The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[JoJosReef]

Sadly, yesterday my favorite fish, the Yellow "coris" wrasse, jumped out of the tank and fell on the floor when I removed the lid to cut a coral branch, I believe that was the coral cutter that I was using for the first time scared it out.

In a matter of seconds I grabbed it and put back in the water and it immediately sank to the sand breathing heavily. Less than one minute later it started to swin, eventhough with some difficulty. Maybe more one minute or two it was swimming normal again, and just buried itself (in the same spot it always do).

Later that day he came out, and was swimming perfectly in the middle of the water column, no apparent physical damage. But oddly, his behaviour changed completely (well, was a big fall tho).

- He used to patrol the whole tank picking on the rockwork and the sand, now hes swimming in the middle of the water column and dont go anywhere else.
- He was a voracious eater, now completely ignore when I feed, the food pass in front of his eyes and he just ignore it.
- He used to no be shy at all, very active and curious, every time I had my hand in the tank to fix something, he was close checking it and trying to eat things around it. Now if I approach the tank he goes hide in the sand :S.

What gave me hope today is that I saw it picking two pellets on the sand, so he will not starve to death I guess, but apart from that,he keeps swimming on the same area, the body looks fine but his mind is gone, completely soulles, looks like the little guy got a factory reset.

Someone had a similar experience ? Will he ever heal ? I guess the time will tell

Yes, happened to my pencil wrasse. Took about a month or so for him to start coming out and behaving more normal. Unfortunately, he's unlikely to ever be the same (he used to come to the surface to greet me and spit water at me). One wrong move and he freaks out and bumps his head on the lid and then is back to hiding for another month. I'm just being patient and cautious with him.

 

[tbrown]

Sadly, yesterday my favorite fish, the Yellow "coris" wrasse, jumped out of the tank and fell on the floor when I removed the lid to cut a coral branch, I believe that was the coral cutter that I was using for the first time scared it out.

In a matter of seconds I grabbed it and put back in the water and it immediately sank to the sand breathing heavily. Less than one minute later it started to swin, eventhough with some difficulty. Maybe more one minute or two it was swimming normal again, and just buried itself (in the same spot it always do).

Later that day he came out, and was swimming perfectly in the middle of the water column, no apparent physical damage. But oddly, his behaviour changed completely (well, was a big fall tho).

- He used to patrol the whole tank picking on the rockwork and the sand, now hes swimming in the middle of the water column and dont go anywhere else.
- He was a voracious eater, now completely ignore when I feed, the food pass in front of his eyes and he just ignore it.
- He used to no be shy at all, very active and curious, every time I had my hand in the tank to fix something, he was close checking it and trying to eat things around it. Now if I approach the tank he goes hide in the sand :S.

What gave me hope today is that I saw it picking two pellets on the sand, so he will not starve to death I guess, but apart from that,he keeps swimming on the same area, the body looks fine but his mind is gone, completely soulles, looks like the little guy got a factory reset.

Someone had a similar experience ? Will he ever heal ? I guess the time will tell

I had a Clownfish "fly" across the room (when she bit me and I threw her on accident). She was "off" for a day or two but completely healed and is still alive 3 years later.

I had my Melanurus jump from my 125, scooped him up and plopped him back in the tank and he's still going strong after a year, but he was different and his more than normal for about a week or two afterwards.

My Leopard jumped through my lid and landed on top (no fall) and she's doing good still 3 months later.

It all depends on how much damage occured internally though. She'll likely be scared for a while after it, but hopefully she'll be healthy and no worries.

 

[Slocke]

I spooked my Foxface and it tried to spike me. Must have fallen around 6 foot onto my tiled floor and it’s a big Foxface. Completely fine somehow.

Only other fish I had jump and not end up jerky was my snake eel. Snake eels are very slippery and surprisingly good on land. Not fun to catch

 

[JoJosReef]

I spooked my Foxface and it tried to spike me. Must have fallen around 6 foot onto my tiled floor and it’s a big Foxface. Completely fine somehow.

Only other fish I had jump and not end up jerky was my snake eel. Snake eels are very slippery and surprisingly good on land. Not fun to catch

Trying to imagine the panicked reaction and fumbling around to catch an eel on the move.

 

[Slocke]

Trying to imagine the panicked reaction and fumbling around to catch an eel on the move.

Happened to my tank sitter twice in a row… Glad he keeps snakes

 

[Cael Gallery]

Anyone recognise what's happening with my melanurus?
Has been a model citizen for the entire time i have had it. I added a 4" Lightning / pinkface wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum) this week and the mel and lightning seemed to be in a bit of a power struggle and would flash eachother quite a lot. It seemed the lightning won out and had been harassing the melanurus a bit, at that point it buried itself and it's now come out after almost 3 days with this enormous bump on it's head and what looks like scaled delaminating from that area.
It's also acting weird, it wouldn't leave the area around the acrylic box. The Thalassoma is a bit of a pest but never physically harmed the melanurus and it was more short chases so i don't think it's from that. I've now put the melanurus in an isolation box with a tub of sand and it just sunk to the bottom of that and lay there.

