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View Poll Results: Indicate those species you keep in your tank
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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Unread 01/27/2010, 08:20 PM   #926
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And how are YOURS doing?
Day 11- All four are still waking up at the same time together, and feeding quite well. I love them. Thrilled that they're doing well. Let's hope they all make it to the one month mark and beyond


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Unread 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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Unread 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)
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Unread 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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Unread 01/28/2010, 08:23 PM   #930
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It would probably put you over your threshold... especially with a Christmas wrasse in there, those things get nasty!
yeah, I'm thinking.

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.

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Unread 01/29/2010, 08:26 AM   #931
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I would not add additional leopards. Your copepod base is insufficient in that sized tank.


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Unread 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.
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Unread 01/29/2010, 04:26 PM   #933
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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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Unread 01/29/2010, 07:40 PM   #934
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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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Gorgeous fish!


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Unread 01/29/2010, 09:46 PM   #936
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Gorgeous fish!

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Unread 01/31/2010, 11:54 AM   #937
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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?


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Unread 01/31/2010, 12:05 PM   #938
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Could I gently probe the sand bed with a rod during the day?
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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mb - love the fish. Very nice


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Unread 01/31/2010, 07:14 PM   #940
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give him time and let nature take its corse .


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Unread 01/31/2010, 08:33 PM   #941
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give him time and let nature take its corse .
+1 -- dont stir the sand bed. if he's going to come out he will on his own.


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Unread 02/01/2010, 11:47 AM   #942
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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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It may take a day or two to come out. Also it will take a while to adjust its biological clock.


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Unread 02/01/2010, 04:44 PM   #944
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It may take a day or two to come out. Also it will take a while to adjust its biological clock.
didn't see it when i got home from work today and didn't check this morn (my lights are on from 1030 to 1030 so they were off when i left for work). i'll keep an eye out tonight and hopef it comes out soon. It's nice to have this thread as reference though, I would have thrown in the towel otherwise haha

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.



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Unread 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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Unread 02/03/2010, 09:29 AM   #946
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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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Unread 02/03/2010, 07:35 PM   #947
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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.
Third picture down is a female m. meleagris. Your picture looks like a match, although it doesn't look very black from that angle. Could have been internal parasites... could be many things.


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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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Unread 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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So... who bought the "Tinfoil Leopard Wrasse" off of DD today? Wrasseman, didn't you get the last one?
i think wrasseman was the proud owner the last time around....maybe he decided to pair up? i'm wondering why somewhere like DD is labeling this fish as a leopard even though it is a differant species? a bit confusing to me.


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