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Macropharyngodon bipartitus | 67 | 28.39% | |
Macropharyngodon choati | 12 | 5.08% | |
Macropharyngodon geoffroy | 24 | 10.17% | |
Macropharyngodon meleagris | 78 | 33.05% | |
Macropharyngodon negrosensis | 29 | 12.29% | |
Other | 26 | 11.02% | |
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01/27/2010, 08:20 PM | #926 |
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01/27/2010, 09:46 PM | #927 |
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Matt G please crowd us and do keep us updated ! hope they stop there squabbling .
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01/28/2010, 07:50 PM | #928 |
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OK, QUICK RESPONSE NEEDED!
thanks! I'm thinking of getting 2 more female MM Leopards from LA. I would order tonite for saturday. My tank can handle the nutrients. I think that would put me above my limit on fish room, though. It's a 4 footer, 85 gallon. I have 4 wrasse (the flame, Melanurus, Christmas, and MM) 2 false perks Red Dragonet 2 gobi's what ya think?
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01/28/2010, 08:19 PM | #929 |
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It would probably put you over your threshold... especially with a Christmas wrasse in there, those things get nasty!
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The Christmas Wrasse is a full grown, mature male. He harasses, but not too much. He's the boss, harasses, but just when it's too much, he leaves everyone alone. He's beautiful, too. Thanks!
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01/29/2010, 03:38 PM | #932 |
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yeah, I'm maxed out on pod eating fish, although I do keep a decent population. I learned a lot about that from keeping pipefish for years.
no sense upsetting the delicate balance. Thanks!
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thats it i would have to say .i do like your choice of fish that you already have though .
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I got an Indian ocean ornate leopard wrasse on January 22, 2010, and I haven't seen him once since he arrived after acclimation where he dove into the sand.
Is there anything I can do for this fish? I don't want him to starve to death in the sand. I had the lights off the whole time during acclimation and for the day. Perhaps he doesn't know when the lights are on. Could I gently probe the sand bed with a rod during the day? |
01/31/2010, 12:05 PM | #938 |
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Do NOT disturb the sand. The fish will either come out or it won't but if you disturb the sand, you will almost certainly lose it.
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01/31/2010, 03:09 PM | #939 |
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mb - love the fish. Very nice
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give him time and let nature take its corse .
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+1 -- dont stir the sand bed. if he's going to come out he will on his own.
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Got myself a potter's wrasse yesterday, came in from hawaii in real good shape. After acclimating it swam around hunting for a little while but then I was putting in a coral I got on the same order and it disappeared into the sand somewhere. I hope it comes out today! Such a gorgeous fish!
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I should mention it's in a 180gal that's been setup since october but all the stuff in the tank came from my 90gal that is 1.5 years old. had a twin spot hogfish in the tank when it was acclimating but it tried to ram the bag a few times so the twinspot was given away, nothing else should bother it in there except maybe a royal gramma but it mostly sticks to its one little cave. Last edited by doublejesus; 02/01/2010 at 04:47 PM. Reason: adding tank info |
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02/03/2010, 01:25 AM | #945 |
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what kind is mysterybox's third pic? i think thats my newest one.
i lost my bipartis a few months ago after having him for over 3 years. any ideas why? i added no new fish to the tank for a while. he kept eating but not quite as vigourisly but still got skinny over a couple weeks and lost strength and disappeared for good, my thought was something internal? was mine and my gf's fav fish, had to get this guy to replace him. he/she is her valentines day gift hopefully the new guy hold's his own with my other fish and yellow coris and sea grass wrasse. i still want to add a radiant too. drip acclimated, left actinics on, placed in tank, tossed in a good mix of rods, mysis etc. |
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that little leopard wrasse has been one of the tougher for me but i had a great batch come in and the two that i got have been doing so well .i think it still comes down to the collection process and how they were handled throughout .flip of the coin and the rest is up to us .
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So... who bought the "Tinfoil Leopard Wrasse" off of DD today? Wrasseman, didn't you get the last one?
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02/03/2010, 07:53 PM | #949 |
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well i got home from work today and my potter's was out so i immediately fed it some pe mysis and it ate a bit then went back into hiding. hopefully this starts a trend haha
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