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This is a follow up to my previous post, in which I detailed the story of how I bought a Melanarus Wrasse who I hadn't seen for a week due to his burrowing under the substrate until I saw his moving tail poking out from under the sand. When he is under the sand, he is completely covered. At the fish store he looked normal. Now it has been over two weeks and I've only seen him on one occasion, in which he just had his head sticking out of the sand. He was breathing, and when I poked him on the snout to see if he was responsive, he didn't react at all. I tried moving him and only then did he swim away. If he's lived over 2 weeks without coming out for feedings, he must be eating something down there. Anyone have a better explanation than 'he just likes the sand?' I will post a low quality photo of the head sticking out of sand encounter in a minute.