Is it still eatingI have not treated it.
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Is it still eatingI have not treated it.
my tank is 15 gallons. No agression so far.How big is your tank
Have you seen any agression
yesIs it still eating
Thats aweful small for a flasher. They are constantly swimming. I would watch the clown with thr wrasse in such a small tank. You may have agression with out you realizing it. I swear fish are like kids behaving when your around misbehaving when we are not.my tank is 15 gallons. No agression so far.
oh sorry I meant 20 gallons. the wrasse is quite small.Thats aweful small for a flasher. They are constantly swimming. I would watch the clown with thr wrasse in such a small tank. You may have agression with out you realizing it. I swear fish are like kids behaving when your around misbehaving when we are not.
Prob not internal parasite being two months in your tank and still eating
I'm not saying you can't its really small. Have you seen any tattered fins.oh sorry I meant 20 gallons
no tattered fins.I'm not saying you can't its really small. Have you seen any tattered fins.
it running for food and getting to the bottom of the tank sounds like agression issues
thanks I will.Monitor for aggression. I have a pink streaked wrasse that gets bully by a purple firefish especially near "his" cave. I seen the wrasse played dead and lay in his side on a few occasions. Recently got his right fin and tail bitten and laid on the sand for 2 straight days barely swimming. I had to place pellet on the sand bed for him to eat. He's back active swimming and picking at rocks and I moved some rocks around to reduce aggression. But I can tell he avoid swimming close to the firefish.
My suspect is the clown. They can become very territorial. In a small tank it can be even worse. Quick swimming up grabbing food and hitting thr deck is a sign of agressionthanks I will monitor for aggression
Thanks for replying. It is still the same so far. It still eats but it is still on its side.Make sure when you watch the wrasse, that you do it from a darkened room, so the fish don't see you and change their behavior. As mentioned, this species doesn't need sand to sleep in, but they don't do really well in glass bottom tanks, so a dusting of sand, like you have helps block the reflections.
There is an issue with these wrasses, I've seen about 6 cases now - newish wrasse, still feeding, but lays on the bottom, sometimes on its side or even upside down. Normally, when a fish stops swimming normally, they also stop feeding, but in these cases, that doesn't happen. I do not know what causes this though. Since it is still feeding, one option might be to feed it General Cure in some Focus to get the meds internally, but that's just a guess.
Jay
Unfortunately, it didn't make it. I couldn't find it for more than 1 month and eventually took out both live rocks to check but there was nothing inside. I still don't know what happened and where it went.@xavier08 do you have an update on your wrasse?