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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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11/05/2011, 08:37 PM | #1926 | |
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11/06/2011, 12:53 PM | #1927 |
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i have a 220gal /w 5inch of sand and fuge i wanted to add some leopard wrasses and wanted to know if they needed to be added one at a time in any kind of order to keep the fighting down or should i add them all at once?
the ones i was looking at are: Macropharyngodon negrosensis Macropharyngodon bipartitus Macropharyngodon meleagris Macropharyngodon geoffroyi I was thinking of going to try to get them in groups of 3 as females right now all i have in the tank is Tomini Tang Sailfin Tang Black and White Ocellaris Ocellaris Clownfish Foxface Lo 3 Green Chromies |
11/08/2011, 10:09 AM | #1928 |
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After one week in QT with Prazipro, the Choati is adjusted to the light schedule better and will stay out for more than 8hrs. It's eating PE mysis aggressively 2-3 times a day, so I decided to move it into my 185gal display late last night. It went straight into the sand, hope it will adjust to the new tank quickly.
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11/18/2011, 12:50 PM | #1929 |
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Just found this thread. I keep A couple leopard wrasses in my tank, one of each. Potters, Meleagris, choati, and black leopard wrasse. All are doing fine eating pellets, flakes and any frozen I put in except for the choati. It only eats live misys shrimp. I try to get it to eat the frozen kind but he won't even look at them. How did you guys get them to take the frozen foods.
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11/18/2011, 05:15 PM | #1931 |
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Just bought some now. Can't wait to see how he likes it!!
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11/18/2011, 05:30 PM | #1932 |
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to switch him over i have always mixed live brine to induce the eating and then adding some of the PE mysis . the choati's are very difficult to say the least and i wish you the best . try to keep your paramiters as stable as possible as the choati's are very sensative to changes in your water IMO .
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11/18/2011, 10:56 PM | #1933 |
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Well it put a couple PE misys in its mouth but spat em out, will try to get some live brine and try it that way
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11/19/2011, 08:28 PM | #1934 |
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yes give it a try for sure .also watch very close and see if he is squeezing the internal "guts" into his mouth like gogurt . i have watched some of mine and they do get the gust out and after learning that the can eat the whole piece start to do so . good luck
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11/19/2011, 10:55 PM | #1935 |
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I got a new Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus I have it now for a month . I is doing really good . It loves pellets . It is also really vat and looking good
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11/20/2011, 08:26 AM | #1936 | |
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11/21/2011, 03:34 PM | #1937 |
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I got a Macropharyngodon negrosensis a couple of weeks ago. I have had the acclimation box lid open the last 2 days... I guess she likes her box better. She's gobbling mysis. Her buddies are waiting, a Male blackspotted and Female Potters.
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11/21/2011, 04:20 PM | #1938 |
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Here is cool little video of a negrosensis... I know what a horrible pic of mine but these look just like it.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/movie...on-negrosensis
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11/21/2011, 04:34 PM | #1939 |
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I've had a male for 3 years, and he only eats rods foods, and copepods. Actually I've been trying to catch him because he keeps harassing my clowns, 29gbio which is probably why.
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11/21/2011, 06:47 PM | #1940 |
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BeanMachine, maybe he like the closet effect of the acclimation box,lol . seems odd but it is odd for him as he has just been removed from the ocean so give him some time to figure it all out .
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11/22/2011, 10:41 AM | #1941 |
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Over the past several months I have been on the lookout for a Potter’s Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon geoffroy). I very much enjoy the wrasse family and more specifically the various leopard wrasses. I have had good luck with my Blue Star Leopard Wrasses (Macropharyngodon bipartitus) and take that as a sign that my tank is hospitable for leopard wrasses. So, after looking at the local fish stores and reading each Diver’s Den Sneak Peek email for a couple months the Diver’s Den had one. I made sure to purchase the Potter’s Wrasse as soon as it was made available on the website.
I picked the fish up this morning at the local Fed Ex facility. This is the second time I have ordered from Diver’s Den (the first time I got a pair of beaked leather jackets, Oxymonacanthus longirostris) and for the second time I am very happy with how Diver’s Den conditions and ships their fish. The potter has been out all morning and is now eating nutramar ova and cyclopeeze. Anyways, I snapped a couple pictures and took a quick video. I have the lights dimmed to allow the fish time to settle in so the image quality suffers a bit. http://youtu.be/MVq9QG06sA8
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11/22/2011, 11:45 AM | #1942 |
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11/22/2011, 02:51 PM | #1943 |
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No way! I can't believe I missed this on DD. I've been checking their sneak peak email daily. I got an Ornate from them a few months ago and it was so easy. It ate and acclimated no problem. I would definitely buy any leopard they have on DD. Good luck to you. Update us on how it's doing.
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11/22/2011, 02:54 PM | #1944 |
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Here's my male Potter I thought I'd share.
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11/22/2011, 04:00 PM | #1945 |
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tqpolo your potter's is beautiful! I hope my little guy grows up to to look like yours!
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11/22/2011, 05:18 PM | #1946 |
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Live Aquaria just emailed me and they have some Potters wrasses in stock right now if someone is interested in trying one.
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11/22/2011, 06:36 PM | #1948 |
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now were cooking with oil ! nice pictures and DD is very much top notch IMO.
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11/22/2011, 06:40 PM | #1949 |
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Great looking M. Kuiteri! Thanks for sharing!
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