Missing orange back fairy wrasse

Marti3 · Jul 25, 2020

So I got an orange back fairy wrasse today I acclimated and all that good stuff I put him.in my dt and he was out swimming about, a few hours later I realized one of my zoas frags was missing so I moved a few of my rocks around to find it and realized i cant find my wrasse. What are the chances I somehow crushed him when I moved a rock? I dont have a kid and i know they're jumpers but I've been sitting in my living room since hes been in the tank so unless he jumped out and my dog scooped him up with out me noticing, I dont think he could have jumped. What are your opinions on where my wrasse might be.
P.s. I checked my sump not there either.

Chef Mateo · Jul 25, 2020

Marti3 said:
So I got an orange back fairy wrasse today I acclimated and all that good stuff I put him.in my dt and he was out swimming about, a few hours later I realized one of my zoas frags was missing so I moved a few of my rocks around to find it and realized i cant find my wrasse. What are the chances I somehow crushed him when I moved a rock? I dont have a kid and i know they're jumpers but I've been sitting in my living room since hes been in the tank so unless he jumped out and my dog scooped him up with out me noticing, I dont think he could have jumped. What are your opinions on where my wrasse might be.
P.s. I checked my sump not there either.

They are pretty good at hiding. It's only the first day you have him so he is probably just hiding and will come out in a day or two. Good luck finding him

Arlen nemeth · Jul 25, 2020

Marti3 said:
So I got an orange back fairy wrasse today I acclimated and all that good stuff I put him.in my dt and he was out swimming about, a few hours later I realized one of my zoas frags was missing so I moved a few of my rocks around to find it and realized i cant find my wrasse. What are the chances I somehow crushed him when I moved a rock? I dont have a kid and i know they're jumpers but I've been sitting in my living room since hes been in the tank so unless he jumped out and my dog scooped him up with out me noticing, I dont think he could have jumped. What are your opinions on where my wrasse might be.
P.s. I checked my sump not there either.

If you dont have a lid it most likely jumped they will do it especially when new. Some wrasses like to eitjer hid or sleep in the sand dont think fairy wrasses do though, but could be doing the same?

Chef Mateo · Jul 25, 2020

Arlen nemeth said:
If you dont have a lid it most likely jumped they will do it especially when new. Some wrasses like to eitjer hid or sleep in the sand dont think fairy wrasses do though, but could be doing the same?

Yea a fairy wrasse shouldn't go in the sand more likely they will hide somewhere else

Marti3 · Jul 25, 2020

I really dont feel like he jumped, I'm just so worried I some how trapped him under the rock or something, although I did double let check nothing under the rock...hopefully he is just cocooned somewhere deep in one of my rocks sleeping