A couple weeks ago I added a flasher wrasse to my tank which originally had 2 clowns and a firefish. When the flasher wrasse first went in, it was flashing all over the place, which spooked my firefish into hiding. For a straight 2 weeks my firefish stopped coming out of his tiny hole between the rock and the sand. I was getting worried he would starve to death since he wasn’t coming out for food, so I started feeding outside his hole. Sometimes he’d come out but most of the time he just kept hiding. Idea of tongs or a pipette near his hole probably wasn’t helping. Plus, I was getting leftover food in my tank which is still waiting for the CUC to pass QT. I didn’t want to move my rocks so I decided to scare it out and plug his hole. So I took a pipette, shoves it into his little home and kept pumping water into it. Honestly, he didn’t come out, but moved around a bit in the hole. I was about to give up seriously, but funny thing, he comes out the next day! It was like he was dormant the whole time, probably cause his hole was dark and shaded. After he came out, I lured him with some broadcast feeding, careful not to make sudden movements. Now he’s a social guy, always out when the lights are on. Has anyone tried any other tactics to get their firefish out?
