Mystery Wrasse- Anyone have one?

Hey Everyone- I put a Mystery Wrasse in my display tank yesterday and have not seen him since. Is it normal for this fish to got in to hiding until it gets content in it's new home?

 

ive got a carpenters wwrasse. and he hid for the 1st while when i introduced him. could be a trait of the species.

 

Still have not seen this fish.. I put it in my tank on Sunday and have not seen him since.. Hopefully I didn't waste $80. He could have at least let me watch him swim a bit if that's the case.

 

they'll hide like none other, LFS here has 2 that have been in his displays for over a year now, he said when he introducted them to the tank they stayed buried for nearly a week

 

I think it's just being mysterious.

 

No doubt I know why they call these things Mystery Wrasse.. Is it alive is it dead.. It's a Mystery. I might as well just told people that I had one and saved the money! My wife is telling me hes dead but I am holing out hope that he will show up.. I still have not seen him and it's been almost a week.

 

True, Mystery Wrasses are notorious for being very skiddish/hiding most of the time. I have one in my 29g Biocube, alone at the moment so he is with out a doubt the alpha in the tank and does not hide at all really. However at our local fish store in their 90g Show tank, theirs hides all the time. if you do not see him within around a week, I would start to get worried if I were you. Hope this helps you.

 

$80 is cheap for a Mystery Wrasse. The two I've seen were $150 each. I saw one at Exotic Aquatic and he roamed around the tank constantly. I saw one at Big Al's and he liked to hide as best he could as the tank had one piece of fake coral. Initially he hid most of the time. He was there for a couple months so I watched him closely and it just seamed like it depended on wheather he was fussed with that day. That's all I know about them.

 

my sixline hid for about a week--now he is out most of the time

 

My hope is that he is just in hiding. the fact that it was $80 is why I have him or at least think I have him. From what I understand once they come out of hiding they often behave like a six line in that they are all around the rock work looking for food and end up being a pretty active fish. I keep searching the floor to make sure there was not surfing attempt and thankfully nothing is found. I have egg crate on the top to be safe.