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My yellow wrasse was being attacked by my powder blue tang and my royal gramma today. It wasn’t running away or trying to hide, so I put it in a quarantine box for safety. Didn’t even try to avoid the net. It was fine yesterday and all community member previously lived harmoniously. I can’t imagine what could have happened. Everyone else is doing fine. All have great appetites and are extremely active except for this one. Any suggestions? This fish has always been very healthy and seemed happy until now.
 

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My yellow wrasse was being attacked by my powder blue tang and my royal gramma today. It wasn’t running away or trying to hide, so I put it in a quarantine box for safety. Didn’t even try to avoid the net. It was fine yesterday and all community member previously lived harmoniously. I can’t imagine what could have happened. Everyone else is doing fine. All have great appetites and are extremely active except for this one. Any suggestions? This fish has always been very healthy and seemed happy until now.
Please post a video of the wrasse under white light intensity, no blue and for at least 15 seconds. Sound like aggression in which powder blue can be a monster.
Is fish breathing normal or elevated
 
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Please post a video of the wrasse under white light intensity, no blue and for at least 15 seconds. Sound like aggression in which powder blue can be a monster.
Is fish breathing normal or elevated
I think it’s neurological. After taking this video, it began standing on it’s nose and rolling over.
 

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Here’s the video
It is very possible and a condition known as UNWND which ffects many of these type of wrasses courtesy Of Jay encounter UNWD which shows neurological symptoms where it either cannot swim well, swims tail down or swims with a bent spine and despite all this, the wrasse will still attempt to feed and display no damage such as crashing into objects. Other could be depending where fish is from, cyanide capture which is delayed but the fish ends up in this state
 
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It is very possible and a condition known as UNWND which ffects many of these type of wrasses courtesy Of Jay encounter UNWD which shows neurological symptoms where it either cannot swim well, swims tail down or swims with a bent spine and despite all this, the wrasse will still attempt to feed and display no damage such as crashing into objects. Other could be depending where fish is from, cyanide capture which is delayed but the fish ends up in this state
That was my thoughts since this individual was not aquacultured and likely wild caught. Very sad and disappointing.
 

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That was my thoughts since this individual was not aquacultured and likely wild caught. Very sad and disappointing.

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

How long have you had this wrasse? UNWD usually shows up within two months of acquisition from the wild. Another hallmark of this syndrome is that the fish will still try to eat.

Here is the thread about it:
 
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Welcome to Reef2Reef!

How long have you had this wrasse? UNWD usually shows up within two months of acquisition from the wild. Another hallmark of this syndrome is that the fish will still try to eat.

Here is the thread about it:
3 weeks
 

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