Help dont know what to do

PokeFBLeague · Sep 11, 2021

So i bought a royal gramma today idk why but after a few mins in my tank the fish is sideway in the corner idk if it shock but shouldnt be swimming sideway i gave food to see yet he eats it but eat it sideway. Got a new clownfish hes fine.Help

Tired · Sep 11, 2021

That's a normal pose for the gramma. They tilt sideways and hover a lot. They're a crevice-dwelling fish, and tend to act like "down" is the nearest surface to them. If it's eating, it's probably fine.
However, it should at some point start exploring the tank, and find itself a safe hole to hide in. Watch to make sure he comes out of the corner eventually and isn't attacked by the clownfish. You should have multiple nice holes, caves, and crevices for your fish to hide in, more hiding places than fish.

LaloJ · Sep 11, 2021

How did royal gramma look before you bought it? what was his behavior? What is your acclimatization process?

PokeFBLeague · Sep 11, 2021

LaloJ said:
How did royal gramma look before you bought it? what was his behavior? What is your acclimatization process?

His behavior was fine before and after a while i only did temp acclimatization since i heard just that is fine from a Youtuber which had more experience but still he ate

PokeFBLeague · Sep 11, 2021

Tired said:
That's a normal pose for the gramma. They tilt sideways and hover a lot. They're a crevice-dwelling fish, and tend to act like "down" is the nearest surface to them. If it's eating, it's probably fine.
However, it should at some point start exploring the tank, and find itself a safe hole to hide in. Watch to make sure he comes out of the corner eventually and isn't attacked by the clownfish. You should have multiple nice holes, caves, and crevices for your fish to hide in, more hiding places than fish.

I hope ur right my tank is like this btw should be 40L tank

LaloJ · Sep 11, 2021

You will need more hiding places for that fish, at the moment it looks stressed and without much option of being able to move elsewhere, for a moment I thought of ammonia poisoning during acclimatization, but you need to reduce stress as soon as possible, remember that this brings diseases.

davidcalgary29 · Sep 11, 2021

LaloJ said:
You will need more hiding places for that fish, at the moment it looks stressed and without much option of being able to move elsewhere, for a moment I thought of ammonia poisoning during acclimatization, but you need to reduce stress as soon as possible, remember that this brings diseases.

Agreed. PVC isn't just for quarantine or hospital tanks! There's nothing at all wrong in sticking an elbow or two at the bank of the display to provide hiding spaces/acclimation zones for new tankmates. They're certainly easy to remove when you want to do that.

My grammas immediately sought out hidey holes when I first put them in my IM40. It's behaviour that I've commonly seen with them in tide pools in the Bahamas when they're threatened.

zuri · Sep 11, 2021

really hard on fish to just temp acclimate can easily induce ich breakout from stress. In the future take the fish out an dump the majority of the water leaving the fish in 3-4 inch's or so of water. I'm old school I just add cup of tank water every few mins. when I think I have doubled the 3 inch's I dump it out back to 3 inch's an repeat the process takes about 15-20 mins tops
sure you can always gamble but know that's a high risk gamble

Tired · Sep 11, 2021

A full acclimation is best with animals that haven't been shipped. If something is in a shipping bag, it needs to be removed from the bag as soon as possible after the bag is open, so temp acclimation only is best then.

Billdogg · Sep 11, 2021

Grammas are strange fish. In the ocean they prefer to be near or under an overhang so they can easily dive for cover. It may very well just be stressed out from the move to a new home

zuri · Sep 11, 2021

Tired said:
A full acclimation is best with animals that haven't been shipped. If something is in a shipping bag, it needs to be removed from the bag as soon as possible after the bag is open, so temp acclimation only is best then.

That's nonsense I worked with fish for over 20 years aswell as a fish store for five years never just temp acclimate fish ..nonsense son