Please Help!

[Yates273]

I just picked up this Mcoskers wrasse and he is just lying in the bucket as I drop acclimate. I see some say it’s normal. Am I overreacting? Please reassure me this is a common thing for this wrasse. I did observe him swimming normal in the tank when I grabbed him.

 

[Dragon52]

Mine did the same thing when I added them. 2 different 2 Flashers.

 

[Samina]

Wrasses are notorious for playing dead. If you pickup him up, I’m assuming you observed him swimming around and looking healthy before purchase not too long ago. Might just have a drama queen on your hands.

 

[ScottB]

I see this fairly often with wrasses. Maintaining temperature can be a challenge and an added stressor if dripping slow for a big salinity shift. Deploy a heating pad, or (warm) hot water bottle to keep the temp shock minimal.

But again, this is very common behavior.

 

[Yates273]

Wrasses are notorious for playing dead. If you pickup him up, I’m assuming you observed him swimming around and looking healthy before purchase not too long ago. Might just have a drama queen on your hands.

Yes I did he was swimming around just fine