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Salt2Death
12-03-2012, 10:17 PM
It's been up for months, had a huge loss in population in fish due to Ich but all the spots are gone and fish were great.... Now back to eat and hide... No one out swimming.
Water perimeters are great,
Feeding frozen and pellets
Corals great,
Tank seems healthy so I'm at a loss here.... Help?


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mrhasan
12-03-2012, 10:19 PM
It's been up for months, had a huge loss in population in fish due to Ich but all the spots are gone and fish were great.... Now back to eat and hide... No one out swimming.
Water perimeters are great,
Feeding frozen and pellets
Corals great,
Tank seems healthy so I'm at a loss here.... Help?


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What's your fishes?
Mike-fish
12-03-2012, 10:34 PM
what ive been told is if the fish have spots they can go hide quickly and out of sight they will become more secure and more willing to come out. did you just move them across from qt
Salt2Death
12-04-2012, 01:53 AM
5 chromis, leopard wrasse, magnificent fox face....
Never been in QT, always in display- only started this hiding think now....


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Salt2Death
12-04-2012, 04:38 PM
Ideas?


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kien
12-04-2012, 04:47 PM
All seven of your fish are hiding all the time?
Skimmerking
12-04-2012, 05:03 PM
What type of lighting to you have if you have DE lighting and not have any UV glass over the lights you could being buring the fish to a point. Hence that reason they are hiding
FitoPharmer
12-04-2012, 05:11 PM
stray voltage?
Leah
12-04-2012, 05:37 PM
Maybe they are afraid of the skull
Salt2Death
12-04-2012, 05:39 PM
No voltage issue, lighting is led, not up high at all, nor is it on long either....

All fish hide, makes no sense to me at all.


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kien
12-04-2012, 05:41 PM
No voltage issue, lighting is led, not up high at all, nor is it on long either....

All fish hide, makes no sense to me at all.


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do you have any pets? Or worse.. one of these in the house??

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P.S. I am scared of the skull.
Palmer
12-04-2012, 08:09 PM
Do they come out to feed? With the lights on?

All of my fish hide when the lights are off I believe as a natural instinct to avoid predators (my theory lol.)

I have levels of "skitishness" among my fish with my fairy wrasse being on the high side. Whenever I come up to the tank he bolts. And my chromis also hides when I come up to the tank. Then it would be my tangs and last my clown who is the least afraid. But during feeding the only one who will hide is the wrasse.
gregzz4
12-04-2012, 09:59 PM
Are you spending enough time around your tank ?
Maybe they need to see you more often to get used to you
NIVLEM09
12-04-2012, 10:10 PM
I bought 2 clowns,1 bi-color bleny,potter's angel in Sept 2012 and it took them awhile to feel at home to their new environment and the're just getting used to seeing me now.always hiding before and would only swim out in the open during feeding time.they'll warm up to you,just give them time.:biggrin:
Coralgurl
12-05-2012, 12:15 AM
Are you spending enough time around your tank ?
Maybe they need to see you more often to get used to you

+1, my fish are fine with me around but will hide when someone else comes over. I get right up to the tank, the fish will come check me out, I think they need time to get used to you and their environment.