Wrasses in Acclimation Box - creating more stress than I'm trying to avoid?

[kkelly007]

Tomorrow I am receiving a 4 1/2" lineatus wrasse and a 3 1/2" Laboute's wrasse from Elliott at Marine Collectors. I separately quarantine everything except for wrasses I order from MC and these two fish will go directly into my 105g DT. The only fish currently in my DT that might show aggression are a 3 1/2" flame wrasse, a 3 1/2" gem tang, and a 2 1/2" kole tang (before someone calls the cops on me, I will be upgrading tanks soon ). I have an acclimation box with a divider from Octo Aquatics and my question is whether or not putting the wrasses in an acclimation box for a few days will cause more stress on the new additions than simply introducing them directly into the tank, which I will do with the lights off likely at night.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!!

 

[Bpfor3]

i don't think anyone can give you a concrete answer on that. the bigger the acclimation box, the more likely i would be to use it, but, personally, i don't think putting them in the box for a few days is going to have much of an effect. I do like you and always add fish after lights out. Unless you just have a particularly viscous fish, i think you would be fine going that route. Adding new additions to established fish is always stressful. If the tangs get out of hand, try the mirror trick. It works on my powder blue, who is particularly unwelcoming to new additions. Good luck!