Wolfgang8810

I bought two new angelfish in the past day or so and they are just hiding behind plant or under decorations. is this normal? They are in a 50 gallon tank that has been completely cycled and also has 8 cardinal tetras 6 corys and a pleco. am i over reacting? they should be out in the middle in a few days right?

Peterpiper

New fish can take some time to settle, are they eating?

Wolfgang8810

not so far. but its been about 24hours since i got them. Ill wait a few more days before i start freaking out.

Peterpiper

Have you tried a little live food, You could try this if their still not eating tomorrow

Dino

Give them time to settle in.
Reduce traffic in the area around the tank if you can.
Keep the lights off on the tank.
If they have not eatten flake in the next day or so, as suggested, try some frozen food.

Wolfgang8810

hmm thats tough with the traffic it is right nest to my bedroom door. maybe ill use the other one. WAIT! they are both in the open RIGHT NOW! playing in my tall plants. Things are going the right way. Ill set my timer to leave the lights off tomorrow untill i get home from school then ill throw some of the frozen hakari blood worms in and see what they do. I have 8 Cardinal tetras and 6 cory cats which put together are quite the boisterous swimmers. I hope thay aren't freaking my angels out.

Wolfgang8810

I noticed that one of my angels has a bent ventral fin. Is it normal for them to be bent sometimes? will it fix itself? If not oh well my angel has character.

Dino

Generally, it will not fix itself.
That is usually caused by overcrowding ( poor water quality) when the fish are younger.

Wolfgang8810

it is still young. about the size of a silver dollar. My water is excellent. Is it something to worry about or will it affect the angels life?

Dino

Na, it will be ok.
I am sure it was from before you purchased your fish.
I see a lot of that in the farm produced angels and even some of the poorer quality breeders.

Wolfgang8810

yea but he is defiantly the more adventurous of the two. hes out in the open water column. Ill have to think if a fun name for him like Tiny Tim lol.

Wolfgang8810

i fed them some frozen blood worms today and diddnt notice eithrt of tem going out of their way to grab some. but they are starting to get aclimated to the whole setup. My bolivian rams on the other hand (i got the rams and angels at the same time) are doing fine. they stay at mid to lower tank level but they ate all thei r food like good little boys and girls.

Wolfgang8810

there still hiding but i got some pictures(no flash ofcourse)

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COBettaCouple

i noticed that it took our angel Fred a little while to not just get used to the tank, but to me and as he got more used to me, he'd be more enthusiastic about his food to the point that now, he'll come swimming up to the surface with his little mouth going, ready for food.

Dino

Glad to see that they have great places to hide.

Give them time and they will be begging for food from your hands.

Wolfgang8810

the black and white one diddnt make it. I think he got stuck in the fake plant the gold one is still hiding but it ate a little bit today.

COBettaCouple

that's too bad, we're sorry that you lost him. i'd watch the other fish, but it may have been some internal problem. it's not uncommon to lose young angels sometimes when you first get them.

Wolfgang8810

rthere poop was really long and Clear does taht mean anything? the gold one is still hiding and still has thet clear poo