New Mccoskers Flasher Laying On Side

RMS18 · Oct 16, 2015

I purchased a beautiful Mccoskers flasher yesterday, I was looking at 3 of them at the store. After 45 min of watching them and feeding, I picked up this one. He was very friendly in the store, active and eating very well. I asked 2 employees at different times how long they have been here. One stated 2 weeks and the other stated 2.5-3 weeks. After a hour drive home I acclimated him over 1 hour. Since he entered my qt tank he has just been laying like in the picture. I thought well they stress easy let me give him the night. This morning I saw he was in the spot. I thought it was dead, so I moved some pvc and it swam a few inches then came back to this spot. I tried pellets, and frozen brime. At the store it was eating pellets. He is about 2.5 inches long, full color. Not much I can do but wait it out I guess. Is this normal for this fish?

eatbreakfast · Oct 16, 2015

Bmwm235i said:
I purchased a beautiful Mccoskers flasher yesterday, I was looking at 3 of them at the store. After 45 min of watching them and feeding, I picked up this one. He was very friendly in the store, active and eating very well. I asked 2 employees at different times how long they have been here. One stated 2 weeks and the other stated 2.5-3 weeks. After a hour drive home I acclimated him over 1 hour. Since he entered my qt tank he has just been laying like in the picture. I thought well they stress easy let me give him the night. This morning I saw he was in the spot. I thought it was dead, so I moved some pvc and it swam a few inches then came back to this spot. I tried pellets, and frozen brime. At the store it was eating pellets. He is about 2.5 inches long, full color. Not much I can do but wait it out I guess. Is this normal for this fish?

Yeah, that's pretty normal for a new flasher wrasse in a tank without other fish. When a fish doesn't see other fishes it can be an indicator of a predator nearby, he doesn't know that there is not.

shred5 · Oct 16, 2015

Normal for a fish to stress so much it lays on it's side? yes.
Not usually for this long though and in the open.
Mine like to hide in sand or cave.
But I agree no choice, his little heart may be giving out though.
If he is breathing heavy check for ammonia.

den75 · Oct 16, 2015

My line spot flasher wrasse did the same thing for about 3 days after I put him in the qt before he started to come around.

eatbreakfast · Oct 16, 2015

shred5 said:
Normal for a fish to stress so much it lays on it's side? yes.
Not usually for this long though and in the open.
Mine like to hide in sand or cave.
But I agree no choice, his little heart may be giving out though.
If he is breathing heavy check for ammonia.

It's only been a day and is trying to hide at the base of pvc, this is perfectly normal. Anytime we get flashers at the shop they do this.

evolved · Oct 16, 2015

Pretty normal behavior here, for introduction to QT. Having the tank dimly lit helps.

RMS18 · Oct 16, 2015

Thanks for the reassurance guys!

RMS18 · Oct 17, 2015

Well guys unfortunately woke up this morning and it was dead. Not sure where I went wrong.

Merck · Oct 17, 2015

NEW BABY FOR YOU,THATS GREAT.

Breakthecycle2 · Oct 17, 2015

Bmwm235i said:
Well guys unfortunately woke up this morning and it was dead. Not sure where I went wrong.

Was there copper by any chance in the QT?

shred5 · Oct 17, 2015

Bmwm235i said:
Well guys unfortunately woke up this morning and it was dead. Not sure where I went wrong.

You dont know you did anything wrong... When we get fish we don't know how old they are or anything at all about them. They could be 1 year old or 10. They get ripped out of the ocean and put in a holding facility them shipped to a distributor maybe another stop and then the lfs or shipped from somewhere to you if you bought it online. .. That is allot for a little fish to take sometimes.

Merck · Oct 17, 2015

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

RMS18 · Oct 18, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
Was there copper by any chance in the QT?

Very very very little, test tube wasent as clear as my water in my dt tank but not similar to any color on the copper chart. Why? The store I bought it from told me they run all their qt tanks at 2ppm copper for their quarantine before the fish go on the floor.

Breakthecycle2 · Oct 19, 2015

Bmwm235i said:
Very very very little, test tube wasent as clear as my water in my dt tank but not similar to any color on the copper chart. Why? The store I bought it from told me they run all their qt tanks at 2ppm copper for their quarantine before the fish go on the floor.

Because for some reason, every time I put a new flasher wrasse in a QT with a copper, they die.