What's up with my fish?

Ab129

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So I recently added 2 new fish to my DT to join the pair of snowflake clowns which were my first fish. The new pair are a melanaurus wrasse and a royal gamma basslet both of which I kept in QT for two weeks ( I know, I just couldn't wait!).
When I first added them to the DT, they seemed very happy. I couldn't believe how well they seemed to have adjusted. The wrasse was out constantly and the basslet, who I fully expected to hide out for days, was also out and about.
Now, after 2 days, I hardly see the wrasse and basslet. When I do see them they look fine (but what the hell do I know?) but it just seems strange that they are so reclusive after what I thought was a dry successful acclamation.
Even at feeding they haven't come out the last two days.
Is this behavior ok or indicative of a problem?
The pair of clowns have always hung out in the top left quadrant of the tank, near the overflow. I have been feeding more toward the right side of the tank the last few days to see if I could encourage them to explore more space and that seems to be working, to some degree. Not sure if this is pertinent but just putting it out there.
What do you guys think?
 
So I recently added 2 new fish to my DT to join the pair of snowflake clowns which were my first fish. The new pair are a melanaurus wrasse and a royal gamma basslet both of which I kept in QT for two weeks ( I know, I just couldn't wait!).
When I first added them to the DT, they seemed very happy. I couldn't believe how well they seemed to have adjusted. The wrasse was out constantly and the basslet, who I fully expected to hide out for days, was also out and about.
Now, after 2 days, I hardly see the wrasse and basslet. When I do see them they look fine (but what the hell do I know?) but it just seems strange that they are so reclusive after what I thought was a dry successful acclamation.
Even at feeding they haven't come out the last two days.
Is this behavior ok or indicative of a problem?
The pair of clowns have always hung out in the top left quadrant of the tank, near the overflow. I have been feeding more toward the right side of the tank the last few days to see if I could encourage them to explore more space and that seems to be working, to some degree. Not sure if this is pertinent but just putting it out there.
What do you guys think?
I have an orange back fairy wrasse that's out of sight most the time...he does come out and cruise around every once in a while...but each fish has its own personality...if they aren't showing signs of disease or distress I wouldn't worry...sometimes it takes a week or two before the fish feels at home enough to come out...

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I understand them needing time to adjust and I would have expected that right off the bat. Funny thing is they were both out, swimming around for the first two days and then started hiding.
Wrasse was out and about this morning and looking good šŸ˜Š
 
Both these fish are known to hide in the rock work, usually pop out at feeding time.
No surprise to me....the wrasse may bury itself at night....
 
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