palmer373
New member
i did some searching on this site and didnt find what i needed to.
yesterday i bought a Novaculichthys macrolepidotus from a trusted LFS. originally i put a different one on hold 2 weeks ago but that one did a few days laters and this one was supposedly brought in at the same time (didnt really looka round last time i was there, just asked if they had this fish and they showed me the one that died later). i got it cause ive been looking for one for a while to add to my 55 reef. when i brought it home i noticed it was acting weird, not swimming around and kindof floating in the bag. back at the LFS it was swimming around fine, hiding a lot too. when i started adding water it swam around more in the bag so i thought it was fine. i added it to the tank and it imediately dove into the sand. this is normal as far as i know. a hour or so later i noticed half of him out of the sand with his head (out of the sand) wedged under LR rubble. he was slightly breathing. this morning he is completely wedge (or just laying) under a lil rock overhang so its hard to see him. he is still breathing but faintly.
my questions are is he acting normal or do you think he is on his death bed? i only have 1" of sand in most places with 2-3 ina few spots (where he chose to hide) so is this not enough? the wrasse is 2" long. should i try to gently pull him out from under the rock or see if he comes out on his own? i havent lost a fish from adding it to my tank for like 8 months so i dont want to start now, ive only lost them to jumping (trigger in dif tank) and damsels getting sucked into MJ.
any thoughts?
yesterday i bought a Novaculichthys macrolepidotus from a trusted LFS. originally i put a different one on hold 2 weeks ago but that one did a few days laters and this one was supposedly brought in at the same time (didnt really looka round last time i was there, just asked if they had this fish and they showed me the one that died later). i got it cause ive been looking for one for a while to add to my 55 reef. when i brought it home i noticed it was acting weird, not swimming around and kindof floating in the bag. back at the LFS it was swimming around fine, hiding a lot too. when i started adding water it swam around more in the bag so i thought it was fine. i added it to the tank and it imediately dove into the sand. this is normal as far as i know. a hour or so later i noticed half of him out of the sand with his head (out of the sand) wedged under LR rubble. he was slightly breathing. this morning he is completely wedge (or just laying) under a lil rock overhang so its hard to see him. he is still breathing but faintly.
my questions are is he acting normal or do you think he is on his death bed? i only have 1" of sand in most places with 2-3 ina few spots (where he chose to hide) so is this not enough? the wrasse is 2" long. should i try to gently pull him out from under the rock or see if he comes out on his own? i havent lost a fish from adding it to my tank for like 8 months so i dont want to start now, ive only lost them to jumping (trigger in dif tank) and damsels getting sucked into MJ.
any thoughts?
