yellow wrasse mia
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Rea17
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DO NOT stir the sand. You can injure them and/or cause further stress. Usually with these wrasses it takes a few days for them to feel comfortable and secure enough to come out. Plus they need to get used to the lighting schedule. What are the tankmates?
In the past I've lured wrasses out of the sand with mysis soaked in garlic. Hope this helps, and good luck.
In the past I've lured wrasses out of the sand with mysis soaked in garlic. Hope this helps, and good luck.
evolved
Wrasse Nut
I have had a bunch of sand divers over the years, and the length of time they can take to come back out of the sand after initial introduction can be really variable. At the very least their internal clock will be out of whack. I have a Dusky Wrasse who came out right away, but had a yellow one who took almost a week. All the others have been somewhere in between.
MacWilliams
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Ya, mine took a couple days to come out of the sand. But he did come out and now only goes in the sand to sleep.
Well, like I said, I had one stay in the sand bed for a week - others have reported even longer. All things being equal, I'd say the longer you don't see it the worse the prognosis though. Can you look up at the underneath of the tank from inside the stand? I can on my tank, and can usually see the tail of my dusky. See if you can see both yellows, and if they look 'alive'. Best just to wait and see though.
evolved
Wrasse Nut
Up to 3 weeks or a little longer is not unheard of.
orangegoby
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don't worry, they r quite hardy. some needs longer time to adjust. they will come out when feel safe. don't disturb the sand bed.
MacWilliams
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Let us know when he does finally come out. What other fish do you have in there?
So I found him today dead on the bottom :-( just guessing
He got streesed out I did the drip method for 2hrs the other
One is fine and very active sad day but its part of the hobby
Maybe ill get another one after wrk today! Thinking the goby
Might have had something to do with it he's a little tough
On new tankmates sometimes!!!
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
Of the two that you got, did you get one that was an established male, and one that was a female, or leaning more toward female? I was able to pick two out (one a definite male) and one that was a female and they have been doing great with each other now for almost four months. They follow each other around all day.
I had the benefit of putting the two I picked out in my LFS QT and letting them hang out for a while...
xtlosx
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no clue if it would have made a difference at this point, but potentially introducing two together of the opposite sex may help them acclimate and ease into your tank.. I'm no expert, just my observation.
I hear that just sucks losing a fish fell bad for the little guy lol
I had cycled my tank about 3years ago and I used yellow tailed
Damsels wrked great but killed every fish I tried to put in so
Eventually I had to pull all of my rocks out to catch the little bastard
Now I try to keep calmer fish cause there's no way of catching them
Now
I had cycled my tank about 3years ago and I used yellow tailed
Damsels wrked great but killed every fish I tried to put in so
Eventually I had to pull all of my rocks out to catch the little bastard
Now I try to keep calmer fish cause there's no way of catching them
Now
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