Follow Up
Follow Up
Update:
Yesterday I made a 2 litre soda bottle top reversed trap. Within 20 minutes the trap claimed its first victim, a Diamond Spot Yellow Goby. All day the trap caught the same Goby 2 additional times, my Lawn Mower Blenny, a small hermit crab and a large Santa Margarita Snail tried its best to get inside but, alas, its shell was too large. As to my wrasses, the aggressive wrasse wouldn't come close and the other male stayed buried in the sand.
Ovrernight, nothing entered the trap cause they were all watching the Olympics or perhaps reruns of Tanked. I am not sure what they do at night under the reef. But I go up early and reloaded the trap with shrimp and mysis and resumed my watch.
The smaller aggressive wrasse was coming closer but seemed totally not interested in the food. He is a good hunter and I was worried he really didn't need the bait. I have to work and travel in my work. I fully expected to have a dead wrasse in the sand by next Friday. Frustrated, I gave up and went to eat breakfast. Fifteen minutes later, I checked the trap and it was full, very full!
I had TWO Hoven's Wrasses in the close confines of the Coke bottle. Neither were happy. Seems like, in my absence, the buried wrasse, starving from his underground stay, made a break for the food in the bottle providing the best bait in the world for the other wrasse who followed.
I had intended to catch the aggressive guy and remove him to my QT tank. I wanted to keep the mellow fellow. Upon examining the bigger guy I found him to be beat up with bite marks all over. Needing treatment I have placed in the QT tank following a Paraguard/ anti-biotic dip. He is swimming OK and I think we will eat. So for now he has his own 29 gallon home. I but some sand in a plastic bowl both wrasse used during QT. I reluctantly returned the smaller wrasse to the DT tank. He is a good citizen with all the other fish and we was doing what comes naturally so I shall work to forgive him.
I am using Seachem's Neo-Plex a neomycin sulfate and will use it in the QT tank for the next week or two. If any of you folks have any suggestions on medicines or treatment ideas I am open to your suggestions.
RJ
