velvet wrasse

just picked up one of these guys about 3 days ago from exotic aquatics and i really havent seen him since. I've heard that they can be shy at first but i was hoping to see him at least a little. does he just need more time before he comes out in the open or what?
 
Most wrasses will hang out in the substrate. My Yellow Wrasse hid for ~5 days before he started coming out. Now he comes out like clockwork an hour after lights on and an hour before lights off. I had a highly agressive hawkfish for a while too and for about 4 days straight he was in the sand and didn't eat. I thought he was dead but he's a trooper. Give it time and he'll come out around midday or so when he's ready.
 
Had a Dragon wrasse stay under the sand for 21 days. Then one day he just came out and joined the others. Now stays out all the time except to sleep.
 
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