My blue tang

Salty-Noob · Jun 1, 2013

Is it common for the fish to hide for hours without coming out?

ohio reefer · Jun 1, 2013

I used to have one that would disappear for hours. However this was a .5 inch one in a 240. Sold the fish and tank. They also like to play dead.

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terranday · Jun 1, 2013

Very common! Don't worry about it too much

Salty-Noob · Jun 1, 2013

Mine is about an inch. In a 35 gallon tank. When I first got it it was active swam everywhere even thinks its a clownfish. Hung out with them and now she is in between my live rock and didn't eat when I fed this morning.

Salty-Noob · Jun 1, 2013

terranday said:
Very common! Don't worry about it too much

Didn't even move during feeding

mike007 · Jun 1, 2013

That is not a good sign. When they hide and don't eat thats not good. Hope he comes out.

Salty-Noob · Jun 1, 2013

I know a 35g is not ideal for these guys and eventually I will take it back to my lfs. Just wanted your guys input

Mike J. · Jun 1, 2013

That fish is either ill or afraid of something in the tank.

Salty-Noob · Jun 1, 2013

I'm thinking ill to tell you the truth. All I have is 2 clownfish which the tang always followed with no problem. I firefish which hides 80% of the time and has never bothered any of my fish and a cleaner shrimp

navila06 · Jun 1, 2013

a hiding fish is normal, a hiding fish during feeding is not normal. I am curently going through this with a maroon clown, he hides all day and dosent come out to eat, I blame it on a territorial 6 line wrasse.

Salty-Noob · Jun 1, 2013

navila06 said:
a hiding fish is normal, a hiding fish during feeding is not normal. I am curently going through this with a maroon clown, he hides all day and dosent come out to eat, I blame it on a territorial 6 line wrasse.

Well I don't have territorial fish. Just worried my tang is not gonna make it or if its jut going through a phase

Salty-Noob · Jun 2, 2013

This is Day 2 of my blue tang still looking lifeless. Won't come out of its spot it hid itself in. Still trying to figure out what's wrong?

navila06 · Jun 2, 2013

is he a new fish

Salty-Noob · Jun 2, 2013

Have had him for 3 weeks now

Keepnitreel · Jun 2, 2013

Had a kole tang that was a scaredy cat and wouldn't come out, even at feeding, always hiding. When no one was in the living room, the tang would come out and swim all over the tank, picking algae off the rocks. Soon as some one entered the living room, back to hiding. I hated that fish!

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Salty-Noob · Jun 2, 2013

Keepnitreel said:
Had a kole tang that was a scaredy cat and wouldn't come out, even at feeding, always hiding. When no one was in the living room, the tang would come out and swim all over the tank, picking algae off the rocks. Soon as some one entered the living room, back to hiding. I hated that fish!

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I thought the same thing because I had a yellow tang that did the same. My hippo tang seems like its losing its color