Will try to keep it brief. I purchased a PBT, dusky wrasse and twistii wrasse on 4/6. All went into a QT that was already at 1-1.2ppm copper safe (twistii actually went in on 4/7; another story). PBT and Dusky eat, not what I'd say is aggressively but they come over to eat when the brine/Mysis etc. are dropped in. Twistii always did it's own thing at feeding time and mainly pecked at things on the tank bottom but never came over to join the feeding time. LFS stated they had twistii ~ 2 weeks before I purchased him on 4/7. I should say he's significantly smaller than the other two at ~1.5".
Why I post - I have never actually not seen him out and about. There is a plastic dish of sand but I've never seen him go in it (doesn't mean he doesn't after lights out). Couldn't find him today for a while and eventually saw him come out of the sand after checking the floors to make sure he didn't jump. Looked a bit dazed or lethargic, then reburied but this time with just enough of his head out of the sand to see an eye. Copper stayed 1-1.2pp from 4/6 to probably Sunday (4/14). I increased the concentration through trial and error (sand absorbing some copper) until it reached ~2.5 on 4/17. As of this evening it's at 2.35.
Overreacting to 1 day of different behavior? Copper level raised too quickly? Other wrasse is fine fwiw. Typical for sand burying wrasse at therapeutic level?
thanks!
Why I post - I have never actually not seen him out and about. There is a plastic dish of sand but I've never seen him go in it (doesn't mean he doesn't after lights out). Couldn't find him today for a while and eventually saw him come out of the sand after checking the floors to make sure he didn't jump. Looked a bit dazed or lethargic, then reburied but this time with just enough of his head out of the sand to see an eye. Copper stayed 1-1.2pp from 4/6 to probably Sunday (4/14). I increased the concentration through trial and error (sand absorbing some copper) until it reached ~2.5 on 4/17. As of this evening it's at 2.35.
Overreacting to 1 day of different behavior? Copper level raised too quickly? Other wrasse is fine fwiw. Typical for sand burying wrasse at therapeutic level?
thanks!