Fish Not Getting Along

[dochow]

I knew I should have bought an acclimation box!

6 days ago I added a carpenter wrasse, sunburst anthia and spotted mandarin to my 14 month old 75 gallon mixed reef.

The inhabitants before the addition were a Kole Tang (has been there 10 months), 2 stubby ocellaris clowns and a royal gramma.

The Kole Tang is a huge bully.

The Carpenter Wrasse is finally swimming the tank for the most part freely. No injuries from Kole Tang.

The spotted mandarin is doing fine, no one seems to bother him, he is very small too.

My concern is the sunburst anthia. I haven't seen him out of the rocks since introduction to tank 6 days ago. I can see him hiding behind a rock and looks ok, but he will not come out. Not sure if the Kole is chasing him when he comes out or not since I can't watch tank 24/7, but I do have a wireless camera on it and watch it periodically and still don't see the anthia ever leave the rock. He hasn't fed since intro to tank.

Before intro to tank, they went through TTM for 12 days followed by 2 weeks of observation where they ate like pigs.

I have moved the rocks around a bit to change territory and I even tried a mirror for the Kole tang. Only did mirror for a day since he seemed not to really bother with it.

Any suggestions or comments? How long will the anthia last without eating? What else can I do?

 

[Deinonych]

Sunburst anthias can be pretty timid. You may consider isolating the Kole (either in an acclimation box or a separate tank altogether) until the anthias establishes a territory and routine.

 

[4FordFamily]

Sunburst anthias can be pretty timid. You may consider isolating the Kole (either in an acclimation box or a separate tank altogether) until the anthias establishes a territory and routine.

X2 anthia are quite timid and don't typically do well with aggressive behaving tangs especially standalone

 

[dochow]

Any recommendations for fish traps you have had success with? I have a tank already running for the Tang of if I pull him for a couple of weeks. There is no way I can catch him otherwise in my current tank set up.

 

[4FordFamily]

Any recommendations for fish traps you have had success with? I have a tank already running for the Tang of if I pull him for a couple of weeks. There is no way I can catch him otherwise in my current tank set up.

I bought one on amazon, I think there are a few threads here on DIY fish traps. Perhaps try the search function, I'm useless with DIY lol

 

[eatbreakfast]

It is not unusual for sunburst anthias to stay hidden for a bit. They are a more cryptic anthias species.

 

[dochow]

Yeah DIY won't be for me either unfortunately. I checked a couple traps/acclimatiom boxes on amazon but wasn't sold after the reviews. I guess I will have to pull the trigger on something.

The carpenter Wrasse, who was very timid when first introduced, is now very happy and swimming the entire tank, so I think it's a matter of the Sunburst Anthia coming out and being a little more bold. He/she was very bold in the QT after a few days.

I am also absolutely over-feeding right now hoping some of the chopped clams, Calanasus, Miysis and Brine get swept under rocks for the Anthia to eat.

My tank is also crawling with pods of all sizes so the Sunburst should have something here and there to eat if hungry.

Patience.....