newly bought purple queen..

[giantbicycle]

hi just want to update ..I just bought 3 purple queen antihis today .. after 30min of aclimatising, i set them free.. Immediately , all swam into the LR and hid there..Still cant find... never come out and eat nor..swim around..all still lost

[Terryz_]

They are like that one... If you go find will stress them up more... Just leave it and they will come out eventually...

[19percula]

bro this is very common for fishes

they tend to hide coz afriad of danger

just like u in a new enviorment u will tend to familar the surrounding first

give its some time bro

they will turn out fine

[beaver]

Dun wori abt it. My athias likes to hide initially but when food's in the tank, they will appear in feeding frenzy! Give it some time to get use to the environment

[19percula]

don worry don worry be happy

happy reefing

[ryz]

If you buy many anthias and introduce at once they would be more daring... I bought 2 dispar anthias initially... they keep hiding... then two days later I buy 4 more, they nv even hide... all come out... Let them be for a whille... they'll come out in a few days... Purple Queens hard to feed leh..

[IanJ]

I bought 4 in one go, all hid in the rocks. Three came out after days, weeks to feed. the fourth never came out for 2 months. Now i have all four eating well.

[coralreef]

I bought 2 purple queen a few days ago.....initially all go hiding...didn't bother abt them..few hrs later.....they come out eating....not to worry.....if it's already eating at the LFS

[giantbicycle]

..Thanks for all the replies Not worry too much ..cost it is a special breed purple queen bought from CF ..So $$$$$$ hopefully it will come out.. But if it comes out , what should i feed it with ? Thanks.. i have a suply of frozen (brime shrimp)(mysis shrimp) flakes, pellets, dried krill.. and all these are soak with garlic guard..so any other food to recomand if my purple queen dosent eat all this

[coralreef]

try cycopees ( not sure if it';s correct spelling)

[aStRoBo|]

purple queen very picky about food, they rather starve to death sometimes.. cyclopeeze should be fine..

[Dispar_Anthias]

purple queen very picky about food, they rather starve to death sometimes.. cyclopeeze should be fine..

Nope even cyclopeeze, its still hard to get them to eat... Thumb rule- nv buy PQ unless you know it is already eating

[aStRoBo|]

Nope even cyclopeeze, its still hard to get them to eat... Thumb rule- nv buy PQ unless you know it is already eating

ya lor.. tat's wad i tot too.. but worst come to worst i just suggest to feed cyclopeeze lor.. maybe roidan bro can advise?

[Dispar_Anthias]

ya lor.. tat's wad i tot too.. but worst come to worst i just suggest to feed cyclopeeze lor.. maybe roidan bro can advise?

I think the best bet to get PQ to eat is to use frozen zooplankton, thats the food PQ eat in the wild.

[roidan]

yeah..my pioneer batch were feeding from CF,

the rest, all just followed even though they are from different places....

i feed them small size food like cyclopeeze..some even eat mysis shrimps... .....they eat them all up...but....can you feed them 3 to 5 times a day? and each time flooding the water with food? especially if you are at work?

[giantbicycle]

but the reason is that it is not in sight at all ?? will try cyclopeeze ... thanks to all the replies.. will update everyday.. thanks

[giantbicycle]

yea.........fed some brime shrimp just now and i saw it peeping out... BUT still not eating :cry2: ..will moniter it at least i know where is its hiding place..THANKS

[typrobin]

relax man...all my fishes hides like tat....previously when i haf a bicolour dottyback in the tank, my fire gobies hide even underneath the rocks...now that i removed the dottyback, they are swimming freely around.

[lightningstrike]

IMO, of most anthias available in LFS here, dispar and canberryi anthias should be the easiest to feed. initial coaxing might be required though.

[giantbicycle]

orh...can dispar anthias mix with my 4 cruently purple queen ? VEry happy to see them peek out ..but once i go near..they (choieng)/(rush) back to their hiding place... Still not eating my frozen brime shrimp..

[giantbicycle]

I think the best bet to get PQ to eat is to use frozen zooplankton, thats the food PQ eat in the wild.

may i know where to get this food ??

[Dispar_Anthias]

may i know where to get this food ??

R used to have them but now it an out of stock.... Hmm iheard ML bring them in.....

Anyway i would suggest try not to use cyclopeeze, have been trying some for sometime and then stop using.... water is really polluted and i seen one of my fren bloom with hair algae when he use cyclo as his staple food for his anthias tank.

[roidan]

yeah...cyclopeeze full of nutrients..good for anthias...bad for your system if can't export out in time

[Dispar_Anthias]

yeah...cyclopeeze full of nutrients..good for anthias...bad for your system if can't export out in time

Oh yah, he is using a h&S and still ca't cope with the nutrient

[roidan]

which model he using ah...same as mine?

mine is outsump 150-F2001