What a circus!

[Theolox]

So I bought a couple of fish, a cleaner shrimp, and some CuC for the tank. Everything went fine except for the wrasse. As I was pouring him and his water out of the bag, he swam up at the last second and the bag collapsed on him. There he was sandwiched between plastic wiggling wildly all the while, his tail made a vibrating sound as he tried to get free. I put him in the acclimation container and started to drip acclimate. He spent half his time on his side and barely moved. At the end of drip acclimation, he seemed to be perking up a little. As I went to scoop him out of the container to put him in the tank, he again jumped. This time, he landed on the floor. I franticly tried to get him off the floor while he flopped around making it harder to catch him. I finally scooped him up and plopped him in the tank. He is now hiding pressed up against a rock. I am hoping that by the time the lights come on in the morning, he will be okay, but he is way more stressed out than I wanted him. ugh.

 

[Lavey29]

I've dropped a couple here and there too. Hopefully he doesn't have a heart attack and will be fine.

 

[Theolox]

Update: Despite the mishaps on adding him to the tank, the Carpenter's wrasse seems to be doing great! He came out of hiding, is getting along with his tank mates and is eating well.

 

[Phil Steel]

Good to hear that the little fella is ok!

 

[dstockwell]

Good deal