New QT 6 line struggling

[paxton.rock]

I just got a small six line wrasse. Acclimated him to .25ppm copper (ramping up in 4 days to 2ppm). then put him into a 10 gallon QT by himself (with .25ppm copper). He has been almost like standing up, not really swimming and keeps hiding behind the filter and is staying at the top of the water by the filter.

Shouldn’t be lack of oxygen because I have the air stone on max to help.

Fresh water change:
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0

Has a bowl of sand in there.

Shouldn’t be anything related to copper, considering it is the tiniest amount possible.

Any clue on what could be going on?

 

[kylgun22]

bump

 

[paxton.rock]

Bump

 

[Joj]

Probably going thru acclimation. Just give it a day or two to get right in your qt. I assume you picked a good specimen to begin with if it was a LFS buy? Also 6-lines don’t need sand (don’t bury in sand). Good luck

 

[Tcook]

Do you mean 2.5? Is this copper power? Where did the wrasse come from? Was he doing well at the lfs? What sg was it at and what did you acclimate it to and over what time? Breathing heavily? I would observe out of copper. No need for the sand.