Fuzzy Dwarf & too much flow?

bubbletip2

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I just got a 3" fuzzy dwarf a day and a half ago and he has been chilling in its cave on the bottom of the tank the whole time. He is not breathing heavy and moved around every 4 hours or so skitching along the bottom until he found his cave. I drip acclimated him for 45 minutes and did not think there would be a problem considering he was very healthy in the store swimming all over and curious always at the front of the tank. This morning I decided to turn off a modded tunze nanostream to see if maybe to much flow was keeping him down. His fins are all out now and he is still on the bottom but moving a lot more and not necessarily skitching around.

I have heard these fuzzy dwarfs are fine in reef tanks so I guess I assumed that flow is not an issue. I mean geez these fish live inthe ocean where I am sure currents are a lot stronger than what I can offer.

Is it possible for these fish to experience too much flow? Keep in mind that I would not consider a tunze nano stream and about 400gph as a feed from the main display as crazy flow. If flow is a problem I could not even imagine him in my main display.
 
I have a fuzzy dwarf myself. They will lay around on the rock work or perhaps in a protected cave like you have, until feeding time. They come alive then. Water flow has nothing to do with it. :)
 
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