New additions from Madagascar

[150 Gallon Reef]

Just picked up a pair of Madagascar Flasher Wrasses tonight! It has been my dream fish since getting back into the hobby again. Temp acclimated for about 20 min then right into qt with salinity matching the bag water. So psyched for these guys! The worst night is always the first night, anxiety filled, hoping I don't wake up to a belly up fish. Say a prayer for me haha!

 

[Lasse]

Hope it works out - come back with a pic from the DT

Sincerely Lasse

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

Just a quick update. A bit active today and eating for the first time. Most beautiful fish I have seen in person!

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

Bad pic but it's something lol

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

So it has been a weird couple of days.
Saturday morning I wake up to see the female laying on her side breathing extremely heavy in the QT. I try to offer food (I have never seen a fish want to eat more than these 2) and the female refused to move but the male ate like normal.

As I am watching the female, the male begins to freak out and starts trying to deliberately jump out of the tank. Then starts doing the same thing as the female. I have ammonia readers stuck on the side of the tank which read "0". Air stone is going along with carbon in a HOB filter. So of course I begin to panic and the only thing I can think of is to remove them from the tank and put them in my main display.

I immediately take them out of the QT and put them in my acclimation box, inside the main display. Of course the gravity was .02 off from the 2 tanks, but I was in desperation mode. I honestly didn't think the female was going to make it but had some hopes for the male. I offered food 6 hours later and the male ate like his normal self but the female refused. Later in the night, the female took a bite or two.

So this morning I wake up and both of them are begging for food as soon as I walk down stairs..... Perfectly normal. They are eating great and show no signs of stress or weakness.
So I opened the acclimation box and let them come out as the please. Of course my pintail has to act like a ****** as always when a new wrasse is introduced, so he is now in the acclimation box for a couple days.

I have no clue what could have caused the issue in the qt tank but I am almost afraid to put another fish in there when the time comes.

Here are a couple pics of the Madagascars, the pintail in timeout, and my kwazulu fairy wrasse( was supposed to be a diamond tail flasher, but this is what ny aquatic sent me instead)