Potters Angel in acclimation box

[Fish Biscuit]

I picked up a small potters angel yesterday from our LFS yesterday. He’s been great at the store eating but he won’t eat in the acclimation box. He went in last night at 6:30ish. I’ve offered food 3 times since then.

He’s going into a 240 with a cherub angel which is why he’s in the box. If this doesn’t work the cherub will go in the fuge. No one has paid any attention until I moved the box lower into the tank. The potters has been out & not hiding in the pvc except to sleep.

The cherub swam up to the box & hid. Came back a half hour later to the box & displayed but not attacking the box. The cherub has done this twice now. Gold midas blenny is displaying the most but no one is attacking the box. Other fish are a pair of clowns, 2 cardinals, tail spot, possum wrasse, flame & rhomboid wrasses, diamondtail & carpenters wrasses & a yellow watchman.

I’m concerned about the potters not eating. If there continues to be no aggression, can I let him out at the next feeding? Lights go out about an hour after that.

 

[Big G]

Bump

 

[ca1ore]

Imagine how stressful the last day has been for the little guy. Not surprised it’s not eating. As long as it really was eating at the store then a few days isn’t a big deal. Potters are obsessive grazers, so even if it hides for a while once released from the box it may still get some nutrition (assuming you have grazable rock). Not an easy angel though.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I let him out when I fed again. He didn’t eat what I offered but was grazing the rocks. I had a potters years ago I lost in a power outage so I know how delicate they are & why I wanted him to eat. There is plenty for him to eat off the rocks.

The acclimation box seems to be hit or miss. I’ve lost 2 wrasses in it previously so I now get females that go in the tank & there’s no issue. I was concerned about the cherub going after him otherwise I would have just put him in the tank. There was some chasing & posturing. I used the mirror trick & it stopped for a while before it started again. Not long after the lights went out.

I think they’ll be fine & it will settle down. It’s not constant out for blood chasing. Seems more like establishing dominance. My old potters would be obnoxious to any new fish but would calm down after a day.