SRC Member piero Posted February 15, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2003 Pls help me!!! First it was my anthias, now its my wrasses.. Anyone know what is happening?? I bought 3 wrasses today and added them to my main tank before I went for dinner. By the time I came back from home, all of them disappeared. At first I thought they were hiding so I removed all my LR since my corals haben been added and to my shock, all were gone.. Can anyone explain this??? the last time this happen was to my three anthias... I cant go on like this, burn hole in my poacket leh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member TTBoy Posted February 15, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2003 What type of wrasse do u have? SOme are known to hide in the sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dodo Posted February 15, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2003 wrasse may hide in the sand...even u remove all the LR...they will not move ot from the hiding place...but how to explain for the Anthias could it be the worst nitemare happening to u, piero?take a second look.... how big is your missing fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfreak Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 Piero, Clearly you did not quarantine your fish first. You may want to look into this good, necessary practice before you put a lousy specimen in that kills through diesease or starve to death because it won't or couldn't eat what you offer. I'm sure that along the way, you will be glad you quarantine new fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submarine Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 hi piero...when I introduced a canary wrasse and a juvenile clown wrasse into the tank, the canary wrasse felt instantly at home but the clown wrasse dove straight into the sand. It finally came out after THREE days! Its interesting to watch the wrasse get into bed (the sandbed) after the lights go down. Be sure you have enough depth for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dinosaur Posted February 15, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2003 most likely..... some newly accquired wrasse are famous for hide inside the sand and dissapear for a few day before they dare to come out. This happen to my yellow wrasse when I just brought it. As for the anthias ......... strange ....... check you floor, overflow compartment ....... Dodo, mantis got eat so fast one meh ....... go for dinner come back only all 3 kenna eaten liaoz ....... <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member piero Posted February 15, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2003 Mantis??? Dun think I have any lor... Anyway as for quarantine... I usually do it from morning till night then I put into the tank liaoz..., Just need them to get used to my water... Sure they burrow?? I did a rearrangement of my LR, sure they will appear again??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Phang Posted February 16, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 16, 2003 Pls help me!!! First it was my anthias, now its my wrasses.. Anyone know what is happening?? I bought 3 wrasses today and added them to my main tank before I went for dinner. By the time I came back from home, all of them disappeared. At first I thought they were hiding so I removed all my LR since my corals haben been added and to my shock, all were gone.. Can anyone explain this??? the last time this happen was to my three anthias... I cant go on like this, burn hole in my poacket leh... BTW, Piero, I dun recommend the keeping of Anthias, esp for newbies.... they are classified as difficult and would need some time to adjust to captivity... esp when it somes to feeding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfreak Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Anyway as for quarantine... I usually do it from morning till night then I put into the tank liaoz..., Just need them to get used to my water... What you described above is not 'quarantine'. You're acclimatising (sp.) your new purchases (by the way, morning til night is unnecessarily long, a couple of hours max is sufficient). You should acclimatise your fish with your Q tank parameters, then release them into the Q tank where they are kept anywhere between four to six weeks. During this period, you get it to feed properly and watch it for disease outbreak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submarine Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Mantis??? Dun think I have any lor... Anyway as for quarantine... I usually do it from morning till night then I put into the tank liaoz..., Just need them to get used to my water... Sure they burrow?? I did a rearrangement of my LR, sure they will appear again??? Hopefully you didn't place your LR over them during your rearrangement. My wrasses lie flat in the sand, about 1 cm deep. They stir up the sand quite a bit and you get particles all over the LR and mushrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member piero Posted February 16, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 16, 2003 They just reappeared...Nothing wrong with them, eating fine too... And for the Q tank, hmm...wait till my hols then settle it... Now super busy with my school work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 hey dats my mantis! hehehe... anyway, i used to call my wrasse "Osama" cos he likes to hide, sometimes in holes, sometime in sand.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member piero Posted February 18, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 18, 2003 Oh then would they TERRORIZE my other fishes??? Maybe my house would be filled with US marines soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Sinn Posted February 19, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2003 phang... are anthias really hard to keep? cause i saw these being sold at marine life and are abt to get em.... are these types still considered difficult ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Phang Posted February 19, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2003 phang...are anthias really hard to keep? cause i saw these being sold at marine life and are abt to get em.... are these types still considered difficult ? Most anthias are considered difficult only because of feeding habits.... unless you can get a good source of nutritional live feed constantly, they are bound to starve to death... the other alternative is to get them to feed on frozen foods.... and this doesn't happen all the time.... Suggest you do a search on anthias to get information ..... quite a number of threads here on the different kinds and their difficulty levels..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Chris Posted February 19, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2003 Sinn, I have some experience with Anthias and could share with you. I have the following: Dispar, Tri-colour, Ventralis and purple Queen. They need: - lots of room in the upper level to swim around. - LR with place for them to sleep - Accustom to to frozen food slowly. I took 3 weeks feeding my purple queen with live baby brimp and mixing with frozen brimp before it takes to frozen. Also same for Ventralis - Tri-colours are more aggressive and the biggest one, which would be a male can terrorize the rest, esp. other species of Anthias. - to be kept in a group of at least 3 - Need good water conditions - Cannot be kept with other big fish or damsel or they will be bullied and they may jump out of the tank ***but, they are a beauty to watch!! Disclaimer: The above are gathered from my experience and not supported by empirical evidence or endorsed by any authority. Hope this help a little. Quote I think (marine) therefore I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Sinn Posted February 19, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2003 thanx guys guess i gotta settle down my tank for a few more months first I agree with ya chris, they are a beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member UFO Posted February 21, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted February 21, 2003 My wife loves Anthias, used to call them Pinky Tried 3 times......all dead within 1 week Need top water param & lots of live food. Also when frightened by other bullies, will go sky diving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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