Fish ID Help

Johnny Reefer · #1 11-07-2006, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

So to Quote my Wife "Then Why the Hell is it white and Orange.

Ya, who know's where alot of the names come from. Maybe it has something to do with that unmistakeable black spot behind the gill plate.

Cheers,

(BTW....nice fish).

Jason McK · #2 11-07-2006, 04:39 AM

So It's been about 29 hours. An so far the Black Leopard is still not letting the other smaller Leopard to freely swim the tank. what are the odds they will become a little more friendly
BTW they are in the 370G tank
J

Ruth · #3 11-07-2006, 12:19 PM

I don't know if they will ever start to get along - but looking at the last picture you posted and knowing that you have a lot of SPS coral in your tank I am going to predict a divine intervention that will stop the fish from picking on anything or anybody else in the tank.

christyf5 · #4 11-07-2006, 02:03 PM

It could be juvenile coloring? I'd say you're probably right though, I looked on wetwebmedia and they have listed Macropharyngodon negrosensis as the black leopard and M. meleagris as a "regular" leopard wrasse.

Oh and just in case you haven't read this: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...hcs3/index.php

Jason McK · #5 11-07-2006, 02:29 PM

Thanks Everyone. Not sure I'll be able to keep the new one. The problem is getting him out.

Delphinus · #6 11-07-2006, 04:27 PM

I'll try to remember to look it up in my book on wrasses when I get home from work tonight -- but (and Christy beat me to this point), it could be a case of juvenile coloration versus adult colouration. There can be some significant differences between juvy's and adults in the wrasse world (well, I guess that's true of many kinds of fish).

Delphinus · #7 11-07-2006, 04:34 PM

Ooops, sorry, missed a point.

In my (very limited) experience with new fish not getting along -- it seems to take WAY longer than a day or two to figure out if they're ever going to get along. The last two fish I bought, it took at least a week before I started to see any signs that the territoriality/aggression would slow down. Both times, at 29 hours I was still certain that I'd still have to remove someone.

However wrasses can be... well .. wrasses. The aggression of my tang towards my CBB abated after a week but it was way longer than that for my sixline towards my potter's angel. Although things are fine now and they get along fine and all nipped fins are totally healed .. I was actually surprised. I thought I was going to have to remove my sixline for sure. I still don't quite trust him 100% but it proved too difficult to remove him without a tank teardown and since he's acting better he can stay.

But leopard wrasses may be a different story, they may be too aggressive. I don't know. Best of luck with it.