Don's 55g-is growing 10 gallons

Yup, Atticus beat me to the punch.

She looks quite well, congrats.

 

Thanks guys,I was aware it was a Meleagris wrasse thanks to Evolved's wrasse thread and general web searching,however i was not aware that she was a she! lol.Most of my research went into requirements and care and i guess i overlooked sexing.

After some quick research,I see the males color is quite different orange/reddish background,"ear spots" develope with the leopard spots becoming more...idk...defined i guess.And the female can change to male when no other male is present.

Very interesting and I appriciate it.

Just goes to show that we never stop learning,but now that we know she's a girl (at least for now) that she needs a name.But it's gotta be a "Pat" type name so we don't have to rename her later.

 

Leopard's don't usually transition unless they're amongst conspecifics. That's not to say it's impossible, but most likely she'll always be a she, unless you add more females. Even then, a transition is not guaranteed with this genus.

 

The tank looks great how are the corals doing. The cabbage looks a lot better than it ever did in mine. And the new leopard does look good. May I ask how much it was?

 

Not a chance of adding more,i'm maxed on fish and i'll be ever so happy just to keep this single wrasse fat,happy and healthy.Thanks again for all your help!

 

Thanks Aaron,I got the wrasse for $34 at the lfs,and yea,that cabbage of yours is a beast! Absolutely one of my favs in the tank (and thanks for the kenya invasion! j/k! I love em or they wouldn't be there,lol.

 

That's not a bad price. I have always liked leopard wrasses. I still have about 5 little kenyas in my tank. I have almost sold off all of my softies.

 

Yeah,at the price and knowing they had her for three weeks and I couldn't resist.

I'm thinking of selling a few things off since they've grown and spread so well to make more room for more lps.Even went through a major undocumented catastrophe and they've made an amazing come back.

 

New pics

I don't know why photobucket only lets me post one at a time,but heres some current shots.The tank is pretty much running on autopilot now with just weekly wc's and filter maintenance keeping everything in check and doing good.

 

ok,I think i have it figured out.