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Old 10-03-2011, 02:24 AM
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Just thought I would share this.
A few months ago I bought the leopard wrasse from Mike that had got stuck in his overflow. I was curious to see what would happen since I already had one just like it except larger so I had my fingers crossed that they would get along.
Well they not only got along but my original wrasse completely changed colors & spot patterns so it is very cool.

The new wrasse recently added.


My original that used to look the same as above.


Hard to tell from the picture but the green one is much larger than the other and now also has a big pot belly.
Tough to see the real colors on this guy but he's mostly Teal & Red.
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Old 10-03-2011, 10:34 AM
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Very cool are these guys like clowns that are able to change sex? I would say you obviously have a female and male. Ihave one that looks like your smaller new one.
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Old 10-03-2011, 02:26 PM
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When you have multiple females in a group the dominant one will often change to a male. As far as I am aware they cannot change from male to female. The wrasse in the bottom picture is the male.
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Old 10-03-2011, 02:55 PM
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ya mine did that too, once i added a female
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Old 10-03-2011, 04:15 PM
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I only have one leopard wrasse and he changed colors too! Very cool whatching it change. Mine took about 2 months to do it.
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wow, very nice change on that wrasse indeed
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:37 PM
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I have a potters wrasse and would like to get a leopard wrasse. Does anyone see any problems with the 2 of them getting along?
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I have a potters wrasse and would like to get a leopard wrasse. Does anyone see any problems with the 2 of them getting along?
How big is the tank?
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Old 10-03-2011, 11:46 PM
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How big is the tank?
144G
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