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Probably in the sand bed. Mine hid for about 3 days when I first introduced her. Don't be suprised if you don't see her for a couple days. The biggest issue with leopards is acclimation. If it makes it past about a month they're good from my experience. I've had mine about 3 months now.
They are jumpers! Check your overflows, filter sock, sump or floor behind the tank. I lost a little wrasse for over a month and he was hiding in my overflow box. If you don't have a mesh lid, it's probably jumped somewhere.
That's where they sleep. This is a fish that does terrible with shipping. It's probably stressed out. I've heard stories of them going in the sand for weeks before coming out. They also have really weird sleep schedules when adjusting to new tanks.
Like animal said I'd check the floor too just in case. But my money is its in the sand.
most wrasses that sleep in the sand go by their internal clock, not our lighting schedules..LOL
I had a coris wrasse that would hit the sand every night around 7:30 regardless of the lighting schedule and would reappear about 1-2 hours after lights on.