Loing Fin Fairy Wrasse, sleeping upside down?

ssm05rsx · Oct 1, 2009

Hey guys I have a Long Fin Fairy Wrasse, recently just bought, yesterday, and today, I found him 'asleep' upside down. Anyone know whats up?

His day time activity seems normal to me, swimming perfectly fine.

Its weird...

This little guy
https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=970&cid=290

Is that normal?

john90009 · Oct 1, 2009

if hes still breathing at a calm rate than dont worry- if he comes out and eats during the day then you really shouldnt worry at all- when my wrasses would fall completely asleep they made there slime and would tumble over in the rock cave then during the day he had no idea he was sleep tumbling. I miss my wrasses i need to find more but there so expensive around here.

ssm05rsx · Oct 1, 2009

oh I order from BluezooAquatics, spend 140 and free shipping, nothing but good luck up to now with their fish/inverts, I like their Sales, I just spend to much money there

john90009 · Oct 2, 2009

yeah me to i orders 148 dollars worth of a clean up crew.

ssm05rsx · Oct 2, 2009

Yikes, for how large of a tank? I jsut got a few fish, snails, hermits. lol

trying to get my fish done, then work on coral.

john90009 · Oct 2, 2009

75 gallon- the emerald crabs and blue knuckle hermit crabs did me in hah but there just so interesting.

ssm05rsx · Oct 2, 2009

Are emerald Crabs really Reef Safe? I always have one or two in my 90, but I saw that they sometimes are not reef safe.

john90009 · Oct 2, 2009

i my self have never had a problem with them- i had the red ones big ones small ones- never really did major damage to corals frags here and there but that just makes the corals grow faster. I have them to pick any brown waffer algea that has accumulated over the time- while they are small they are not strong enough to get it off the rock but once they get big they pry the algea straight off the rock.