coral beauty

[NanoMan]

i purchased a coral beauty the other day.he has been hiding in the live rock and he wont come out.it has only been one day but
my tang and sebae only took about an hour to start playing and they are very active and happy.but the pygmy seems either shy or frightened.i was just wondering if this is normal because i was told to add him last since he would be the most aggresive.when will this aggresive behavior begin? he looks very healthy and i have watched him at the LFS since i started my cycle. he did eat a little when i fed the others. i am probably just thinking to much about it.

[Boogiechillin]

Have some patience...um...nopatience. :)

A day is very little time for any fish to adjust. If it's still hiding in a week, then you might have a problem, but I bet that it will be out and about within a few days tops.

[gcvt]

I agree with Boogie...again :)

My flame hid for almost a full week. I probably only saw him once a day for a fraction of a second. Then, all of a sudden, he came out and was as normal as could be and eating everything in sight.

[NanoMan]

can i change my screen name? it was a poor choice.
i watched the tank for about 2 hours and he came out swam around for a while and then went back into hiding after my yellow tang swam about 50 high speed laps around the tank.i love that yellow tang.he has a goofy personality.
thx for the feedback fellas.

[Satchmo]

lol, yeah, poor choice of names for a SW board :P

Also just for your info- a coral beauty isn't a pygmy angel, it's a dwarf. Enjoy the new fish!

[NanoMan]

page 250 of the conscientious marine aquarist
GENUS CENTROPYGE :these are the smaller species,often labeled as "dwarf" or "pygmy" angels.
i dont think bob would lie to me satchmo.

[Boogiechillin]

Nopatience, it's just a matter of clarity. C. argi, a species of angelfish, is commonly called the pygmy angel because it's one of the smallest. Calling any Centropyge sp angel a "pygmy" can therefore get a little confusing, so it's easiest to just refer to them as dwarf angels. You certainly aren't wrong, but it makes things easier on people reading the posts if we stick with dwarf.

[Corax]

or, in less confusing terms, there is a "Pygmy Angel" where "pygmy" is used as part of a proper name; and there are dwarf or pygmy Angels, where "pygmy" is used as an adjective to describe the size of the fish in question.

This:
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/pygmy.JPG is a Pygmy Angel...

You aren't right and you aren't wrong, but now you know the way it is done...

Welcome to the salty world, where most every group of 10 people have at least 9 different opinions, and the last guy just hasn't came up with anything to fight about yet!

[NanoMan]

lol
all i know is my tank is pretty sweet.
and it is doing good at a month.

[amandalh76]

I have a small pygmy angel like the one pictured above, I've had him for about a week and a half. Today my boyfriend bought me a coral beauty, small to medium size. I told him that I was almost sure that I had read that they could not mix, but he assured me that the store said it was o.k., When I first introduced him, about 4 hours ago, he hid, the pygmy, which is smaller, tried to show him that the tank was his territory, the coral beauty, after getting comfortable, let him know quickly, that he wasn't playing that. Now everything seems peaceful. Should I be very concerned about having these fish together. It probably does not matter but I have two very small green chromis', one blue fin damsel, and one pink damsel, along with crabs, snails, and a pencil urchin.

[skippy2]

I'd be more worried about the damnsels.