Can someone tell me what kind of fish this is ?

ibrat82 · 04/30/2016, 07:11 PM

It looks like a wrasse but not sure what kind...

Shauny200 · 04/30/2016, 07:14 PM

Leopard wrasse, great little fish��

eastlake · 04/30/2016, 08:29 PM

Yup, female blue star leopard wrasse. Great fish for an established tank as they feed a lot on copepods. Once they settle in they'll eat most offerings but sometimes that takes a while so a good healthy stock of pods and live foods, if available, go a long way.

pyithar · 04/30/2016, 08:39 PM

+1 female blue star leopard wrasse (macropharyngodon bipartitus).

snorvich · 05/01/2016, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pyithar

+1 female blue star leopard wrasse (macropharyngodon bipartitus).

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billdogg · 05/01/2016, 05:55 AM

I have a pair. They were responsible for absolutely decimating my flatworm population, including carefully plucking each and every one off of my LPS, especially in rather large Elegance that seemed to be a FW magnet.

Two of my very favorite fish, and certainly the hardest workers in the system.

Bent · 05/01/2016, 05:59 AM

I've often wondered how one of these would do in my system with a mandarin. Probably not good would be my first guess.

ibrat82 · 05/01/2016, 08:37 AM

I've read that these fishe's are hard to qt? Is that correct?

billdogg · 05/01/2016, 10:03 AM

They sleep buried in the sand, so at a minimum, you'll have to provide a plastic bowl with 3+ inches of fine sand. I got mine about a month apart, and they both did fine in QT (more an observation tank - after 2 weeks or so and a round of Prazipro I put them in the DT, where LW #1 started swimming around hunting right off the bat. LW #2 buried itself in the sand for about a month - I had given it up for lost - and then one day appeared out and about, hunting with her? buddy. They are always together now swimming amongst the rocks, on the hunt for something tasty.

pyithar · 05/01/2016, 10:04 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2369454

^ leopard wrasse primer^.

j_mazzy · 05/01/2016, 10:32 AM

what a stunner

04/30/2016, 08:39 PM	#4
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	+1 female blue star leopard wrasse (macropharyngodon bipartitus). __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

05/01/2016, 05:55 AM	#6
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	I have a pair. They were responsible for absolutely decimating my flatworm population, including carefully plucking each and every one off of my LPS, especially in rather large Elegance that seemed to be a FW magnet. Two of my very favorite fish, and certainly the hardest workers in the system. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

05/01/2016, 05:59 AM	#7
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	I've often wondered how one of these would do in my system with a mandarin. Probably not good would be my first guess. __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

05/01/2016, 10:03 AM	#9
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	They sleep buried in the sand, so at a minimum, you'll have to provide a plastic bowl with 3+ inches of fine sand. I got mine about a month apart, and they both did fine in QT (more an observation tank - after 2 weeks or so and a round of Prazipro I put them in the DT, where LW #1 started swimming around hunting right off the bat. LW #2 buried itself in the sand for about a month - I had given it up for lost - and then one day appeared out and about, hunting with her? buddy. They are always together now swimming amongst the rocks, on the hunt for something tasty. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

05/01/2016, 10:04 AM	#10
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2369454 ^ leopard wrasse primer^. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/30/2016, 07:11 PM	#1
ibrat82 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 292	Can someone tell me what kind of fish this is ? It looks like a wrasse but not sure what kind...

04/30/2016, 07:14 PM	#2
Shauny200 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Uk Posts: 15	Leopard wrasse, great little fish��

04/30/2016, 08:29 PM	#3
eastlake Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: willoughby Posts: 648	Yup, female blue star leopard wrasse. Great fish for an established tank as they feed a lot on copepods. Once they settle in they'll eat most offerings but sometimes that takes a while so a good healthy stock of pods and live foods, if available, go a long way.

05/01/2016, 08:37 AM	#8
ibrat82 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 292	I've read that these fishe's are hard to qt? Is that correct?

05/01/2016, 10:32 AM	#11
j_mazzy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: about an hour from charlotte Posts: 622	what a stunner