New fish or is something wrong with it?

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I just got my first few first for my tank. I’m new to reefing but everything else has been good. These are my first saltwater fish and first batch that I got. The fox face I got was originally very stressed out and lost a lot of its color which I can understand. But more than 24 hours later it is still the same finicky stressed looking fish. Hasn’t really swam much at all. Has stayed in between rocks in the back and not active what so ever. I haven’t seen it eat much maybe a few pieces of mysis shrimp but it currently lodge it self in a small cave and not moving much and looks extremely stressed out. I have a veggie clip and have tried to put some in front of it along with the shrimp but not sure what else is wrong. Also got 2 clowns and a couple anthias, all good and eating and corals are good too so I know it’s not a water quality/parameters problem. Please help!!!
 
Can kinda seen him haven’t moved much
 

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I just got my first few first for my tank. I’m new to reefing but everything else has been good. These are my first saltwater fish and first batch that I got. The fox face I got was originally very stressed out and lost a lot of its color which I can understand. But more than 24 hours later it is still the same finicky stressed looking fish. Hasn’t really swam much at all. Has stayed in between rocks in the back and not active what so ever. I haven’t seen it eat much maybe a few pieces of mysis shrimp but it currently lodge it self in a small cave and not moving much and looks extremely stressed out. I have a veggie clip and have tried to put some in front of it along with the shrimp but not sure what else is wrong. Also got 2 clowns and a couple anthias, all good and eating and corals are good too so I know it’s not a water quality/parameters problem. Please help!!!
Fish can be shy when first entering a tank. Somedays a day, week or two it all depends. Sometimes they go right in happy as a clam.
 

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