Cleaner Wrasse Help

Musovski · Feb 4, 2019

I posted in fish side of the forum but no answers, and im just really curious...

My cleaner wrasse is not moving in a bubble of slime like substance

What is it? What does it do? lights are on and the fish aint moving yet...

Nick30G · Feb 4, 2019

Depending on the type of wrasse, their are species of wrasse which build that bubble cocoon you are seeing there. That is completely harmless and that is how that wrasse protects itself to sleep at night. Nothing to worry about.

sfin52 · Feb 4, 2019

Yep some sleep in bubble of slime.

Musovski · Feb 4, 2019

sfin52 said:
Yep some sleep in bubble of slime.

Nick30G said:
Depending on the type of wrasse, their are species of wrasse which build that bubble cocoon you are seeing there. That is completely harmless and that is how that wrasse protects itself to sleep at night. Nothing to worry about.

so its like a protective orb? Lol thats pretty cool

Oshengems · Feb 4, 2019

He sleeping, most wrase do this the ones that don’t sleep in the same create a mucus bubble to sleep in, you might see it in your water colum from time to time

sfin52 · Feb 4, 2019

https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/bluestreak-cleaner-wrasse/428.

sfin52 · Feb 4, 2019

Yep def a protective orb.

Musovski · Feb 4, 2019

Ok.... so the fish woke up, swam about 10 mins and now is ledged in a rock and might be sleeping again.

Musovski · Feb 4, 2019

is this normal.... im so confused by this fish.

BranchingHammer · Feb 4, 2019

Is he a new addition, he might be getting used to the lighting schedule.

DarkSky · Feb 4, 2019

Mucous cocoon. They how several wrasses sleep. He's fine.

Musovski · Feb 4, 2019

BranchingHammer said:
Is he a new addition, he might be getting used to the lighting schedule.

i didnt think about that.....

Musovski · Feb 4, 2019

just got back from school. Dude this thing moves from spot to spot, but then goes to sleep again. This time it was on the sand with the mucus layer around it sleeping. It got out of there and is now on another part of a rock breathing heavy but creating another mucus orb.

ZeroShadez · Apr 23, 2020

I just saw this happen to my wrasse scared me so i poked the bubble with the net and he moved around lol

Reefer350Lighting · Dec 31, 2021

Nick30G said:
Depending on the type of wrasse, their are species of wrasse which build that bubble cocoon you are seeing there. That is completely harmless and that is how that wrasse protects itself to sleep at night. Nothing to worry about.

That's what I kept seeing floating about!!!‍