Can't entice fish out of hiding

[newsalt]

I've had a Magestic Angel and Christmas Wrasse for a little less than a week and I can't seem to entice them to come out of hiding no matter what kind of food I put in the tank. I saw the Majestic last night so I know it was alive as of then.

Any advice?

 

[wnppmy]

Could try brief activity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMX4aHlxLo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

But seriously this is likely the norm even in my small tank the Dwarf Angel hid often at the start, normal behavior pattern. Intime may eventually show more often, use to new surroundings. Patience.

 

[newsalt]

I just saw it at the back of the tank behind LR. It looked kind of blotchy a gills were moving a little fast. I'm concerned.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Are the fish in a QT?

 

[newsalt]

Are the fish in a QT?

I know I'm breaking the cardinal rule of fish keeping, but no, it's not in a QT. I simply don't have room for a QT.

 

[humaguy]

qt process is the most important step to healthy livestock and can't be overlooked...
Navarchus can be painfully shy when introduced to a new environment...
Did you ad the xmas and navarchus at the same time?
What else is in the tank?
Did you treat the dt with anything?

 

[humaguy]

Please post pics if you can...

 

[sandwi54]

Shy fish such as navarchus or regal need QT to be acclimated to captive life. QT makes the chance of successful acclimation much higher. The worst thing to do is dumping a shy fish straight into DT and expect it to compete with other fish on foods that it's not familiar with. that wishful thinking almost never happens, and the end result, most of the time, is that the fish gets too scared to come out and simply starves to death.

I would suggest that you set up a proper QT system and put the majestic angel and wrasse in there with PVC fittings for hiding. the cost of a QT setup is only about half of the cost of the majestic angel, and can be placed anywhere (i've heard of people putting it in the closet).

 

[humaguy]

yup, it doesn't even have to be a glass fish tank...a rubbermaid tub works great...
though at this point he needs help with these fish...
so, please try and get a pic...
I think the navarcus is in need of prazi...

 

[sandwi54]

yup, it doesn't even have to be a glass fish tank...a rubbermaid tub works great...
though at this point he needs help with these fish...
so, please try and get a pic...
I think the navarcus is in need of prazi...

agreed. angels display blotches when they are stressed, and fast breathing indicates parasitic infections, which will spread to the rest of the DT.

Many angels come in with flukes and worms and need to be treated prior to adding to DT. Fortunately, prazipro is reef safe (except for worms and feather dusters) so you can apply it to the DT.