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1 Question I didn't ask. just saw they had a female I have been looking for and small, she came in about 1.5 - 2 inches. Hid the first couple of days then found body over flow. My Cirrhilabrus balteatus & Cirrhilabrus brunneus Both came frozen them and very similar size and adapted very quickly.
That’s a long trip from the Marshal Islands for a small wrasse if they rebag and ship it back out.
 

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brunneus is free! Hard to get a good shot of him. He's not too spastic, but he moves back and forth out of focus a lot.
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Got a video of the brunneus. He's settling in quite nicely and no one seems to be bothered by him so far.
 

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I'm wondering how chubby everyone's leopard wrasse are? I'm getting really worried that my meleagris has some slight pinching behind the head.
I've found a video of it from the day I got it, and it seemed like it was much healthier weight wise.

I feed a mixture of mysis and brine shrimp twice a day, and it eats very well.
It only comes out between 6:00am and about 3:00pm, and sometimes it misses the afternoon feeding.

It's been treated multiple times for internal parasites as a proactive measure both at the LFS I work at, and in my tank. I highly doubt that this is the reasoning for the weight loss, as there are no other symptoms of internal parasites aside from losing some weight.

Any tips on getting my leopard to become a chubby fish would be appreciated.
I'll try to get some pictures of it tomorrow morning when it comes back out.

Just want to clarify, I don't think it's going to die, it is a very healthy fish aside from this, and I've seen leopards with worse pinching come back from it. I just need some help getting it back up to scratch.
 
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Hey all! I was wondering what other small-ish wrasse I could keep with a sixline. Right now I just have the sixline in a 20g but I am looking to upgrade to something like a 60g. When I make the transfer is when I plan on adding new fish. Probably not too many. I love wrasse fish and would love to have at least 1 more. Sorry for hijacking the thread but I figure you all would know best. Thanks!
 

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Hey all! I was wondering what other small-ish wrasse I could keep with a sixline. Right now I just have the sixline in a 20g but I am looking to upgrade to something like a 60g. When I make the transfer is when I plan on adding new fish. Probably not too many. I love wrasse fish and would love to have at least 1 more. Sorry for hijacking the thread but I figure you all would know best. Thanks!
During the upgrade, get rid of the six line. He will make it impossible for you to add any other wrasses and rock dwelling fish into the new tank.
 

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This guy is impossible to get a good photo of from the view over him. He has electric blue lines all down his back it’s stunning.
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I'm wondering how chubby everyone's leopard wrasse are? I'm getting really worried that my meleagris has some slight pinching behind the head.
I've found a video of it from the day I got it, and it seemed like it was much healthier weight wise.

I feed a mixture of mysis and brine shrimp twice a day, and it eats very well.
It only comes out between 6:00am and about 3:00pm, and sometimes it misses the afternoon feeding.

It's been treated multiple times for internal parasites as a proactive measure both at the LFS I work at, and in my tank. I highly doubt that this is the reasoning for the weight loss, as there are no other symptoms of internal parasites aside from losing some weight.

Any tips on getting my leopard to become a chubby fish would be appreciated.
I'll try to get some pictures of it tomorrow morning when it comes back out.

Just want to clarify, I don't think it's going to die, it is a very healthy fish aside from this, and I've seen leopards with worse pinching come back from it. I just need some help getting it back up to scratch.
Mine have four feedings during the day with a manual feeding or two sprinkled in. Mostly ROE and TDO pellets, but also hatched BBS and a squirt of liquid mysis every now and then. I think steady, frequent feedings is what's doing it.
 

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I'm wondering how chubby everyone's leopard wrasse are? I'm getting really worried that my meleagris has some slight pinching behind the head.
I've found a video of it from the day I got it, and it seemed like it was much healthier weight wise.

I feed a mixture of mysis and brine shrimp twice a day, and it eats very well.
It only comes out between 6:00am and about 3:00pm, and sometimes it misses the afternoon feeding.

It's been treated multiple times for internal parasites as a proactive measure both at the LFS I work at, and in my tank. I highly doubt that this is the reasoning for the weight loss, as there are no other symptoms of internal parasites aside from losing some weight.

Any tips on getting my leopard to become a chubby fish would be appreciated.
I'll try to get some pictures of it tomorrow morning when it comes back out.

Just want to clarify, I don't think it's going to die, it is a very healthy fish aside from this, and I've seen leopards with worse pinching come back from it. I just need some help getting it back up to scratch.
Maybe try to offer a more varied diet. Something with more fat like eggs.
 

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Not the best photos ever but my DT was in display again earlier.
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Without a doubt, this is one fish I’ll always want and would happily buy even with the price tag. They just have a personality like no other.
 

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I need more wrasse in my life.

I only have a Yellow Coris (Halichoeres Chrysus according to google), and a Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus apparently).
Sometimes I see some nice examples in some of my LFS (there were a few different leopard wrasse, Melanarus & a nice big Red Coris & even a fair wrasse), but I always hesitate with potentially purchasing because I worry about adding one that'd cause problems with existing inhabitants.

Probably need to spend some good time studying that Wrasse Guy chart even though I think there's some types missing?
 

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Thanks, I'm going to include ROE and BBS in addition to upping the feedings. I actually already have a brine shrimp hatchery in my fish cupboard.
Brine is good to stimulate a feeding response, or for young fish, but have almost no nutritional value long term for adult/larger fish.
 

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Brine is good to stimulate a feeding response, or for young fish, but have almost no nutritional value long term for adult/larger fish.
I think of it like potato chips or some other junk food (minus the unhealthy aspect). So they get BBS as 1) a treat, 2) time to watch them all active and hunting at once. ROE and TDO is their main staple, and whatever they hunt in the tank. I'd like to culture pods one day.
 

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