So this is my first time posting a fish question. 2 months ago I decided I wanted to add a school of anthias to my tank. I settled on lyretails because I love the look of the male. I already have a fair number of fish. 2 yellow tangs 1 hippo tang 1 percula clown 3 tomato clowns 1 pseudochromis 7 green chromis 1 lawnmower blenny 1 watchman goby 1 sandsifting goby 1 mandarin dragonette 1 flame angel. I wanted the school of anthias to add color as a school in the open water column. Because the other fish were all established I added the 8 female anthias late at night in the end of the tank not regularly used by the other fish, they all immediately hid and i went to bed. It's now been two months and my 8 anthias have dwindled to 5, I have never seen any casualties and they do not seem aggressive towards each other but all of them hide in the rocks all the time except for feeding. I have been feeding them separately both with dry flake during the day and then frozen mysis at night when I feed everyone else. Do I stop and force them to mingle? Will it take more time for them to form a school? Will they never be a free swimming fish group?
The tank is custom 300g octagon wraparound, such that one side of the tank cannot see the other.
The tank is custom 300g octagon wraparound, such that one side of the tank cannot see the other.