New Christmas Wrasse in QT without sand...how will this affect him?

[livinlifeinBKK]

So I bought a Christmas Wrasse today and put him in a QT tank with some live rock (I don't medicate during my QT sessions) to make sure he's acting normal and to get him eating what I wanna feed him. However, there's no sand in my QT and I know that's important for wrasses. Will it affect him being willing to eat? What should I do? The shop owner said he just feeds artemia pellets which the wrasse eats off the sand. If he's not going to be willing to eat off the bare bottom, it might be better to put him directly into the DT.

 

[Seymo44]

Following along, as I am going to be buying the same fish soon.

I have heard recommendations of putting a Tupperware dish of sand in the QT with the fish. But let’s see what others recommend.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Following along, as I am going to be buying the same fish soon.

I have heard recommendations of putting a Tupperware dish of sand in the QT with the fish. But let’s see what others recommend.

My only concern with putting him directly into the DT is that I want to be positive he's eating well and it can be hard to tell with so many hiding places and other fish

 

[Jmcg89]

I QT my melanarus wrasse and took a goodsized glass like Pyrex Tupperware container and just filled that with sand and put that in Qt.
He would sleep in it and dive in when ever he got scared so I would definitely use it again.
But at the same time he was in a bare bottom tank when I bought him.
I just feel like anything you can do to minimize stress is worth it.
I was doing ttm and just used new sand and dish everytime.

 

[Jmcg89]

My melanarus had no problem eating what ever I fed him, frozen and pellets off the bare bottom and as it sank.

 

[SaltyT]

There are several wrasses that are called "christmas" most of them do require sand. I would recommend adding a container of sand to your QT for its well-being. Wrasses that instinctively bury into the sand to sleep or when stressed can damage their mouth trying to bury into the glass bottom if there is no sand for them to retreat to.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

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There are several wrasses that are called "christmas" most of them do require sand. I would recommend adding a container of sand to your QT for its well-being. Wrasses that instinctively bury into the sand to sleep or when stressed can damage their mouth trying to bury into the glass bottom if there is no sand for them to retreat to.

Just added a Tupperware of sand

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

I added the sand I. The Tupperware but he hasn't found it yet...he's laying on his side on the bottom (the tank is dark because it's nighttime here) but is that normal since he hasn't found the sand yet?