Where to buy Ornate Leopard Wrasse EXPERT ONLY
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About Ornate Leopard Wrasse EXPERT ONLY
Small wrasse with vibrant orange-red body covered in intricate black and blue reticulated markings and spots, resembling leopard patterns. Males display more vivid coloration than females.
Key facts
- Care Level
- Expert
- Difficulty Level
- This wrasse is extremely challenging in captivity. It is a specialist feeder that consumes small crustaceans and rarely acclimate to prepared foods. High mortality rates are common even in expert hands.
- Care Requirements
- • 75+ gallon tank with plenty of live rock and sand bed • Water: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, sg 1.020-1.025 • Carnivorous diet: mysis, copepods, amphipods • Shy species requiring hiding places and subdued lighting • Poor community fish; best kept singly or in species-specific tanks
- Feeding Schedule
- Feed 2-3 times daily
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Family
- Labridae
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Reef safety
- Not Reef Safe
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Appearance
- Small wrasse with vibrant orange-red body covered in intricate black and blue reticulated markings and spots, resembling leopard patterns. Males display more vivid coloration than females.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Max Size
- 5
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