the left side of the tank.
Next challenge, get them adjusted to their new surroundings, and out of the sand. I've got the little LED light on blues only on a timer so they can get adjusted to their new day/night cycle. Leopard wrasse are like alarm clocks and will get up and go to sleep at almost exactly the same time every day.
After that I should have a few baby brine shrimp that I will add to their tank and let them munch on while I try and get them on frozen. I have a pretty good plan on how to do that tho. Off to the LFS for another surprise.
