Six line wrasse dead in 2 days

[EliteReefing1023]

Got this fish the first day it came in from the supplier to my lfs, 2 days later is dead in QT with this white/rotting spot on its tail and fins all fraying. From what I have researched, seems like the fish had some sort of infection? It never ate and just kept getting more lethargic. This morning the lights cut on for an hour and the wrasse didn’t pop out at all which is super weird for a wrasse. Usually they’re out and bout cruising the tank. But I found this guy wedged in my rocks, not breathing. Took a turkey bastet and blew him out of the crevice and he was lifeless.

Anyone else have anything similar happen to their fish? Would like to hear some suggestions

 

[KrisReef]

I have heard of this happening before, and the issue was reported to be uronemia?

But I'm not the expert on these diagnosis.

@Jay Hemdal @vetteguy53081

Sorry about this loss.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Got this fish the first day it came in from the supplier to my lfs, 2 days later is dead in QT with this white/rotting spot on its tail and fins all fraying. From what I have researched, seems like the fish had some sort of infection? It never ate and just kept getting more lethargic. This morning the lights cut on for an hour and the wrasse didn’t pop out at all which is super weird for a wrasse. Usually they’re out and bout cruising the tank. But I found this guy wedged in my rocks, not breathing. Took a turkey bastet and blew him out of the crevice and he was lifeless.

Anyone else have anything similar happen to their fish? Would like to hear some suggestions

The tail shows aggression but was it before or after?
How did you acclimate fish and for how long?

 

[EliteReefing1023]

The tail shows aggression but was it before or after?
How did you acclimate fish and for how long?

It was housed with a pair of young clowns in a 20g tank. Fish was drip acclimated. Seemed fine the first day but the onset of the tail happened very quickly. It wasn’t until yesterday when I noticed it swimming around with a “hunchback”. The back portion of the tail was white and there was mucus coming off it as he swam around.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It was housed with a pair of young clowns in a 20g tank. Fish was drip acclimated. Seemed fine the first day but the onset of the tail happened very quickly. It wasn’t until yesterday when I noticed it swimming around with a “hunchback”. The back portion of the tail was white and there was mucus coming off it as he swam around.

Yep- its likely the clowns who can be territorial and have teeth and Will use them

 

[EliteReefing1023]

Yep- its likely the clowns who can be territorial and have teeth and Will use them

It’s very weird, I’ve never seen the clowns attack the wrasse at all. And the clowns are still very young like 9months old so they aren’t fully matured yet either

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It’s very weird, I’ve never seen the clowns attack the wrasse at all. And the clowns are still very young like 9months old so they aren’t fully matured yet either

Virtually any time you see this sort of tail damage, it’s from tankmate aggression, or if the fish has been dead awhile, from scavengers. Bacteria can infect this sort of tail damage, but that takes a few days. Was the wrasse’s tail perfect when you bought it, Maybe it got bitten before you bought it? Clownfish are pretty sly though - you may never see them pick on the other fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It’s very weird, I’ve never seen the clowns attack the wrasse at all. And the clowns are still very young like 9months old so they aren’t fully matured yet either

Clowns tend to be on their best behavior in your presence and as soon as you turn around… they start to get into devil mode
One thing to confirm, if you add another fish, when you feed, place cell phone in video mode for 20-30 minutes and walk away- you MUST walk away as they know you’re there and come back and review video and you will get your answer

 

[EliteReefing1023]

When I bought this fish, it was the fish first day from the supplier. The wrasse was still floating in the bag and the lfs guy told me it was ok to take the bag and fish home that day. Could the fish of been very stressed as well? I been home practically 24/7 since I added the fish and I swear I’ve seen no aggression. There’s some instances where I seen the wrasse swim right up to the clowns and their nem and the clowns didn’t show the slightest aggression. Prior to this I saw the wrasse take down a huge britsleorm and was cruising around my tank pecking at rocks constantly for pods. So I’m kinda of shocked he died so quickly after showing all good signs.

Lfs has agreed to give me 50% off on my next 6 line so this time I’m gonna make sure to look at the fish carefully before I bring it home. The other day I was in a rush and basically just took the first 6 line in a bag I saw.

 

[bluemon]

Personally, I usually don’t like grabbing the fish straight from the supplier without it going through the LFS.

They probably had little time to acclimate to tank conditions at that point.

I do at least two weeks at the LFS especially if the fish is as common as a six line

 

[EliteReefing1023]

Personally, I usually don’t like grabbing the fish straight from the supplier without it going through the LFS.

They probably had little time to acclimate to tank conditions at that point.

I do at least two weeks at the LFS especially if the fish is as common as a six line

This is the first time I’ve ever grabbed a fish like this first day from the supplier at the LFS and it died and I been in the hobby for about 10 years now with many fish

 

[EliteReefing1023]

Personally, I usually don’t like grabbing the fish straight from the supplier without it going through the LFS.

They probably had little time to acclimate to tank conditions at that point.

I do at least two weeks at the LFS especially if the fish is as common as a six line

Are all 6 lines wild caught? Or are they aquacultured? If they being wild caught would make more sense too

 

[bluemon]

Are all 6 lines wild caught? Or are they aquacultured? If they being wild caught would make more sense too

I don’t know of any CB efforts of six lined wrasse.

In fact, I don’t think any wrasses are/can be captive bred, for one reason or another

 

[EliteReefing1023]

I don’t know of any CB efforts of six lined wrasse.

In fact, I don’t think any wrasses are/can be captive bred, for one reason or another

Just did a quick google search and indeed all 6 lines wrasses are wild caught, they have not been able to aquaculture them yet due to their aggresive behavior and pelagic (free floating) eggs. (I kinda copied that from google) but yes would make sense, I think the fish was overly stressed and couldn’t fully acclimate to my tank conditions

 

[EliteReefing1023]

Arghhhh, fish store wants me to go check out the 5 six lines they got in the other day with the one I originally got. Maybe it’s best I hold off for a week or 2

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Are all 6 lines wild caught? Or are they aquacultured? If they being wild caught would make more sense too

They are all wild caught. Depending on the source country, it may not have been handled well, and may even have been collected with drugs.