New pink streak wrasse acting weird

[wyatt2847]

I just got a new pink streaked wrasse and it was acting ok at the store but i got home and drip acclimated him for a hour and put him in the tank he kinda just sunk down and layed oj the bottom by the rock and then i tried to scoop him up with a net and he shot under the rock and is kinda just laying up in the rock and hasnt moved for a few hours. What might be wrong with it?

 

[Gareth elliott]

These are very skittish fish at first. Keep an eye on him but don’t try to scoop him.

For future purchases i would advise not drip acclimating fish.

Match temperature and salinity of the bag to bucket.
Drip acclimating can cause greater risk of ammonia as off gassing CO2 that is keep ph down, keeping ammonia as less dangerous ammonium.

I do this with a scotch tape and a syringe. like we did as kids with balloons.

Match salinity of bucket to this sample now float to aclimate to temperature.

 

[CoralB]

Give him time to get used to the tank . This is normal for them to hide . Mine hides under a rock at night , during the day it will eventually come out to feed and swim as long as it’s not hassled by a predator.

 

[Dooly]

how long since the tank has been cycled? Ammonia readings? white dry rock and receding coral; maybe your tank isn’t ready for a pink streaked wrasse just yet..

 

[wyatt2847]

These are very skittish fish at first. Keep an eye on him but don’t try to scoop him.

For future purchases i would advise not drip acclimating fish.

Match temperature and salinity of the bag to bucket.
Drip acclimating can cause greater risk of ammonia as off gassing CO2 that is keep ph down, keeping ammonia as less dangerous ammonium.

I do this with a scotch tape and a syringe. like we did as kids with balloons.

Match salinity of bucket to this sample now float to aclimate to temperature.

I floated the bag in the tank than i poured the the bag into a bucket and used the innovative marine dripper and let that drip into the bucket for a hour. How would you match the salinity? Do you test the salinity in the bag the fish came in?

 

[wyatt2847]

how long since the tank has been cycled? Ammonia readings? white dry rock and receding coral; maybe your tank isn’t ready for a pink streaked wrasse just yet..

The ammonia reading are zero the tank has been cycled for two months and i upgraded a tank that had been running for a year the chalice in the picture had previously been growing up the glass in the old tank but i just glued it onto the rock recently

 

[wyatt2847]

And that peice of chalice broke off another bigger piece

 

[Tiki_Reef]

As stated in another comment Cryptic Wrasses are skittish I have one in a 20 gallon he disappeared for a week after I got him now I see him all the time, cool little fish!

 

[Gareth elliott]

I floated the bag in the tank than i poured the the bag into a bucket and used the innovative marine dripper and let that drip into the bucket for a hour. How would you match the salinity? Do you test the salinity in the bag the fish came in?

To match salinity use a refractometer.

Put a piece of scotch tape on bag poke bag through this tape to take sample with a syringe. Put another piece of tape over the new hole.

Have a bucket made up of salt water around normal. Also have 2 smaller containers of water made up, one super salty one fresh RO water.
Add one or the other in small increments till match what the bag was.

After floating for temp use a plastic to dump out the fish, add fish to the bucket.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

That wrasse is beyond typical skittish. Give it a few days. They are serious jumpers so be prepared, the slightest thing will have them performing an apollo mission. Lost two out of three that way.

 

[i cant think]

This is normal for a wrasse after first introduction. Sometimes they’ll explore a bit but they almost always go into hiding for a while.

 

[jkcoral]

Late to this thread, but wanted to ask how your pink streaked is doing?

I’d recommend getting some Reef Nutrition Real Oceanic Eggs (ROE). The bottle lasts a long time, and when I first got my pink streaked, he munched those things down as often as I’d give them. It helped fatten him up, and got him moving around the tank a lot when he was new. Now he’s fearless!

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

I had recently heard that they play dead at first. Hopefully your fish has adjusted?

I'm not sold on not doing drip acclimation for fish purchased from an LFS. There may be some science behind fish shipped to you though.

 

[i cant think]

I had recently heard that they play dead at first. Hopefully your fish has adjusted?

I'm not sold on not doing drip acclimation for fish purchased from an LFS. There may be some science behind fish shipped to you though.

It’s best for many sensitive fish is what I’ve found. Even at the LFS I worked at, we would drop the most sensitive fish which involved possum wrasses, pink streaked wrasses, achilles tangs and many other fish.
This would calm them down more than just floating them and dropping them. I do this to many of my sensitive fish at home as well. It calms them down if they’re in a black bucket as they have a calm hiding spot. I float most of my wrasses and drop them in however sand sleepers and “pygmy wrasses” I will drip acclimate as they calm down much more.
Here’s an example of my last pink streak that I acclimated, if she was on her own I would’ve done a black bucket however with the coral as well I didn’t think it was a necessity.

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

It’s best for many sensitive fish is what I’ve found. Even at the LFS I worked at, we would drop the most sensitive fish which involved possum wrasses, pink streaked wrasses, achilles tangs and many other fish.
This would calm them down more than just floating them and dropping them. I do this to many of my sensitive fish at home as well. It calms them down if they’re in a black bucket as they have a calm hiding spot. I float most of my wrasses and drop them in however sand sleepers and “pygmy wrasses” I will drip acclimate as they calm down much more.
Here’s an example of my last pink streak that I acclimated, if she was on her own I would’ve done a black bucket however with the coral as well I didn’t think it was a necessity.

Thanks. I am with you on the gentle acclimation of sensitive fish.

My comment of skepticism was aimed at the belief in toxic ammonia levels in bags from an LFS. I can better believe that for bags that have been sealed for days, but I'd still like to see some data.

 

[wyatt2847]

Late to this thread, but wanted to ask how your pink streaked is doing?

I’d recommend getting some Reef Nutrition Real Oceanic Eggs (ROE). The bottle lasts a long time, and when I first got my pink streaked, he munched those things down as often as I’d give them. It helped fatten him up, and got him moving around the tank a lot when he was new. Now he’s fearless!

The wrasse is doing good but definitely still very skittish. He comes around a little bit but mainly hides with my yellow watchman goby.

 

[Tiki_Reef]

The wrasse is doing good but definitely still very skittish. He comes around a little bit but mainly hides with my yellow watchman goby.

He will appear more and more over time. Fun fish.

 

[luv2lopeqhs]

Late to this thread, but wanted to ask how your pink streaked is doing?

I’d recommend getting some Reef Nutrition Real Oceanic Eggs (ROE). The bottle lasts a long time, and when I first got my pink streaked, he munched those things down as often as I’d give them. It helped fatten him up, and got him moving around the tank a lot when he was new. Now he’s fearless!

I agree with this 100%!! Most of my nano fish when introduced are super shy and not always as willing to feed. This stuff is amazing to get them started and I haven’t had anything in either of my nano’s refuse this stuff!! Great food and always in my regular rotation of foods for variety.
My 20 Gal Waterbox Nano has the following fish inhabitants:
Pink Streaked Wrasse
MacNeils Assessor
4 Eviota Nigriventris
2 Wheelers Gobies
High Fin Goby w/ Randall’s Pistol Shrimp

My other Waterbox has:
Yellow Assessor
Randall’s Assessor
4 Trimma Striatum
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Yasha Goby w/ Randall’s Pistol Shrimp