How long will my wrass bury him self?

[Baby Ray]

He just came out today and I am so happy. He has looked right at my sexy shrimp and showed no interest (so far). I can see him pecking things of the rocks and sand. I'll try to post a picture of him.

 

[Baby Ray]

 

[Mbnym74]

So my wrasse finally comes out and has a red blotch on his body and 2 days later is dead, then 2 days after that the green chomis I got at the same time as the wrasse got red blotches on them and a day later there dead( I bought these fish at a different place then I normally do), so Today I got medicine and starting treating for a bacteria, I hope my other fish will be ok. My question to everyone is when you get new fish to you set up a quarantine tank always, and if so how exactly do you do it, how long do the fish stay in for, I've never done a quarantine tank but I'm thinking maybe I should start.

 

[cmcoker]

So my wrasse finally comes out and has a red blotch on his body and 2 days later is dead, then 2 days after that the green chomis I got at the same time as the wrasse got red blotches on them and a day later there dead( I bought these fish at a different place then I normally do), so Today I got medicine and starting treating for a bacteria, I hope my other fish will be ok. My question to everyone is when you get new fish to you set up a quarantine tank always, and if so how exactly do you do it, how long do the fish stay in for, I've never done a quarantine tank but I'm thinking maybe I should start.

Look up Uronema marinum. Red blotches are common symptom, chromis have a reputation for having it..

 

[Partagas]

My melanarus wrasse hid for almost 4 weeks. I thought i had lost it. When he came out he was in bad shape. But he quickly recovered after only a few days. Got my tank rid of flatworms and all kinds of creatures. Including sexy shrimps. Apparently they are just too tempting to pass up. Lol!

 

[donnievaz]

Also, do you think that he will bother my sexy shrimp?

I think you're probably OK right now but it will become an issue sooner rather than later. I had a six-line (never again) that was a little bigger than yours and one day I bought a pair of sexy shrimp. I acclimated them, dropped them in the tank and one never even made it to the bottom before the six-line devoured it in the blink of an eye. The other one lasted about 30 seconds before he got it. I was dumbfounded, I would have never guessed that wrasse could open it's mouth so big but he downed these shrimp like a couple of tater tots!