New Shy / Hiding Fish

wballant

wballant

New Member
I just purchased a Naso Tang and a Royal Gramma for my tank, 100 Gallon Reef with 1 Clown, 1 Psudo Chromis, 1 Lyrtail Chromis. Both new fish are very shy, the Naso will come out when no one is in sight, and the Gramma will not come out at all. I am affraid that they will not eat and die. They have been in the tank for about 5 days now. Should I be concerned, or just be patient? Does this indicate any certain water condition?
Thanks
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

Active Member
try feeding them with the lights off.
sometimes they wont come out for a couple weeks .
the more you walk in front of the tank they will get used to it.
took my foxface a couple months to come out all the time ,now he will eat out of my hand.
 
reefboy1994

reefboy1994

Member
It should get better in time, most fish are shy at first. I TOTALY agree with the quarantine tank. I had a big problem when my tang inroduced ich in my tank......soo....last week i made a QT tank :)
 
hollywooddiver

hollywooddiver

Member
Yeah i had the same problem with one of my fish. with time they will come out. if your worried about the eating side of things, soak your food in garlic. I thought the same thing (my fish starving), and it turned out he was just eating copepods that were on the rock when the lights were off. Then i added garlic to the food and now the fish runs out to eat.
 
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