hiding

Hi so I bought a male mccosker's flasher on Sunday 3rd from my lfs. Looked great in the shop. Did my normal acclimatisation and added it to the tank. It right away went down and hid under a rock and stayed there until the next morning. In the afternoon it was gone and I couldn’t see it anywhere...

I currently have a sump area I would like to hide. I’m good at diy. I have the means to cut wood and build something. However I currently am using fabric and Velcro. I want something that looks nice and maybe even gives the ability to screw things on to the back as I’d like to have a control...

I am very new to this, and I've been trying to take it slow and do everything right, but still managing to fail. This is a red sea nano tank, established March 19, 2023. Sorry it's long but I feel it may need a little background. The very first fish Royal Gramma I added to this tank had flukes...

Hi everyone! I’m new to saltwater and everything has been very exciting but I’m concerned that this large anemone is hiding after adding it 3 weeks ago. It spends most of its time hiding under rocks and has circled the tank a few times. Sometimes it’s hard to see because of where it is but it...

I recently got a dwarf flame from an LFS. It initially explored my 65 gallon but since then has been staying in a specific "cave". It might venture out a little bit but otherwise just kinda hangs there. It also isn't really eating. I don't see spots or anything and the lfs copper treats it's...

About 3 days ago I added a diamond goby to my tank. I don’t have much experience with them myself but from what I can gather it seems like it’s not unusual to not see them for a while after they are added to a tank. My question is at what point should I be concerned? I think I know what rock...

Hello so my majestic angel started hiding after being in the tank for awhile. Nothing new was added to the tank. I think i got him in the DT around 6 months ago? At december i thought he died but i found him under the rocks. This guy used to own the middle part of the tank and is now just...

Hello everyone, I’m fairly new to the hobby and I have a dottyback I got a few weeks ago from my LFS that isn’t looking so good. He was fairly active and even a little aggressive at first but has started eating less and hiding significantly more during the day. He does seem to scrape his side...

So at the end of February I purchased a green BTA for my clownfish. Tank is a year old. Acclimated the green BTA properly and I placed it in the tank. It immediately made its way into my rockwork and placed itself on the ceiling of one of my caves. I knew it would probably do this and let it...

Hello, I purchased a dispar anthia a week ago and it has been shy hiding in the rock work a lot. The only time it comes out is if I turn off all flow in the tank. I thought anthias loved flow yet if I turn the pumps on even to 25% he goes back into the rocks. Anyone seen this before? Yes the...

I have a green bubble tip nem that went straight to a low flow , shaded area of my tank, f time keeping a nem , running an AI prime with lowered saxby, it shrinks down atleast twice a day to the point I can’t see it pressed under that rock, then it just expands and let’s it all hang out , I...

Hello all I got a firefish 3 days ago he was out for a bit ate for 1 day and has been hiding since is this normal Water parameters 1.025 salinity 8.1 ph 420 cal 1350 mag 5ppm nitrate 0 ammonia 0 nitrite Have 2 clown in the same tank doing good

Bangi cardinal sitting in corner 2 days ago I picked up a bangi cardinal from my lfs, I put him in the tank and all it does is sit in the corner all the time, I’ve tried feeding it frozen brine shrimp, the first 2 times it ate like 2 then swam away, but today he looked at it, then just looked...

I put this in the newbie section since it's probably a stupid newbie question. I just finished my QT period. Matched salinity and temperature of the QT to my DT, and added my yellow tang directly in. He looked a bit distressed upon entry to the DT and has no gone into hiding in the rocks. Is...

I have had my green BTA for about a week and a half. He was out for a couple of days but then decided to move and moved up under my live rock to where I can barely see him. He has been there for about a week. Is there anything I can do to encourage him to move or should I just wait it out and...

Hi, I just picked up a coral beauty the other day and I know they do like to hide, but I put him into my tank and there is this one cave that I have and it has yet to leave that area. I have had them for a couple of days now. Any suggestions or thoughts? I can post pictures if needed!

I have a tank with two resident female leopard wrasses. I recently added an ornate leopard wrasse (a different species than the ones I have) and a yellow coris wrasse to my tank at the same time. The yellow wrasse adjusted well and the established wrasses accepted it without a second thought...

My cleaner shrimp has been hiding for the past week or so. I can see him under a rock and he’s living but his antennas are pretty much gone. I’ve been spot feeding him to make sure he eats and he does. Any ideas?

Hello everyone, I had a yellow tank that I’m positive bullied my Swallowtail Angel. I had sand formations that I think were consistent with the tang slapping against the swallowtail. I also caught him a few times brush up against him. During that time the Angel went into hiding I gave the...

I have a juvenile hippo tang in a tank with 4 clowns and a yellow tang. When I first got him he used to swim around with all the other fish... then mysteriously half of my fish population died off. Since then he hides anytime I get near the tank. Whenever I initially walk in the room he’ll be...

I have a fairly new 120 gallon FOWLR. I had recently (2weeks ago) transferred a 90 gallon into the new 120. I used new live sand and added additional live rock. Total live rock: 100 pounds. I’ve been monitoring the water closely and have seen no anomalies. I brought a Melanuras home from my...

Hi everybody, I have a Tailspot blenny in my 29gal biocube with a Clarkii CF, Lemon peel Angel, and a newly added Flame Hawkfish. Before I added the hawkfish, everyone in the tank was fine and very visible. Ever since the addition of the hawkfish, I have not seen the blenny out in the open and...

Hello all, yesterday I naught a Royal Gramma from my LFS. I floated him for 15 mins and every 4 mins I put half a cup of water from my qt tank into the bag. By this time, the Royal Gramma was significantly stressed darting back and forth in the bag but he settled down. I added him to qt tank and...

hi everyone, During my trip (4 days), my tank sitter took off my lid for for a few min and in that time my firefish decided to jump out onto the carpet. After a min, tank sitter realized the prob and dumped him back in was lying upside down for a few min while still breathing (sitter nvr took...

I captured this photo of one of my yellow staghorn damsels trying to blend in between my nepthea and rock last night. Any of you have neat pictures of your fish "sleeping"?