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02-27-2007, 10:02 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Goddard Kansas
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Coris wrasse vanished
I purchased a coris wrasse today and placed it in my tank. It swam around for about two minutes then freaked out in the sand and I haven’t seen it for about five hours. I read that they can burrow in the sand but how long will they stay there?
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02-27-2007, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New Castle, Delaware
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till he is ready to come out..
i bet when you turn your lights off he will be out
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02-27-2007, 10:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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very normal, He will come out, just give him time to settle in.
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02-27-2007, 10:08 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Goddard Kansas
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Thanks for the quick reply.
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02-27-2007, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: WI
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I think it is possible for them to stay in the sand for long periods of time...many, many, many hours. 
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02-27-2007, 10:13 PM
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It took a week for me to see my coris wrasse
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02-27-2007, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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Hey kelli, how is the birthday girl?!
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02-27-2007, 10:15 PM
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I loves me a water change
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Location: WI
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Many, many, many, many, many hours!! 
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02-27-2007, 10:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I see white stuff
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I had a lime wrasse I didn't see for months
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02-28-2007, 01:46 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rhode Island
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They hide when frightened and my C gaimard sleeps in the sand at night. This is totaly normal. They seem to have a bit of a personality disorder but you will see him/her again. They just dont like to be hawrassed
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02-28-2007, 07:30 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: brentwood n.h
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had a pensil wrass it did the same thing at night, slept that way?
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02-28-2007, 09:51 AM
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It can be rebuilt.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Pittsboro, NC
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if there is a sand bed they will sleep in the sand bed all night. if no sand bed they will sleep in a hole in the LR. make sure you have a a tight fitting lid, they are prone to jumping. more so in a BB tank than a sand bed tank, but still most carpet surf. 
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02-28-2007, 10:41 AM
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Stinky Slimey FEESH
Join Date: Apr 2006
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It's perfectly normal for them to hide in the sand, it's what they do in the wild for protection. If you can peek under your tank and if it has a glass bottom, you can usually spot them against the bottom glass.
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