[razrpufrteef]

I purchased a Wrasse yesterday and after doing the drip acc method, i put him in the tank with my fish net. When i released him from the net, he fell right into the center of my BTA. I am not feeling to good about this! He managed to swim away, and now he has been resting under a rock for most of the time. I have noticed he has switched positions and when i did my nightly feeding i'm pretty sure he jumped out from under the rock only to return very quickly to the same location. Do you think this is part of the acclimation process or do you think the anenome sting could be fatal to my blueheaded wrasse. This is a hard topic to find online. Please help

[leebca]

WELCOME TO REEFLAND

Glad you're here; sorry what brought you to make your first post.

I think the primary problem will be acclimation. It is always best to not introduce a new acquisition directly into a display aquarium. If you use a quarantine process, the fish gets to know you and learns to eat from you. Then, when it's time to go into the main display, the fish is alert and will probably avoid the hazards therein.

If the fish is swimming 'normally' then I'd say it was not all that physically harmed by the BTA. That doesn't mean it didn't get a mental shock from the encounter, though.

At this point, time is about all you can give the fish. Keep the lights down low and hope it orients itself and settles in. Keep traffic near the tank to a minimum and you yourself should sit in front of the aquarium no less than a full hour per day so the fish gets to know you better.

[razrpufrteef]

Thanks for your support!!!

Today when i awoke, he was all over the tank, jumping out of the water for food, and being very curious.

I am worried about this though,
I posted in a different disscussion board, thought maybe i should post here to, thought maybe you might know.

I have a 29 gal bio cube, with 15lbs of live rock, and a castle for display.

My fish include, three damsels, one VPuffer, a Watchman Gobey, and a Maroon clown with BTA. I purchsed a Blueheaded Wrasse for my tank online, and hes about 4 inches long, bigger than i had anticipated. He is swiming around like crazy through all of the holes and through the castle, but i further researched and have found different numbers for tank capacity. Should i try and find a better home for this guy at my LFS, or should he be ok to keep around for a bit? I have two power heads, and he seems to like the tank. Thanks!

[leebca]

I'm afraid your 29 gallon aquarium is seriously overstocked with fishes.

Things may seem to be going well at this point in time, but any small stress on that system and you will most likely lose a lot of fishes.

The 29 gallon aquarium as you described would be good for EITHER:
The damsels you now have; OR
The Maroon Clown

That tank is good for about 2.5 inches of fish or less. At this size level, count the inches of the full grown fish.

So to more specifically answer your question -- Find the new wrasse a different home AND some of your other fishes.

They are suffering from space stress, though it may not be apparent to you. The outcome will be a shortened lifespan and an unhealthy life. You'll find more about space stress from here:
Stress (and the Single Marine Fish)