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05-25-2008, 02:08 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: penrith nsw
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 |  banana wrasse
i purchase a banana wrasse today and when i put it in my tank it dissapeared and i havent seen it for about 5 hours, i also purchased a pair of blueband goby, 1 is freely swimming around the tank but the other has tucked itself away in a cave and hasntbeen out for about the same time the wrasse has been missing, i can see the goby he's breathing and seems ok. is this normal? | 
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05-25-2008, 04:59 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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Often when a wrasse is added to a tank, it will dive into the sandbed and hide, maybe for up to a few days. It's normal, so don't disturb the sandbed looking for him. That will only stress the fish out, and make it harder to feed him.
If you want to see what it looks like when a wrasse dives into the sand, just click "my tank video" (in my signature below) and it's towards the end. - Vote #2 Bogie to win the contest!
What do you have to feed the wrasse when it comes back out? _________  | 
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05-25-2008, 05:27 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Bogie  Often when a wrasse is added to a tank, it will dive into the sandbed and hide, maybe for up to a few days. It's normal, so don't disturb the sandbed looking for him. That will only stress the fish out, and make it harder to feed him.
If you want to see what it looks like when a wrasse dives into the sand, just click "my tank video" (in my signature below) and it's towards the end. - Vote #2 Bogie to win the contest!
What do you have to feed the wrasse when it comes back out? | I agree with Bogie up to the part of voting for him  Some Wrasses bury them selves in the sand, but I dont think that the Banana is one of them. Hes just hiding in the LR. Leave him be, he;ll come out sooner or later, Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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05-25-2008, 05:47 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: penrith nsw
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thanks guys, i didnt want to move things and look for him jyust incase thats what they do when first added to a tank but i was just worried that a rock may have fell on him or something like that.
i have brine shrimp, marine green, seaweed sheets and dry food (i cant remember what they are called)
do you's know anything about the blueband gobies? | |
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05-25-2008, 06:15 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Just a new kid on the block. He will come out when it feels comfortable.
By the way..how did you add it to the display tank?? _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
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05-26-2008, 02:11 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Coral Springs Florida Age: 16
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I have the same situation I got a pygmy wrasse or a possum wrasse w/e you want to call it two days ago.
I saw it for a second yesterday when I was looking at the back of the tank.
Havn't seen it since then not even for feeding.
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05-27-2008, 07:29 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wisconsin. FOWLR to start Age: 49
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Originally Posted by chaddom i purchase a banana wrasse today and when i put it in my tank it dissapeared and i havent seen it for about 5 hours, i also purchased a pair of blueband goby, 1 is freely swimming around the tank but the other has tucked itself away in a cave and hasntbeen out for about the same time the wrasse has been missing, i can see the goby he's breathing and seems ok. is this normal? | I bought a diamond goby, he didn't appear for 3 days. I thought I killed him. No sign of him at all. I realized, he was just getting used to his new environment. Now, he's out and about and 'claiming' his territory. He' seems happy.
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