Spent $40 on fish I never see...

[asherah]

My lubbocks wrasse use to be buddy buddy with my clown fish and was out swimming around now he just hides.
My royal gramma has hid from day 1. I saw her when I moved a rock a few weeks ago and I haven't seen her since.

I'm rather annoyed that I spent $40 on fish I never see =( I didn't read anything about them hiding all the time when I researched them =/

Any advice on getting them to come out ?

asherah

[MikeP]

How long have they been in there? Sometimes you have to be patient as a new fish can hide for weeks before getting used to the tank (more so with a small tank)

[asherah]

I think they have been in there for about a month and a 1/2 or more..
Can it take that long for them to get used to the tank ?

asherah

[skylord]

You may need to find where the gramma is nesting and move that rock to the front. Very slowly...like an inch a day. They can be very shy and very protective of their nest.

Scott

[Delphinus]

Hoo yeah. I don't want to alarm you but my lubbock's wrasse was the MostIncredibleInvisibleFish for easily 6 months. I saw him fleetingly for the first couple of weeks, then he found, I guess, a hiding spot that was so good I couldn't tell where he was at all. I gave up on several occasions thinking he must have died. Wouldn't even come out for food. After several months he started getting more comfortable to come out and be seen.

[tang daddy]

I have a pipefish that I never see and a few other things like a jawfish so I wouldn't feel bad maybe the rg comes out at night when the moonlights come on!

[asherah]

maybe I should sit with a flashlight at night ;p
I dont know where they are hiding.. I've moved the rocks around and still haven't seen them.

asherah