Disappearing wrasses

Coralgurl · #1 02-11-2012, 02:14 AM

The only thing I can think of is that red crab but I haven't seen it in months.

Tank isn't covered but there's nothing on the floor. Had a clown jump last summer and found the body on the floor, cat and dog left it alone.

I moved a bit of sand around but no fish....the radiant is gorgeous, but that's $200 in missing fish...

Only other tank mates are 2 clowns, royal gramma, cardinal and the solar wrasse. Typical snails and a few hermits. Might give up on the wrasses.....

gregzz4 · #2 02-11-2012, 02:19 AM

Oh don't give up !!!
I bet you have a crab or more that you need to catch.
You never see them right now .... 'cause you keep feeding them

Seriously, get a red light, or set up a trap or something.
Think 'crab trap' like when they harvest 'our' crab food.

Coralgurl · #3 02-11-2012, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4

Oh don't give up !!!
I bet you have a crab or more that you need to catch.
You never see them right now .... 'cause you keep feeding them

Seriously, get a red light, or set up a trap or something.
Think 'crab trap' like when they harvest 'our' crab food.

I will get me a red light and figure this out...whatever it is has expensive taste!

doch · #4 02-12-2012, 06:49 PM

I'm not sure how your tank is set up, but check your sump if there's any way that they could get in there... I found my Solar in there, starved to death long after he'd gone missing. This would not however explain the chunks missing from the wrasse you still have.

Coralgurl · #5 02-12-2012, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by doch

I'm not sure how your tank is set up, but check your sump if there's any way that they could get in there... I found my Solar in there, starved to death long after he'd gone missing. This would not however explain the chunks missing from the wrasse you still have.

No sump on this tank, just a canister filter and there's no way it got sucked up. I haven't found the crab....yet. My other tank is cycling now, going to pull out a large piece of lr and move it over to give me a bit of room to look around.

Coralgurl · #6 02-13-2012, 12:53 AM

Found the radiant wrasse in the sand, he came out for 3seconds then dug back in. Guess he's not ready to come out yet but glad he's still in there!

Myka · #7 02-13-2012, 01:42 AM

Wrasses are like that. Provided there is no crab or other devil-like critter in there, it is very common for wrasses to disappear for even a week when first introduced. They just hide...even if you look for them everywhere. Wrasses are very emotional...

When I put my 3 McCosker's Wrasses in the reef I didn't see any of them for about 6 days, then I saw one, and an hour later they were all out swimming about like nothing happened. When I added the Yellow Coris Wrasse he hid for 3 days. Some wrasses hide in the sand, some hide in the rocks.

Bblinks · #8 02-13-2012, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Found the radiant wrasse in the sand, he came out for 3seconds then dug back in. Guess he's not ready to come out yet but glad he's still in there!

Nice the radiant is still alive. I was gonna suggest to keep an eye out for worms. Eunice worms are nasty little buggers. If you are switching tanks make sure you freshwater(RO) dip all the live rock that you are gonna transfer, you will be amazed on what you will find. Just a thought.