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Oh no! Does he have a cave he usually hangs out in? Mine stayed in a cave for about a month when I introduced the clowns then finally started coming out.So my firefish may have gone carpet surfing today. No body found, but all I know is that before the water change, there was a fish, and afterwards, he is gone. Either way, I hope that I find him, otherwise I will have to just assume he is dead…
No—strangely, he is always out and about, though goes to the corner at nighttime. He’s never hidden this long, though. I hope he shows up, but I’m doubtful since it just seems off for him to be constantly hiding, especially during feedings.Oh no! Does he have a cave he usually hangs out in? Mine stayed in a cave for about a month when I introduced the clowns then finally started coming out.
Yeah, sand-sleeping wrasses have a hard time during shipment. They like diving into sand and when they freak out, they dive and sometimes bust up their jaws/head. Hitting a taught plastic bag is like hitting cement. Hopefully it isn't injured and pulls through!Took advantage of Black Friday deals and ordered some new fish. Trying again with the gramma, Hawkfish, cardinal, and Blenny. I think without any overly aggressive fish, they should fare well. I had also bought a canary top wrasse and yellow clown goby, but the goby was unfortunately DOA and the wrasse appears to be moribund (fingers crossed that it is in shock, not sure how wrasses react to being shipped).
I figured it was likely a spinal injury during shipment. Hopefully it recovers, but it seems as though it’s just unable to keep itself upright for longer than a few seconds. I have a decent sandbed in its qt tank that hopefully it chooses to burrow into, but I’m rather doubtful that it’s going to pull through.Yeah, sand-sleeping wrasses have a hard time during shipment. They like diving into sand and when they freak out, they dive and sometimes bust up their jaws/head. Hitting a taught plastic bag is like hitting cement. Hopefully it isn't injured and pulls through!
If it's not burying itself after an hour or two, not a good sign. I had a leopard wrasse arrive and die like that. Then the second leopard arrived swimming funny and I was worried about it, but it eventually went into the sand and pulled through. They also do better with super slow acclimation, whereas my gobies and blenny did fine with a regular acclimation per protocol.I figured it was likely a spinal injury during shipment. Hopefully it recovers, but it seems as though it’s just unable to keep itself upright for longer than a few seconds. I have a decent sandbed in its qt tank that hopefully it chooses to burrow into, but I’m rather doubtful that it’s going to pull through.
Ask them if they can send the replacement with new sand in the bag! That can really help Halichoeres and Macropharyngodon wrasses in shipment, as they bury themselves in the sand and remain calmer.Picture of the wrasse. It has some scrapes on its sides which seem to confirm that it may have been going crazy in the bag.
The store is offering a replacement free of shipping charge, which is a pretty good deal. I’m a bit reluctant, though, because I’d hate for the same thing to inevitably happen.
Everyone else is doing well - acting normally and eating. The gramma is shy, but that’s to be expected.Sad to hear about the wrasse, how are the others and the rest of the tank doing?