Yellow Coris wrasses

[Hilltopreef90]

I recently added a yellow coris wrasse to my tank, I’ve not seen him since. How long can they stay hidden in the sand?
Also I read they can eat shrimp and wonder if my cleaner shrimp is almost twice the wrasses size now does he stand a better chance of not being eaten when the wrasse gets bigger
Are there compatible wrasses that don’t eat cleaner and pistol shrimp

 

[lefkonj]

They do like to hide in the sand but how long ago did you see it?

With regards to eating shrimp this is possible, it is a wrasse. However cleaner shrimp get a pass from almost anything, like Triggers, Puffers and wrasses. Piston shrimp though would become a nice snack if they can catch it.

 

[Hilltopreef90]

It’s been a 3-4 days although I can’t watch it 24/7 and there’s lots of places to hide.
The pistol hangs out with a watchman goby so hopefully the goby will protect his buddy

 

[Blindface]

My wrasse has stayed hidden for 2 weeks before (or at least to me knowledge) I wouldn’t worry. Once they get comfy in their environment they’ll come out more often

 

[Hilltopreef90]

My wrasse has stayed hidden for 2 weeks before (or at least to me knowledge) I wouldn’t worry. Once they get comfy in their environment they’ll come out more often

I figured he’s got plenty to eat between copapods and my recently finding flatworms

 

[stovenut]

The Yellow Coris Wrasse can definitely hide in the sand for a few days. They are also prolific jumpers so look for him behind the tank as well. And if you do eventually find him alive and well, you would be wise to add a screen top to keep him swimming safely and not carpet surfing.

 

[jetor]

Our Yellow Coris Wrasse leaves the cleaner shrimp and pistol shrimp (guarded by a large goby) alone. Its a large tank so that may help.

 

[blaxsun]

Mine comes out every day like clockwork for feeding, so I wouldn't necessarily worry about it too much for the first few days (hiding in the sand is fairly normal).

 

[Hilltopreef90]

The Yellow Coris Wrasse can definitely hide in the sand for a few days. They are also prolific jumpers so look for him behind the tank as well. And if you do eventually find him alive and well, you would be wise to add a screen top to keep him swimming safely and not carpet surfing.

I already have a screen top, and I did check around the back just in case it jumped while I was doing maintenance

 

[Hilltopreef90]

Our Yellow Coris Wrasse leaves the cleaner shrimp and pistol shrimp (guarded by a large goby) alone. Its a large tank so that may help.

Goby is pretty big and the longest resident in n the tank, only other fish at this time is a tailspot blenny in a 90 gallon tank

 

[codenfx]

Mine hides for 2 days after putting into the tank but now on a daily basis wakes up at 8am and sleeps at 10:35pm. Occasionally it would hide for a day and comes out the following day, first time this happened I was worried thinking its dead as that's what happened to my first yellow coris sadly, it was missing for a few days and later I found it looking very weak laying on the sand and died shortly after.