new wrasses - calling all wrasse owners

[isistius]

i just put 3 new wrasses in my tank. i acclimated them slowly over a 2 hour period. the have now been in my dt for 48 hrs. i has 2 - carpenter flasher wrasses and 1 6-line. my questions are as follows:
1) is it normal for a 6-line to swim at/near the surface as opposed to through out the rockwork?
and,
2) 1 of the carpenter wrasses is "hovering" just above the rockwork in a heads up vertical position with it's fins moving at the speed of light, while the other is still in hiding. has anyone else experienced anything like this?
my tank is a 135 w about 250 lbs of lr.

 

[poniegirl]

Well, I personally worry about the sentence that you say "acclimated slowly for two hours". I don't think that's a long enough period.
We do need to know your exact water conditions, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, specific gravity and temp.

 

[teen]

2 hrs is long enough imo. sixline wrasse act kinda weird when you first add them to your tank. mine used to swim vertically, head up and the rest of his body towards the sand bed and he would go all googly eyed. hes fine now, but he usually doesnt swim at the surface, hes in the rock work like 90% of the time.

 

[saltn00b]

any change in their behavior yet? they have been in that tank for a few days now, they should have mellowed out.

 

[isistius]

Originally Posted by teen
sixline wrasse act kinda weird when you first add them to your tank. mine used to swim vertically, head up and the rest of his body towards the sand bed
that's exactly what my carpenter is doing.
i'll know more when i get home and check em out. i'll see if there has been any change in the behavior.