Leopard Wrasse

Macropharyngodon bipartitus

The Fragile Sleeper (5 inches / 13 cm). Stunningly patterned, but possesses a dismal survival rate in home aquariums due to starvation and shipping stress.

Family: Labridae
Origin: Oceano Indiano
Tank use: Used in 0 tanks

Temperature

24 °C - 28 °C

8.1 - 8.4

Water type

Freshwater

Tank level

Bottom and middle

Adult size

13 cm

Care and observations

The Deep Sand Requirement: They literally dive head-first into the sandbed to sleep every single night. If you have a bare-bottom tank or crushed coral gravel, they will repeatedly smash their face into the hard floor trying to bury themselves, destroy their mouths, and die of severe stress and starvation.

Fish profile

Tank level: Bottom and middle
Adult size: 13 cm
GH: 15 dGH - 25 dGH
KH: n/a
TDS: n/a
Conductivity: n/a

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