Cleaner Wrasse Help

[Musovski]

I posted in fish side of the forum but no answers, and im just really curious...

My cleaner wrasse is not moving in a bubble of slime like substance

What is it? What does it do? lights are on and the fish aint moving yet...

 

[Nick30G]

Depending on the type of wrasse, their are species of wrasse which build that bubble cocoon you are seeing there. That is completely harmless and that is how that wrasse protects itself to sleep at night. Nothing to worry about.

 

[sfin52]

Yep some sleep in bubble of slime.

 

[Musovski]

Yep some sleep in bubble of slime.

Depending on the type of wrasse, their are species of wrasse which build that bubble cocoon you are seeing there. That is completely harmless and that is how that wrasse protects itself to sleep at night. Nothing to worry about.

so its like a protective orb? Lol thats pretty cool

 

[Oshengems]

He sleeping, most wrase do this the ones that don’t sleep in the same create a mucus bubble to sleep in, you might see it in your water colum from time to time

 

[sfin52]

https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/bluestreak-cleaner-wrasse/428.

 

[sfin52]

Yep def a protective orb.

 

[Musovski]

Ok.... so the fish woke up, swam about 10 mins and now is ledged in a rock and might be sleeping again.

 

[Musovski]

is this normal.... im so confused by this fish.

 

[BranchingHammer]

Is he a new addition, he might be getting used to the lighting schedule.

 

[DarkSky]

Mucous cocoon. They how several wrasses sleep. He's fine.

 

[Musovski]

Is he a new addition, he might be getting used to the lighting schedule.

i didnt think about that.....

 

[Musovski]

just got back from school. Dude this thing moves from spot to spot, but then goes to sleep again. This time it was on the sand with the mucus layer around it sleeping. It got out of there and is now on another part of a rock breathing heavy but creating another mucus orb.

 

[ZeroShadez]

I just saw this happen to my wrasse scared me so i poked the bubble with the net and he moved around lol

 

[Reefer350Lighting]

Depending on the type of wrasse, their are species of wrasse which build that bubble cocoon you are seeing there. That is completely harmless and that is how that wrasse protects itself to sleep at night. Nothing to worry about.

That's what I kept seeing floating about!!!‍