leopard wrasse, share your experience?

[kakak99]

Last Friday (5 May 17) I brought 2 x Potter's Leopard Wrasse (Hawaii) and 2 x Splendid Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus)

Heard shipment for there wrasse is rare, anyone also brought? how is urs doing?

My Potter's Leopard Wrasse (Hawaii) wake up early even before sun raise and went to sleep late afternoon. Had eaten mysis shrimp, brine shrimp and pellet.

My Splendid wake up at 10 am and went to sleep before evening, had eaten eaten mysis shrimp and brine shrimp only. 

Heard Wrasse have intestinal worms. Any wrasse expert here have advise on caring?

[alloy]

Potter's wrasse difficult. If yours make it past two weeks then should be stable liao.

And correct , highly recommended you deworm them with prazipro to rid them of intestinal worms for long term health.

Bipartius are easier leopards compared to potter's. But by no means bullet proof during initial acclimitisation. So long as they make it past two weeks they are considered stable

For leopards you might need to feed more regularly like 3 to 4 times a day to maintain their weight for long term health.

Good luck and enjoy your leopard wrasses.

[kakak99]

18 minutes ago, alloy said:

Potter's wrasse difficult. If yours make it past two weeks then should be stable liao.

And correct , highly recommended you deworm them with prazipro to rid them of intestinal worms for long term health.

Bipartius are easier leopards compared to potter's. But by no means bullet proof during initial acclimitisation. So long as they make it past two weeks they are considered stable

For leopards you might need to feed more regularly like 3 to 4 times a day to maintain their weight for long term health.

Good luck and enjoy your leopard wrasses.

Thanks

The wrasses were in the tank with sand, I think very hard to catch them again to deworm    

Any chance if not deworm? Will they be short lived? What are the symptoms when they are sick?

[alloy]

Just shorter lifespan lor. The worm will cause difficulty in maintaining their body weight. Anyway u can try feeding more to keep up the weight. Especially for potter's i feel i need to feed more than other leopards like bipartius or meleagris to maintain their weight.

[kakak99]

     thanks for the advise. I try to feed them more. Since they eating pallet. Should be easier to use auto feeder next time.