[dylan]

is it me or does this fish not travel well , i would love to have a pair of these but they just seem to last about a week then die i no plenty of other people that i have had no luck with these aswell , thing is my nitrates are 0-2 i no someone who's tanks nitrates are between 25-40 and his are happy as larry just cant work it out as i love these fish

[Dave.I]

Yeh they are bad travelers.They dont like life in the lfs.They need plenty of live rock and two inches of sand minimum at all times to be happy.Mark at taunton used to keep them in the fish system but now they go into the invert system and do alot better.They dont seem to like meds/copper.I had a splendid leopard-wrasse for about two years and a normal meleagris leopard for over three years.Both fish would rip coraline algae from the back glass and eat it.I think they need coraline in there diet but i know it sounds daft.
The splendid jumped and the meleagris was traded in due to kicking loads of sand up onto my lps.

Dave

[Matt G]

I think that the key with these is to get them out of the LFS as soon as you can, I don't think that the majority of the tanks in LFS are really designed to look after them. It is a risk not seeing them eating, but I feel it is more of a risk to leave them in the shop too long. You just need to make sure you purchase what you believe looks like a healthy specimen that shows an interest in food.

If you do decide to use a QT, then as above, with live rock, good sand bed and have pods ready to feed them. I will probably get shot for this, but I don't QT them. I have a splendid, ornate and choati. The choati took about 3 weeks to get feeding (it was picking at pods, now eating brine and mysis) and is still a bit skinny, but does appear to be fattening up, fingers crossed. I don't think that nitrates are too much of a problem for them (providing they are not excessively high), it is more getting them to adapt to the new surroundings. Jumping in the first week seems to be fairly common problem.

Feeding these often as you would with anthias also seems to help.

I really like the wrasses and just want a male to finish the collection, although I am having problems sexing the choati so will hold off until I do. Mine all follow each other around, kick up sand and go to bed and wake up within 15mins of each other and add a great bit of character to the tank.

[Dave.I]

Well said Matt.Do you see many choati's.Been looking for ages but never found one

Dave

[Matt G]

No I haven't, don't think they come up very often, which is why I hope mine is on the right track now. I ordered it from my LFS and just had to wait until one arrived, which took around 6 months.

[Lost Boys]

I have had mine for a few months now, i must be lucky then, must say the six line wrasse does chase it around a lot, wish i could catch the six line.

[Dave.I]

Tiny barbless hook and line should do it !

[jenelia]

The Leopard Wrasse is also known as the Guinea Fowl Wrasse, or Blackspotted Wrasse. This species has two different appearances depending on gender.
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