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[KaeSean]

I Added Two Fire Fish To My Reef Today And I Saw One For About 30 Minutes. 8 Hours Have Passed And I Haven't Seen Them Not Once

 

[Gabe]

It's nothing, they are very shy at first. Once he sees the other one swimming, it'll come out.

 

[krazime]

do you have a lot of hiking spots? they probably in it and i hope you top on coz they might jump at times

 

[KaeSean]

It's nothing, they are very shy at first. Once he sees the other one swimming, it'll come out.

Okay, perfect. So tomorrow I should be seeing them by feeding time

 

[KaeSean]

do you have a lot of hiking spots? they probably in it and i hope you top on coz they might jump at times

Plenty, 46 gallon tank. And 70+ lbs. of rock with crevices all over. It's crazy though. I'm looking all over in the back and everything and don't see even a hint

 

[fancy]

check around your tank if you dont have a cover on it and also your overflow they could have jumped out.

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

It's normal I had mine hide for over month till it came out from under a rock they are def some shy fish

 

[Spsnut]

I added a pair of tilefish yesterday and couldn't spot even a fin of a 4 1/2" fish; I drained my syphon drain looking inside and out I figured it a goner; after kids lessons I find that my other had spotted it behind a Tunze that I have in the small space between the overflow box and the side of the tank. I hadn't looked there yet, and it isn't comfortable enough to come out yet. I'll temp it tomorrow with some live brine shrimp. If its still not out by Friday then I'll worry more about it. My point is that you may not have looked everywhere, and give it a little time.

 

[duromega]

I seem those fish inside rocks so if your rock have any little hole they probably inside there

 

[KaeSean]

check around your tank if you dont have a cover on it and also your overflow they could have jumped out.

I checked all around, and I have a lid covering the whole tank. They can't jump out or in the overflow

 

[KaeSean]

I seem those fish inside rocks so if your rock have any little hole they probably inside there

That sucks, will they Atleast come out to eat? And there are plenty of crevices I don't see them one bit lol

 

[KaeSean]

I added a pair of tilefish yesterday and couldn't spot even a fin of a 4 1/2" fish; I drained my syphon drain looking inside and out I figured it a goner; after kids lessons I find that my other had spotted it behind a Tunze that I have in the small space between the overflow box and the side of the tank. I hadn't looked there yet, and it isn't comfortable enough to come out yet. I'll temp it tomorrow with some live brine shrimp. If its still not out by Friday then I'll worry more about it. My point is that you may not have looked everywhere, and give it a little time.

Your right, definitely. I had everybody in my house looking but then again they see crevices we can't see. I hope he doesn't starve, that was my main concern thinking he won't come out to eat

 

[Gabe]

Your right, definitely. I had everybody in my house looking but then again they see crevices we can't see. I hope he doesn't starve, that was my main concern thinking he won't come out to eat

. They can go about a week without food. Unlike us....

 

[reefer4eva]

I had the same problem with my firefish since day one!3weeks went by and I thought for sure he was dead....sure enough he came out for a minute and hid for another week..extremely shy,not to mention my clownfish don't really like him so he hides even more.i had mine for about 2 months and still never seen him eat

 

[KaeSean]

I had the same problem with my firefish since day one!3weeks went by and I thought for sure he was dead....sure enough he came out for a minute and hid for another week..extremely shy,not to mention my clownfish don't really like him so he hides even more.i had mine for about 2 months and still never seen him eat

Lol these guys suck man, they look cool but I like to see them out infront of the tank

 

[duromega]

I purchased 2 of them last week and what I did to prevent this:
Acclimation to the new tank
and then placed the fish for about 12 hours in the bag inside the tank, by the time it was time to get them out they felt like home, they only go to sleep in the night time during the day they always swimming round , no hiding at all

 

[albano]

Acclimation to the new tank
and then placed the fish for about 12 hours in the bag inside the tank..

IMO leaving them in the bag for 12 hrs is not the best idea, unless you were doing water changes often. An 'acclimation box' that allows tank water to flow thru it would be a better idea, and if necessary new fish can remain in it for days!

 

[basiab]

Not sure that 2 will work in a small tank unless they are a pair. Fish are hard to figure out. My firefish was always out for over a year. Then I got some cardinals that were fighting and it spooked the firefish so now I only see him at feeding time.