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Originally Posted by AJ_77
On Saturday I bought a Regal Tang, and have yet to see it eat in my tank. Even though there is a necessary period of adjustment, I am startled by the shyness of this fish.
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Alan,
We brought home a 4" CBB last Saturday. It, too, has been very shy, hid a lot in the rockwork, and was not interacting with the other fish (none of which have harrassed it at all). It was not eating very much at feeding time, though I have seen it pick a few things off the rock here and there.
Well, today, I decided to stand at the tank at eye level with it where it hid in the rockwork and talk to it
You know, to get it used to my voice and to my physical presence. Slowly, it came toward me, flashed me, then swam back to its hiding place. Wow, I thought, and kept talking to it. After 10 minutes of talking, the fish was coming and going from its hiding place quite easily. Chris was so impressed that he began talking to it as well.
Just before lights out, a few minutes ago, we saw the CBB out and about swimming with the other fish, which it had never done before
I don't know what it will do tomorrow at feeding time, but I'm going to talk to it some more before adding the food bit by bit - my usual way of feeding that tank. I have a funny feeling the fish will need more time to get used to its new home and to the feeding times. Plus, I'm going to keep talking to it until it is a well adjusted member of the fish community.
Don't know if talking to fish helps them get used to their new environment, but it didn't hurt in my case
Oh, and you gotta keep telling it how beautiful it is