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I'm trying to decide if I should be alarmed or not.
My Halichoeres biocellatus has been hiding all day today. She has a little notch in the rocks that she will sometimes lay in if frightened but she has been in there on and off since early this morning. She is normally a highly active fish.
I've had her for a little over a year.
Nothing strange about her appearance, color and scales look good aside from a small bite mark from the YWG who tried to tell her to move along. The wrasse has always been a nervous nelly but nothing has changed in the tank that I can see to make her "afraid" all day.
All other fish behaving normally (2x ocellaris clowns, YWG, Midas Blenny, Pink Streaked Wrasse). No new additions.
Any chance this strange behavior could simply be part of transitioning to male?
At what point should I be concerned here?
My Halichoeres biocellatus has been hiding all day today. She has a little notch in the rocks that she will sometimes lay in if frightened but she has been in there on and off since early this morning. She is normally a highly active fish.
I've had her for a little over a year.
Nothing strange about her appearance, color and scales look good aside from a small bite mark from the YWG who tried to tell her to move along. The wrasse has always been a nervous nelly but nothing has changed in the tank that I can see to make her "afraid" all day.
All other fish behaving normally (2x ocellaris clowns, YWG, Midas Blenny, Pink Streaked Wrasse). No new additions.
Any chance this strange behavior could simply be part of transitioning to male?
At what point should I be concerned here?