Orange Back Fairy Wrasse Missing

Arruna · Dec 23, 2020

Hello!

So I got a Orange Back Wrasse Friday the 11th. He was active and eating and seemed to get along with all my fish. (never saw a fight and never saw any injury).
He was always super active and ate. However, yesterday and today, he never came out for food. I cant find him anywhere. All my other fish seem normal, happy, eating.

I have been cleaning the tank walls and trying to clear up some GSP in my tank so I have been working in it a lot. Do you think I just spooked him and he will come out in a few days? I checked the tank Ammonia to see if anything died.. and its still at 0 (API kit). I do have a lid on the tank.

jesspal · Dec 23, 2020

Have you checked the floor around the tank?

Hydrored · Dec 23, 2020

They are jumpers for sure, I would check around the tank

Arruna · Dec 23, 2020

Hydrored said:
They are jumpers for sure, I would check around the tank

jesspal said:
Have you checked the floor around the tank?

It has a tight lid, but i did check around the tank, and sump and underneath, and overflow. There is 0% chance he is not in the tank. (dead or alive)

robert serafino · Dec 23, 2020

I got one a week or so. It is the same thing in there eating for two days now i have not seen it since. It did not jump i have tight screens. Some one said on my post they can hide up to a month.

Arruna · Dec 23, 2020

robert serafino said:
I got one a week or so. It is the same thing in there eating for two days now i have not seen it since. It did not jump i have tight screens. Some one said on my post they can hide up to a month.

My heart is not going to last a month!!! LOL Guess, I will just move on as if he's dead. And if he shows up then yay lol