Christmas wrasse
 

I bought a christmas wrasse and acclimated her for about an hour and when i let her out she dived down to my 3 inch snandbed and havent seen her since. Its been 5 days. I know they like to burry themselves but even when feeding no sign of her . Without sounding like a total idiot, is this normal?

how it was my canary wrasse, days before I seen it again.

Well i hope yours eventually came out, its wierd not seeing a fish you just bought lol. I see the odd sand move or a head but thats about it.

Yeah mine did that for about a week before he really came out. He would stick his head out a bit but if I went near the tank, he was gone. Then one day he was just out and about.

I bought a royal gramma once only to see it in tank like 5 mins :neutral: since that time I never see it again !!! At first I thought it jumped out because I couldn't find anything in the tank??? but after a thorough search i still couldn't find it ??? :sad: I think my shrimp or hermit crab ate it after it die for some mysterious reason.:cry:

From what I understand this is normal with some wrasses. My carpenter's wrasse never did this, but I'm not sure if they bury themselves like that. GL!

I saw the green christmas wrasse you had and honestly thats why i wanted one. My wife bought me one and it was a female figi christmas wrasse, not near as nice as yours but still a nice fish. I was a little dissapointed, i thought they all looked like yours but nevertheless was happy. Thanks for the input im a little relieved to tell you the truth.

Problem was more the wife going on joking about buying a fish you never see, but eventually mine would only hide back in the sand at night or if I put my hand in the tank.

My fish was wife and twin brother buying a fish for me.....i told them a christmas wrasse but to my ignorance didnt know they all didnt look like a GREEN christmas wrasse haha. I was a little shocked when i saw the bag they were proudly showing me and said "what the hell is that" haha. Still a nice fish if it ever shows its face again.

Normal...but I would start to be concerned if he doesn't reappear in another day or so.