Question about wrasses (1 Viewer)

[incysor]

For those of you that have wrasses that sleep/hide in the sandbed. How long do you normally go without seeing them? I got a potters wrasse on Sunday night. It did a very small circle in one area of the tank, then dove into the sandbed. I haven't seen it since? Is it possible it's still alive?

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[BrianPlankis]

Is it possible that your sand sifting star got him while he was asleep? I've heard they will eat everything they can that is in the sand. But I would think the wrasse would be too fast?

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[rxonco]

I had a yellow wrasse (can't remember the name) once that eventually jumped out of the tank. I would sometimes go a couple of days without seeing it. I figured out that it would tend to come out after I would leave for work and go back under just before I came home. Every once and awhile, I would get a little impatient and run my fingers through the sand until he would come popping out.
Good luck, hope it's still in there.

 

[incysor]

Is it possible that your sand sifting star got him while he was asleep? I've heard they will eat everything they can that is in the sand. But I would think the wrasse would be too fast?

B.

I considered that, but figured the fish would pop outta the sand and move over to another spot...It's not like the star is quick or anything.

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[incysor]

I had a yellow wrasse (can't remember the name) once that eventually jumped out of the tank. I would sometimes go a couple of days without seeing it. I figured out that it would tend to come out after I would leave for work and go back under just before I came home. Every once and awhile, I would get a little impatient and run my fingers through the sand until he would come popping out.
Good luck, hope it's still in there.

Mine can't jump out of the tank. The new canopy got put on while he was acclimating. The overflow has a screen so he's not in there. I'd notice if there was a dead fish around the eurobracing.

Maybe I'll just poke around in the sand a bit. I thought about it last night, but decided if it was stressed out enough to still be alive but hiding in the sand, then me poking through the sandbed probably wouldn't help.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I really hope it's still alive, it's the first one I've seen at any of the stores ever.

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[Guest]

That is common. I had a yellow coris wrasse that would occationally hide for several days, but he always would eventually come out.

 

[incysor]

Cool...Ya'll are giving me some hope that it's just being antisocial.

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[Guest]

i think mine just died or some fish must of ate it ... only seen him twice when I brought it home. Now it's about a month and have not seen a site of it.

 

[djreef]

Unfortunately, my experience with these guys is that if they dissapear immediately after going into the system they're done for. The same holds true for Anampses sp. I think it may have something to do with their inability to properly acclimate over from their time zone of origin. I'd dig around in the sand if you can and get him moving around when there is light in the system, preferably when the lights first come on - so he can realign his internal clock. Be gentle, and don't spook him. That'll just cause him to dive back under. Good luck with him. They are awesome fish if you get a good one.

DJ
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[incysor]

Thanks DJ. If I still don't see it tonight when I go home I'll poke around in the sandbed.

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[Guest]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but any of the Anampses wrasse Ive found never thrived in captivity long term...even in reef settings.

 

[Guest]

Well we don't have one of ok that those, but we lost our carpenter by shifting the rock. They don't always just go under just the sand, our two sand sleepers perferred the sand under some of our live rock, well one day we shifted one of them, not realizing it was hiding there. And both were out all the time. Our other is a Long Fin.

 

[jamesw]

Hi,

I would just leave things be. With one of the other species of Leopard wrasse (meleagris I think) I had one that I didn't see for a week, but then he popped up and did fine after that. Go figure.

With your geoffrii, things are different. This fish rarely does well in captivity. In fact, over my aquarium hobby "career" I have tried purchasing 3 and all have died. They are abundant in Hawaii and I see them there while diving. They flit in and out of the porites on the reef slope and I think they sleep in the sand at the bottom, usually around 60-80 feet.

Cheers
James