Coral Beauties shy?

[cich-o]

Okay i got a small CB and he hides all the time only coming out for a quick bite of food. Is this normal? He is the only fish in the tank, parameters are :
ammo. 0
nitrite 0
nitrate less than 5
temp 78
pH 8.3
salinity 1.023
alk 11°dkh
photoperiod 10 hrs.
oh yeah he,s been in there like a week does he just need more time?

[Boogiechillin]

Give it time. Especially given that there are no other fish in the tank that are comfortable with your presence, it's going to take any new fish a while to adjust to the idea of not running away when your (comparatively) gigantic head is staring right at it. :D

[cich-o]

I also have a small yellow tang that i moved to the sump, Do you think I should try to put him back in the main tank? I was just afraid that 29g was not enough space for the two. The tang is not afraid of anything and is very active i wonder if he might coax him out or just give him a hard time? Thanks for your input, you guys are very helpful ( and tolerant)

[Boogiechillin]

I personally wouldn't put a tang into a 29g under any circumstances due to cramping. I would also expect it to fight a bit with the angel, which definitely wouldn't help to get it out in the open. Look for some smaller, bolder, free-swimming tankmates, like a clownfish or a more passive dottyback species to help set an "example" for the angelfish.

[cich-o]

I am setting up a 55g as soon as I can get my southdown here.