- Joined
- Mar 9, 2020
- Messages
- 152
- Reaction score
- 125
hello, I just purchased a Mandarin after waiting a few months for the tank to truly stabilize and the pods I seeded to become abundant. Purchased at 7:00, drive home til 8:00, Floated the bag for 45 minutes, drip acclimated for 1 hour 15 minutes. So purchased at 7:00 pm , introduced at 10:00 pm. He dropped to the bottom and was on his side like he was dead. I used my coral feeder to give him some localized flow and he started to swim. The He/she slowly swam to the lowest corner of the tank, and laid down... and even occasionally stops his fins completely. (the little side ones that are always on, are only coming on for 10 seconds am every minute. Is this normal? I put the light out completely in hopes that would be calming, figured he is stressed? Are they known to play dead? Sorry if it’s a dumb question , I am just worried.