Melanurus Wrasse

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ingtar_shinowa

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Introduced a Melanurus Wrasse today into my 125g and it predictably went for the sand after acclimation. How long until I should be worried that it has come out?
Its my first burying fish I dont see how it can breath lol. I feel like such a noob.
 
Thanks! I always though these guys and Christmas wrasse weren't reef safe for some reason. A buddy had one on his build thread and I did some research. I got the last one at the LFS for 30 bucks, not bad I think, you know, you Montana the frozen wasteland.
 
My Melanurus took 5 days before I saw it come out of the sand after introduced to the tank, then another 2-3 days before he started coming out regularly. Now he comes out about 15 minutes after the lights turn on, and then goes to bed about 30 minutes before the timer turns my lights off.
 
Great fish. Mine usually comes out of the sand about 15 minutes after the actinics turn on. It will occasionally dive bomb the sand bed during the day, presumably going after a pod or something.
 
Great Fish. I had one that would go to sleep every night at 700pm on the dot....and my lights stayed on until 800. I dont know how he did it, but he would always sleep at 700...not 645 and not 715.

I had to sell him when I wanted a clam more and the wrasse ate the foot off my first clam when I wasn't looking.
 
Im at five days and starting to worry if he is coming out of turning into nutrients at this point lol. At least my Helfrichi is out in the open most the day now I guess.
 
what other fish do you have in the tank? have you checked your tank when the lights are off to see if he is actually coming out but maybe just still on a backwards schedule?
 
I got a tomani and lavender tang, carpenter wrasse, false perc, Helfrichi firefish, orchid dotty and yt damsel. The wrasse is larger than all of them and there ius almost no aggression in my tank. Sometimes the lavender tang guards the nori clip from the tomani, but lets the other fish eat.
 
My melanurus spent the first day under the sand and was out the next morning. If it's not out by now I'd recommend taking a good look around the tank on the floor, in the overflow, filter sock or sump. If you still can't find it, cross your fingers.

Good luck!
 
yeah i would look around and just confirm it didnt jump - i had one delivered on tuesday and it went immediately into the sand but was out all day the following day. Whatever you do though if it is in the tank dont start digging in the sand for it - if it's already stressed to the point where it will hide in the sand for multiple days that will only make things worse.
 
I had one for over a year before I sold it because it loved shrimp. Burried itself every night with in 5 minutes of the light turning off. Mine was out swimming around within a day or two of putting him in the tank. IMHO these fish are extremely hardy. Mine would almost eat from my hand.
 
How did you acclimate him? Over how long? Typically these guys are bullet proof. Now when I put a pair in the 400G, one was a no show for a very long time. Then days later I'd see it for a few minutes, then gone again. What was happening was it was getting its behind kicked everytime it would pop up, so it would rebury. I eventually relo'd it to the SPS tank and it's out everyday. I'd tell you to look an hour before your lights come on low in the rock work and see if you see it swimming around. I would not go digging it out unless you are willing to relo it to a QT tank.
 
nonimmigrant said:
How did you acclimate him? Over how long? Typically these guys are bullet proof. Now when I put a pair in the 400G, one was a no show for a very long time. Then days later I'd see it for a few minutes, then gone again. What was happening was it was getting its behind kicked everytime it would pop up, so it would rebury. I eventually relo'd it to the SPS tank and it's out everyday. I'd tell you to look an hour before your lights come on low in the rock work and see if you see it swimming around. I would not go digging it out unless you are willing to relo it to a QT tank.
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I dripped it for about 45 minutes. The LFS had a hard time getting it out of their system so Im sure that stressed him out a bit. I haven't had a huge algae bloom so i gotta think he's not dead. I'll just be patient, its universal that trying to find him is a terrible noob idea. I got lot of GFO on and if the worst happens.
 
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