Leopard Wrasse not eating

[Stephen]

I've had this leopard wrasse for almost a week and he wont eat my pellet food. any suggestions? i think i might try to get some frozen cylclopeas.

[muddybluewater]

Try some frozen Brine with spirulina. Everything I have eats it very well.

[reefman]

Your idea of cyclopeeze is a good one, but they can't live on that alone. Leopard Wrasses are know as very hard fish to keep. Two things you might try, one is Artic Pods, these are good for finiky eaters. The other is to soak any brine or mysis shrimp in a little garlic extract before you feed them. The garlic really gets their appetite going.

Stephen

[GKarshens]

You might not get him to eat any prepared food. That is why they are listed as expert only fish. Stephan's recommendations are a good start and will hopefully work.

[+mcallahan]

have you tried live food? It can be a great place to start to keep them alive, then wean them over to prepared food.

[AndrewT]

i have a leopard wrase and had the same problem. i ve had him about a year now and he eats pellets frozen nori you name it. i did the following... first live brine with frozen brine in garlic. slowly ween him off the live and start mixing frozen mysis with frozen brine. make sure you get some garlic extract it really will help a lot. hope that helps