Normal quarantine behavior

[Wildreefs]

I have about 7-8 small fish in my cycled 29 gallon hospital tank. Running 1.75 copper and general cure doses yesterday.

Salinity about 1.020, temp 79-80 degrees, and for the most part the fish are acting very much not like a regular tank. Wrasses are sitting up on the ground, tank hovering next to a rock, and fair wrasse sitting on top of the jaeger heater (the dial part). Not much swimming around, granted some of these fish I just got two days ago.

So I guess my question is, shouldn’t they be out about i the water column, as if they were in a reefs tank, or are they More lifeless in a bare bottom, pvc pipe pieces tank?

 

[Big G]

Running copper and GC or antibiotics is hard on fish. It effects their livers and kidneys and usually their appetites. And can make them somewhat lethargic. Are you running a powerhead aimed up at the surface to help with O2 exchange?

 

[Wildreefs]

Hang on back power filter (aquaclear ) that crashes down on the water surface from 4 inch fall, two airlines blowing big bubbles, and power head running along top of surface .

 

[HotRocks]

Wrasse are often strange for at least the first few days in QT.

They should start to act more normal after a few days (as normal as a wrasse can act).

The others may have something going on if you don't see them settled in and acting normal within a few days of acclimation.

 

[Wildreefs]

Flame wrasse is Laying at bottom breathing heavy. Plenty of oxygen in there, and the gc was dozed over 24 hours ago.