New fish help

[ecancienne1983]

Got a flame angle a few days ago aclimated it for 2 hrs and is in my quarenteen tank now but he wont come out of his hiding place he went to when i put him in the tank is there any way i can relieve his stress so he will come out and swim around

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Give him some time. You only had it for a couple hours. When i added my green wrasse to my tank, i was convinced he was dead after 1 week of not seeing it once. I put it in and never saw him again until he just poped out after a week and has been an active swimmer since. Im sure he's fine. They went through a lot worst when being shipped to your lfs tell yourself this.

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Oh my bad didnt see the 2 days ago.Wait a bit more im sure he'll show up

 

[ecancienne1983]

Ok thanks im hopeing the best adding new fish to me is more stressful on me than the fish i think lol the flame angle is my favorite fish and wanted one for as long as ive been doing this so hope for the best!!

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Yeah they look nice. Wanted one too but ive heard they are not completely reef safe and i dont want to risk it as my lfs sells them 70$...

 

[ecancienne1983]

Yea mine was 60 and ive read they are the safest angle fish for reefs if that helps u any lol guess it means theres a better chance they wont pick at them lol

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Yeah i know it all depends on the fish. It might nip at corals like it might not. Hope yours does good

 

[ecancienne1983]

Ill let u know if he does

 

[jeffaquarius]

I have flame angel in my 60 gal reef tank with corals but so far I have no problem with it. However, I came into a conclusion that some fish will accidentally taste the corals while eating algae next to it and start liking it. It happened to my yellow tang who has been a good girl for a year until I started to notice my flower pot coral was closing and thinning. Then I saw her nipping on it. I have to move the coral to another tank and it started recovering.