Carrie Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I just started researching my evenings impulse buy, (yes, I know better) and I am having an 'Oh, Crap' moment. My pretty fish is difficult at best. So I am turning to my fellow reefers and hoping someone has advice for me. (Other than to quit impulse buying.) Has anyone kept a black leopard wrasse successfully? If so, what did you do special. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 AndrewT has. Sometimes I think its better to just stay ignorant. Kinda like the first time you try a trick...you always nail it b/c you don't know any better so you can't over ANAL-yze it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I'd get some pods to feed him. They prefer live food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 +1 for the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Well, I let her out in my tank. She swam around and explored a bit, then buried herself in he sand for the night. Fingers crossed, she comes out in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I had an impulse buy this week too. I bought a Saddleback clown. They swim so cutely. He's starting to host in my mushroom colony. It is adorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acropoorer Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I just started researching my evenings impulse buy, (yes, I know better) and I am having an 'Oh, Crap' moment. My pretty fish is difficult at best. So I am turning to my fellow reefers and hoping someone has advice for me. (Other than to quit impulse buying.) Has anyone kept a black leopard wrasse successfully? If so, what did you do special. Thanks! I had one for a year and half. It did quite well and ate frozen mysis -- getting it to eat is the trick. If it won't eat mysis try mixing mysis with live brine shrimp to get it started. I lost mine when I went bare bottom -- got stressed when it didn't have sand to sleep and hide in. Beautiful fish and if you can get him to eat he should be fine. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewT Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 First I bought garlic extreme I put the required dosage in mixed with live brine to feed him. Then i started mixing live brine and frozen brine with the Garlic extract. After a while i cut the live brine and just fed frozen brine and garlic extreme. When he started eating frozen brine i threw some mysis in the mix with the frozen brine and garlic extract. Then I slowly removed the brine. The whole process took about a little less than a month, but now my wrase eats everything frozen food, pellets and nori. Just be patient is all i can say it took me about 3-4 months to finally get my dwarf lion to eat frozen. If your not having any luck and it seems to just want to eat brine buy some zoe and soak the brine in that itll insure that your wrase gets all the nutrients it needs as brine has next to no nutritional value. This will help keep your wrase healthy while you ween it off brine. Hope this helps, and good luck. keep us all updated on how he does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewT Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 also dont worry if you dont see it first thing tomorrow... mine usually comes out around five everyday. its almost like clock work. comes out eats swims for a few hours and heads to the sand around midnight again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbnj Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) This is why I don't want wrasses in my tank. You always have to worry if they're dead/decomposing under your sand. Not to mention what they kick-up into the water, in terms of detritus, when they bury themselves. Edited February 22, 2010 by pbnj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Mine came out first thing yesterday morning. Hopefully she will do well. I am waiting to see her eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewT Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Have you had a chance to pick some garlic xtreme up? That will really help with the feeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 I picked it up today, but she is only out in the morning, so hopefully I can get her eating first thing tomorrow. I will pick up some black worms later in the week if she still isn't eating. I've heard they can't resist them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Andrew's advice is good. I have done the same successfully. However I did it in a QT tank so I didn't have to worry about all the waste build up from the wasteful weening process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Thought I would give an update. The wrasse never took to the black worms. I tried a few days per week with them. My other fish loved them, I however, was not too fond of the whole idea. After three weeks of eating pods and picking at rocks, she took her first frozen food today. In case anyone else is runs into a similar issue, I finally got her to eat a mix of Mysis, cyclopeeze and spirulina completely soaked in garlic extreme. I will warn anyone who has not used the garlic - your entire house will smell like it. It was well worth getting this beautiful girl to eat. Just another lesson in 'research before you buy.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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