shy fish

I got a purple tang close to 3 weeks ago and he hardly comes out of the caves I have in the tank. He comes out to grab nori off the clip or to swim from cave to cave. At first I thought it was because he was new to the tank but considering it's nearing 3 weeks it doesn't seem like that is the...

So in the 10 years I’ve been in this hobby I’ve never experienced this before. I had a hippo and a wrasse that was periodically hide, but mainly would swim where I could see. I added two more tangs which ware generally super personable about three months ago. No matter what I do time in front...

Hi, I have a firefish (the only fish there) in my 55 gallon tank that has 40 lbs or rock. It spends the majority (90%) of its time in between the rocks and doesn't come out for feeding unless I leave the tank (I have a camera pointed at the tank so I know that he's coming out when I'm gone)...

My trigger that I have has been very shy when i come up to the tank is there any reason for that. Am I scaring him or is something else wrong. It might be his personality I dont know.

Good afternoon, -Before I start this discussion I’d like to start with the best definition I found, since I’m quite confused on which species can be labeled such. “Dither fish are those fish that tell scared, skeptical, or otherwise easily spooked fish that it’s safe to come out.” -Aquarium...

I’ve got a pile of rocks waiting to be resurrected back into something more graceful than the old rock wall that they used to be, but I would love to see what other folks are doing. I’m not really a minimal aquascape person, and NSA isn’t quite my thing because I like shy fish, but I definitely...