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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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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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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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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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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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12/09/2008, 10:12 AM | #56 |
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Macropharyngodon bipartitus
75G tank 100lbs LR set-up 12/04 4-5"dsb 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 Royal Gramma Flame Angel
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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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12/10/2008, 07:07 PM | #58 |
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I guess I need a top, eh?
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12/10/2008, 07:26 PM | #59 |
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beautiful fish!
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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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12/10/2008, 10:43 PM | #61 |
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^Yes, they need a refugium.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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12/15/2008, 10:48 PM | #69 |
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Definitely a female bipartitus.
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12/15/2008, 10:55 PM | #70 |
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Thanks! Whats the adult male look like? Pic? I assume she'll change to male?
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12/16/2008, 07:44 AM | #71 | |
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12/16/2008, 08:00 AM | #72 |
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Sweet!
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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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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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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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