Care guide at a glance
Macropharyngodon bipartitus
Description
A leopard wrasse with sharply different sexes - males green with orange markings, females black and white with a red-spotted rear. Beautiful and demanding.
Feeding
Feeds on tiny invertebrates picked from rock and sand. Frozen mysis and enriched brine shrimp several times daily, plus a mature system with an established copepod population.
Compatibility
Reef safe with corals but hunts small invertebrates. Peaceful and easily outcompeted at feeding time.
Behaviour and personality
Picks constantly at rock and sand all day. Buries in the sand bed to sleep and when startled. Males and females are strikingly different.
Before you buy
Leopard wrasses frequently arrive underweight and starve without an established pod population. A deep fine sand bed is essential. Not a fish for a new tank.
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