Hi,
TL;DR Wrasse has been hiding in the sand for four days after jumping into the overflow box for the second time.
I've got a melanurus wrasse in my 75, and I've had him for around 9 months. He's had a few times where he's gone into the sand for what felt like an eternity (but was actually a few days). He's currently in the sand, and I'm starting to worry (as it has been four days now). My tank has a glass cover, and some 3D printed grids for where the glass doesn't cover (the 3D printed grid was added this weekend, following the events below).
We 3D printed the coverings because the wrasse has ended up in the overflow box on two occasions. The first time was on the first of the month, and, after the hassle of getting him out and back into the tank, he dove into the sand (as expected) and stayed there for ~24 hours.
Fast forward to four days ago and another game of "where's the wrasse?", we find him to be, yet again, in the overflow box. Got him back into the display, and he dove into the sand.
As you can imagine, I'm feeling less than comfortable as things continue here... No destabilization events (that I'm aware of), and nothing out of the ordinary as of late, so I don't expect water parameters to be the issue... That said, here ya go:
PO4 was 0.11 ppm on Thursday (was due for a GFO change, which I performed on Saturday with my weekly water change), and Nitrate was < 5 ppm.
I've also checked all around the tank as best I can for him, just in case he made it out during the night (which would be super strange), and didn't find him anywhere, so I assume he's still in the sand.
Anybody had this kind of thing happen? I'm afraid if I go digging it will make things worse, but I don't know for sure...
TL;DR Wrasse has been hiding in the sand for four days after jumping into the overflow box for the second time.
I've got a melanurus wrasse in my 75, and I've had him for around 9 months. He's had a few times where he's gone into the sand for what felt like an eternity (but was actually a few days). He's currently in the sand, and I'm starting to worry (as it has been four days now). My tank has a glass cover, and some 3D printed grids for where the glass doesn't cover (the 3D printed grid was added this weekend, following the events below).
We 3D printed the coverings because the wrasse has ended up in the overflow box on two occasions. The first time was on the first of the month, and, after the hassle of getting him out and back into the tank, he dove into the sand (as expected) and stayed there for ~24 hours.
Fast forward to four days ago and another game of "where's the wrasse?", we find him to be, yet again, in the overflow box. Got him back into the display, and he dove into the sand.
As you can imagine, I'm feeling less than comfortable as things continue here... No destabilization events (that I'm aware of), and nothing out of the ordinary as of late, so I don't expect water parameters to be the issue... That said, here ya go:
PO4 was 0.11 ppm on Thursday (was due for a GFO change, which I performed on Saturday with my weekly water change), and Nitrate was < 5 ppm.
I've also checked all around the tank as best I can for him, just in case he made it out during the night (which would be super strange), and didn't find him anywhere, so I assume he's still in the sand.
Anybody had this kind of thing happen? I'm afraid if I go digging it will make things worse, but I don't know for sure...
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