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Hello there!

Just 2 days ago, bought 3 clown fish (bright orange false perculas) from ML.

At the shop, their fins all erect, very nice, but after one day in my tank, their fins started to shrink or rather, they are not erect any more...no so nice...and they also not eating...

What is wrong?

My tank specs

1XFL zoomed 10k 12 hour lighting per day

1XFL zoomed actinic same

hang over filter(quite big), denitrate by seachem, chemipure

2 feet tank...those round front edges type

4 inch DSB

tank cycled for a month...now is 2 months+old

liverock 10+kg

some mushies, leathers, star polyps, tube worms...

fish inside:

puffer from brackish waters, yellow with black spots

purple dottyback

orange shrimp goby

scorpion blenny

1 cleaner shrimp

1 blood shrimp

2 camel shrimp

2 snails

2 bubble tip anemones

i think thats abt it

temp ard average of 26 degrees

SG 1.022-23

ammonia 0

nitrite 0

nitrate below 10

Ca 400ppm

other fish look healthy, water is clear...corals are opening...

dunno why my clown fish from ML not eating, but they swimming happily around one of the bubble tip anemone..

can someone care to explain?

thanks for sharing...if need more info...let me know...

thanks !!!

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Give them time. Not all fishes will feed on the very day you bring them home. Some might even take up to a week. Don't worry..healthy fishes usually adapt quite fast.

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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thanks guys....for speedy reply

they are the biggest fish in tank...

so i think no bullies...if got..they are the ones...

so the shrinkin fins is part of aclimatization?

they still look active n fat, bright orange colour still there

but normally they hang ard bubble tip anemone....

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