Yellow Banded Possum Wrasse Vs. Flame Angel

[Yellow_donkey]

Added a Possum Wrasse to tank, was active for about 5 days then added a 1 inch Flame Angel. The first thing the flame did was tail flash the wrasse for the first couple of hours after the angel was added and now the wrasse has his head buried in the rocks (like a dog thinking he/she is hidden) and is not active, not feeding, stay behind rocks at back of display. This is day four that I have not see the little guy feed.

For where the wrasse is at now, I have not seen the angel mess with him. I did shoe out of hiding just now and he simply moved down the reef and put is head in the rocks again.

I have fed him in that area too, spot feeding behind rocks but have not seen him come out to eat.

Is this OK, should I remove him/her or remove the angel?

Is he feeding at night, maybe? How long until I should worry about starvation or is this a thing, is he just hiding?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Also, the two clowns remained very active, could have cared less.

 

[BigBlueTang]

Added a Possum Wrasse to tank, was active for about 5 days then added a 1 inch Flame Angel. The first thing the flame did was tail flash the wrasse for the first couple of hours after the angel was added and now the wrasse has his head buried in the rocks (like a dog thinking he/she is hidden) and is not active, not feeding, stay behind rocks at back of display. This is day four that I have not see the little guy feed.

For where the wrasse is at now, I have not seen the angel mess with him. I did shoe out of hiding just now and he simply moved down the reef and put is head in the rocks again.

I have fed him in that area too, spot feeding behind rocks but have not seen him come out to eat.

Is this OK, should I remove him/her or remove the angel?

Is he feeding at night, maybe? How long until I should worry about starvation or is this a thing, is he just hiding?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Also, the two clowns remained very active, could have cared less.

How big is the tank?

This is normal, Flame Angel's usually are aggressive. However, a possum wrasse will not do well in that tank. When I say normal, I mean in most circumstances, the possum wrasse will get bullied out of food or just get killed. I would remove the flame.

 

[scooter31707]

I agree ^^^

 

[Yellow_donkey]

Would the LFS buy back the flame? Is that even reasonable to ask them?

Should I try to sell local? Or just give him away and cut my loses?

 

[scooter31707]

Just ask them if they will take him back for store credit.

 

[Yellow_donkey]

I am taking the flame back to the LFS this afternoon. They have a 75% return policy on aggressive fish issues for 10 days. So that is pretty decent.

Thanks for the help.