Wrasse jumped

[Reef_Boy-88]

My lunar wrasse jumped out of a tiny tiny crevice in the lid. I got home and I noticed him on the carpet. He was a little bit moist. I put him in the tank with my hand to see if he would breath and he did and swam off into the rocks. Will he be okay?? Someone please help.

 

[Readywriter]

Ive had that happen a small handful of times with various fish. They are more resilient than people give them credit for. Feed it the highest quality food you can get for a couple days. And people call this an anecdotal thing but add a little bit of very finely chopped raw garlic for a bit of a boost. In other words, nurture it well and it should be fine.

 

[Johnd651]

First time that ever happened to me was in 2009. By the time I found the fish, it looked more like a fish stick. Survived another 2 years after that.

 

[VintageReefer]

He may hide a while…give him time to destress. It’s a good sign he swam off when he got back in the tank

 

[Reef_Boy-88]

Ive had that happen a small handful of times with various fish. They are more resilient than people give them credit for. Feed it the highest quality food you can get for a couple days. And people call this an anecdotal thing but add a little bit of very finely chopped raw garlic for a bit of a boost. In other words, nurture it well and it should be fine.

Thank you

 

[Chrisv.]

Nothing to do but wait and see. I had a similar event with a mystery wrasse and it survived.

 

[FilthyFifty]

I’ve had this happen to my Bartlett anthias and one I put him back in my take he hid in the rocks. The next morning he was back out swimming with his school. It really depends on how long your wrasse was out for but if it swam away I would take that as a good sign and hopefully it just startled it being out of water. Wishing you the best!