New flasher wrasse in hiddig

[Jcarvallo]

Hi,
My new flasher is in the acclimation box since saturday morning. It is hiddig below a rock since introducción.
Im worried because it is not eating.

Should I wait a few extra days or release it from the box?

I'll got live brine shrip to try something different.

Thanks

 

[Dragon52]

I'd give it another day or 2, most fish can go a few days without eating. The brine might work also.

 

[CasaReefer]

@evolved

 

[evolved]

What is its behavior like when you do feed? Does it show any interest?
Just trying to establish if there might be a issue with the fish, or if it's just intimidated by the environment.

 

[Jcarvallo]

Hi,
I release it from the social acclimation box yesterday.
Comparing its behaviour with what I saw in the store, in my head the box is the only difference.

When feeding inside the box he was absolutely no interest, it was hiddig in the rocks that I left inside, just looking out.

I used garlic oil, dried brine shrimp, pellets, flakes nothing.

Today I have some live brine shrimp, lets hope it reacts to live food.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

So it is released into the display now, right? Is it out swimming at all or hiding all the time?

I would try a good frozen such as LRS.

 

[Jcarvallo]

Second day after release in the display tank. The fish is still MIA.
I feed live brine trying to make him get out and eat. It didn't work.

 

[Jcarvallo]

What is its behavior like when you do feed? Does it show any interest?
Just trying to establish if there might be a issue with the fish, or if it's just intimidated by the environment.

My impresión is that he is intimidated by the enviroment.
I don't foresee a good end on for him.

 

[Jcarvallo]

New piece of information.
2 flasher from the same batch of that store, died yesterday on the tanks of 2 experienced aquarist.

 

[Jcarvallo]

Still alive.
Hidding under a big frogsoawn coral.
Today it bolt out, grab a single live brine shrimp and back into hidding.

 

[Jcarvallo]

 

[evolved]

Sometimes they can be pretty spooky like that for the first week or so. If it's healthy and not being picked on, it should self-correct in time.