Quarantine of new Ornate Leopard Wrasse

KMench · Nov 29, 2017

She still looks healthy. No sunken belly or anything. I have a pod culture. And now a phyto culture to feed the pod culture. Hopefully she will eventually transition, but I have no aggressive feeders with her currently. It’s just her and a goby still post ich fallow period....

KMench · Jan 27, 2018

Yesterday the wrasse decided it wanted to eat frozen food! I was feeding my wellso with a container and the wrasse started going crazy trying to eat the mysis that were floating in the water. When I saw this, I stuck some in the sand that was still frozen and she started picking at it

today I stuck some brine shrimp in the sand, and some cyclops and she ate them too. I guess for now I'll try putting it in the sand or in the rockwork until she gets used to it. Took a long time, but I think it's progress! (Unintentional, but I'll take it) ;Happy

NowGlazeIT · Feb 5, 2018

KMench said:
Yesterday the wrasse decided it wanted to eat frozen food! I was feeding my wellso with a container and the wrasse started going crazy trying to eat the mysis that were floating in the water. When I saw this, I stuck some in the sand that was still frozen and she started picking at it today I stuck some brine shrimp in the sand, and some cyclops and she ate them too. I guess for now I'll try putting it in the sand or in the rockwork until she gets used to it. Took a long time, but I think it's progress! (Unintentional, but I'll take it) ;Happy

How about the mandarin?

KMench · Feb 5, 2018

Mandarin is doing well. Seems to be growing so fast! He was tiny when I got him. Nice and plump little fish

NowGlazeIT · Feb 5, 2018

That’s awesome man good for you

KMench · Feb 5, 2018

I’ll try to snap a picture of him for you tomorrow. Most expensive fish I own since I bought a biota mandarin

NowGlazeIT · Feb 5, 2018

KMench said:
I’ll try to snap a picture of him for you tomorrow. Most expensive fish I own since I bought a biota mandarin

That would be awesome! Is it a boy or girl

KMench · Feb 5, 2018

ca1ore · Feb 6, 2018

FWIW, I have found ova to be almost foolproof with leopard wrasses. My new female ornate (quite small at about 1") refused everything for a few days, then took a little ova, then calanus, then brine and now everything. One other thing to try in the future is the LRS fish eggs.

BigJohnny · Feb 6, 2018

ca1ore said:
FWIW, I have found ova to be almost foolproof with leopard wrasses. My new female ornate (quite small at about 1") refused everything for a few days, then took a little ova, then calanus, then brine and now everything. One other thing to try in the future is the LRS fish eggs.

I've found it to be almost foolproof with every fish I've ever owned lol. Good stuff, I wonder if it's back in stock online, I'm running out......

ca1ore · Feb 6, 2018

It was unavailable for a long time, but just when I was almost out last Fall it was available again. I replenished my stash, and now it's unobtanium again. Hopefully that changes at which point I'm buying a whole case.

BigJohnny · Feb 6, 2018

ca1ore said:
It was unavailable for a long time, but just when I was almost out last Fall it was available again. I replenished my stash, and now it's unobtanium again.

Haha yeah I think I reupped when you did. On my last pack.