Is this some kind of bacterial infection / disease or a physical injury? Will it be okay and is there any treatment?

 

[TylerHaworth]

Other than Dr Reef and Diver’s Den, where do you guys shop for your harder to find fish?

 

[DCR]

I do most of my online shopping with Saltwater Fish or Tank Stop. I find both to be reliable. For rarer fish I would look to NY Aquatic especially for the Red Sea and African fish. I know there are other places that specialize in rare fish, but I am not generally in the market for these.

 

[TylerHaworth]

Anyone used WWC for fish?

 

[Slocke]

Anyone used WWC for fish?

I got my dusky from them
It was healthy

 

[TylerHaworth]

They've got an eightline in stock, I think I'm gonna ask for a video of it before jumping.

 

[MIKE NY]

A sad wrasse Wednesday. My second attempt with a chance to get another blue dot leopard. It looked nice and healthy and was swimming around normally, so I took a chance. During acclimation it would only come out the sand for a hour or so a day with no motivation to eat with everything offered. Then on the fourth day it just came out and died…..so frustrating!!!! Anyway here it is in its box with sand and rock….

 

[tbrown]

A sad wrasse Wednesday. My second attempt with a chance to get another blue dot leopard. It looked nice and healthy and was swimming around normally, so I took a chance. During acclimation it would only come out the sand for a hour or so a day with no motivation to eat with everything offered. Then on the fourth day it just came out and died…..so frustrating!!!! Anyway here it is in its box with sand and rock….

Sorry for your loss.

May not work for all fish but my Leopard was fat and happy and eating at the LFS. I brought her home and a similar situation to yours, until I offered her Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast. She went after that and gorged herself. After about 3 or 4 days of Oyster Feast she started eating Reef Prime Flakes when I'd feed the tank, then she started eating frozen Mysids and frozen Brine Shrimp. Now, she eats everything I put in the tank - freeze dried krill, Prime Flakes, Formula 2 flakes, Formula 1 pellets, frozen... I haven't found a food she won't eat.

If you try again, something like Oyster Feast could work. I know JoJo has a similar story with a picky eater. @JoJosReef what worked with yours? ROE?

 

[PR_nano]

 

[MIKE NY]

Sorry for your loss.

May not work for all fish but my Leopard was fat and happy and eating at the LFS. I brought her home and a similar situation to yours, until I offered her Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast. She went after that and gorged herself. After about 3 or 4 days of Oyster Feast she started eating Reef Prime Flakes when I'd feed the tank, then she started eating frozen Mysids and frozen Brine Shrimp. Now, she eats everything I put in the tank - freeze dried krill, Prime Flakes, Formula 2 flakes, Formula 1 pellets, frozen... I haven't found a food she won't eat.

If you try again, something like Oyster Feast could work. I know JoJo has a similar story with a picky eater. @JoJosReef what worked with yours? ROE?

Thanks..Ill try that as well next time …..With finicky eaters like Leopards and Tamarns I use small live foods like baby brine, pods etc..mixed with frozen mysis…..this guy just wasn’t interested.

 

[JoJosReef]

Thanks..Ill try that as well next time …..With finicky eaters like Leopards and Tamarns I use small live foods like baby brine, pods etc..mixed with frozen mysis…..this guy just wasn’t interested.

ROE and live baby brine shrimp have been my go-to. Hard to pass up a nice egg floating by, and it helps fatten them up. But if they aren't even going for baby brine, it might be that they're just not going to go for it--in that case I'd probably be moving it to a different tank for special attention.

 

[SpyC]

ROE and live baby brine shrimp have been my go-to. Hard to pass up a nice egg floating by, and it helps fatten them up. But if they aren't even going for baby brine, it might be that they're just not going to go for it--in that case I'd probably be moving it to a different tank for special attention.

Do you have any roe preferences or just any you can get a hold of?

 

[JoJosReef]

Do you have any roe preferences or just any you can get a hold of?

I get Reef Nutrition now. I've also tried RUSalty ROE and it's fine, but I noticed more variability in the amount of eggs per bottle and Reef Nutrition stays in suspension longer.

 

[niccumec]

Just received 2 McCosker’s Wrasses. (I just ordered 1…). They were pre-quarantined together without problems. I acclimated and put them in my QT tank today.

Question: If both of them make it, is it wise to add both to my Display tank? I had read they will kill each other. One came and looks very healthy with a yellow fin seemed video below. The other is duller and very lethargic.

This one is having a bad day…. Is this a female?

 

[TylerHaworth]

Last pic looks pretty rough =( Best of luck.

Did you order from Dr Reef?