Is this normal?

[FRAGSNFISH]

So i just got my 2nd new emperor angel fish today and its been hiding under a rock literally . I seen them at pet shops doing almost the same thing so i wanted to know is this normal? My first emperor is swimming around exploring the tank having the time of its life but this other one found a hole a and maid it home.

55 gallon long , 75.5 temperature, 8.0 Ph , 0 ammonia , 0 nitrate , 0 nitrite , 9 kh , 1.024 salinity. And i have not tested The rest.

 

[Ding2daDong]

This is normal. Give it time, should come out and start eating in the next day or so.

 

[FRAGSNFISH]

Thank you that puts my mind at ease. It must be an ocean fish because they are the only ones that let my skunk shrimp Clean them .

 

[FRAGSNFISH]

Hope he or she makes it .

 

[MERKEY]

Most likely just figuring out it's new home.

Did I read this right and you have 2 emperors in the tank?

Just be prepared for them to get too large for the tank and one might become very aggressive to the other after maturing. I knownits a 55g long which is probably 48" but the height and width will cramp large fish.

These fish can get over a foot long

 

[RBZ]

Did you just get both together or just stick this one in after the other has been in there a while? That would make a difference in what the answer would be. Also as stated above, you are going to have a BIG problem because one of these is probably going to want to run the tank and the other is going to get beaten up. One is a handful but two in a 55 will not end well in my opinion. Are you upgrading soon?

 

[FRAGSNFISH]

Most likely just figuring out it's new home.

Did I read this right and you have 2 emperors in the tank?

Just be prepared for them to get too large for the tank and one might become very aggressive to the other after maturing. I knownits a 55g long which is probably 48" but the height and width will cramp large fish.

These fish can get over a foot long

Dont worry im prepared to trade in large fish for juveniles. And sad sad sad news

 

[FRAGSNFISH]

I dont think the second one is going to make it . It looked to sad at the pet shop and here it just went under a rock .

 

[FRAGSNFISH]

Did you just get both together or just stick this one in after the other has been in there a while? That would make a difference in what the answer would be. Also as stated above, you are going to have a BIG problem because one of these is probably going to want to run the tank and the other is going to get beaten up. One is a handful but two in a 55 will not end well in my opinion. Are you upgrading soon?

I got one yesterday and this one today . But this one wasnt looking so good at the store but i thought maybe it would be better in my tank because it was in a small space . I got home set the bag on the water surface (lights off)to let the temperature adjust . Then i emptied the bag into a container ( i only use for acclimation) where then i acclimated the water for 25 minutes with 1 drop per second and it looked like it was ok but i noticed the color on the scale was kinda faided i didnt know if thats something they did so i just placed him or her in and it went strait under a rock . Then my wife notice it was floating around the tank a few minutes ago after lights out .