help white tail Bristletooth tang

[alfani]

I got a white tail bristletooth tang from liveaquaria, it's been a couple of weeks now, the fish is very skittish, does not seem to come out to eat when I feed my fish but i do see him eating algea off the back of tank and live rocks, would this be enough for it?

 

[Desmond]

Give it some time. I am sure some food makes it back to where he is hiding also. You could aim some his direction. My mate has 1 and it took near 3 months before it came out during the day

 

[jdl513]

Foraging is a good sign so long as it's maintaining weight. .Any possible competitors? If yes I would isolated the competition for a couple of days to let the tang gain some confidence.

 

[alfani]

thanks. i have yellow and a hippo tang both dont eat the algea, the tangs dont bother him plus he is bigger. every time i got near he dash away so now i try to just dump the food in and walks back but still not seeing him come out. the back side of my tank is almost went out of algea now.

 

[puffy127]

Mine was skittish all through 6 weeks of qt. One I put him in the DT, his personality completely changed and he became king of the tank, bullying everyone.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Give it time. As mentioned before, if he is grazing and not losing weight he should become bolder.