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View Poll Results: Indicate those species you keep in your tank
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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Unread 11/04/2008, 10:29 AM   #51
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Can someone help me get an ID on this guy?


It was sold as a Blue Spot Tamarin wrasse, but I'm not sure that is an actual fish.
In person, it is black on the bottom, white on the top half with bright blue spots all over. No red!!

Note the black tail, and also the fake eye-spot on the rear of the dorsal fin, and the bright blue outline on the ventral fin (bottom)


The on that looks most similar is a Macropharyngodon geoffroyi, but the tail and fins are different:



Could it be a guinae/geoffroy hybrid? Or just a juvinile color of a more common wrasse?


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Unread 11/30/2008, 06:33 AM   #52
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can you keep a Leopard Wrasse with an open top? is eggcrate mandatory?


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Unread 11/30/2008, 10:24 AM   #53
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can you keep a Leopard Wrasse with an open top? is eggcrate mandatory?
In my opinion, leopard's aren't near as jumpy as other wrasses. When a lot of wrasses stress or are spooked, they jump. When leopard's stress, they dive into the sand.

That being said, ANY fish can jump. It is always best to have some sort of protection on your tank no matter what. I prefer the 1/4" fine netting on a screen frame myself.


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Unread 11/30/2008, 07:10 PM   #54
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In my opinion, leopard's aren't near as jumpy as other wrasses. When a lot of wrasses stress or are spooked, they jump. When leopard's stress, they dive into the sand.

That being said, ANY fish can jump. It is always best to have some sort of protection on your tank no matter what. I prefer the 1/4" fine netting on a screen frame myself.
how do you tack it down?


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Unread 11/30/2008, 07:17 PM   #55
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how much open sand bed is needed & how deep? do they bury flat or ?


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Unread 12/09/2008, 10:12 AM   #56
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Macropharyngodon bipartitus

75G tank
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set-up 12/04
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AquaC EV-180


Aquired September '05 from LiveAquaria. I did not QT, but I did order a bag of feeder shrimp to help him start eating. I put a few of those in two hours after he was introduced. After the Flame Angel ate a few he came out and joined in. He picked his spot to burry himself in the sand every night. He was a great fish. I lost him after 2 years and 7 mos. (June '08). I suspect he dies due to the sandbed being stirred up. I had a sandstorm caused by a PH.
All other fish and corals were fine.

His tank mates were:
A pair of true Perculas
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Unread 12/10/2008, 04:11 PM   #57
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Here is my Bluestar, I had it for 5 months before she went carpet surfing.




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Unread 12/10/2008, 07:07 PM   #58
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I guess I need a top, eh?


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Unread 12/10/2008, 07:26 PM   #59
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beautiful fish!


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Unread 12/10/2008, 09:34 PM   #60
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so basically, treat this fish like a large Mandarin when it comes to food. Correct?


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Unread 12/10/2008, 10:43 PM   #61
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^Yes, they need a refugium.


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Unread 12/11/2008, 11:44 AM   #62
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No, they don't need a refugium. They are similar to mandarins in that they are very active and constantly seek out food. You need to stimulate feeding soon after introduction to ensure survival. The mandarin comparison ends there as a leopard will quickly start to take prepared foods with little to no weaning.


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Unread 12/11/2008, 11:51 AM   #63
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So I put my leopard in Tank (after 45 minute acclimation),Macropharyngodon meleagris just hangs out on sand for 10 seconds, then dives in sand at the speed of light. How do I stimulate feeding response? It's buried. Of course, I will be feeding my other fish in about an hour or so, but still, I don't know when she'll come out. I have a bazillion pods though.


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Unread 12/13/2008, 04:40 PM   #64
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Im waiting for a pair of them to come in before I bite the bullet. Ive never had problems keeping any fish other then a regal angel which im 0 for 2. They always eat for a a few months and then stop


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Unread 12/14/2008, 06:22 AM   #65
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So 26.5 hours later, this little guy just starts hanging out! I fed him live brine, baby brine, cylops, pods, (whatever I can throw at 'em), and he is eating just fine. I turned my Tunze's down a bit (I had them off 2 times today for at least 1 hour or 2), because he seemed a little overwhelmed by them.

Anyway, so far, so good!


and Day 3, he's eating well.


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Unread 12/14/2008, 06:16 PM   #66
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correction, at this time, he seems to be eating mostly live brine. humm.


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Unread 12/15/2008, 07:56 AM   #67
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Mysis is similar to brine in physical appearance. Mix them together, then substitute for 100% mysis. It's MUCH more nutritious.


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Unread 12/15/2008, 10:39 PM   #68
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This is him/her! I know it's a juvenile, however, it doesn't look like meleagris. To me, it looks more like bipartitus? What species do you think?





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Unread 12/15/2008, 10:48 PM   #69
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Definitely a female bipartitus.


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Thanks! Whats the adult male look like? Pic? I assume she'll change to male?


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Unread 12/16/2008, 07:44 AM   #71
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Thanks! Whats the adult male look like? Pic? I assume she'll change to male?
Mine's on the first page of the thread.




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Unread 12/16/2008, 08:00 AM   #72
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Unread 12/28/2008, 07:41 PM   #73
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anyone ever try a leopard with a sixline? I have a 125 reef with lots of live rock and am looking into a leopard. sixline is already in the tank but is very docile and shy.


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Unread 12/28/2008, 08:45 PM   #74
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sixline is already in the tank but is very docile and shy.
For now. It will be come the devil soon enough.

Sixlines are good for keeping a frag tank clean in my opinion, not much more. If you do a search, you'll find so many stories about them being absolute terrors, or the nicest fish until they went on a rampage one day.


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Unread 12/29/2008, 09:18 PM   #75
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Great fish!! Thanks for sharing the information. I have never owned one but I found this informative. I miss my old DSB!


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