how long did it take your Foxface to come out and play??

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  1. Sco-tie

    Sco-tie Bristle Worm

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    How long after you put your fox face in your tank till it was friendly and came out to play with the other fish? are they in general just a shy and skitish fish?? how does yours behave?

    thanks
     
    Sco-tie, Jun 12, 2011
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  2. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    I wouldn't say shy but the are skittish imo. He may take a day or 2 id guess
     
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  3. Jen

    Jen Plankton

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    We just got a magnificent on tues. For the first 2-3 days he was pretty shy but day 4he seemed to be back to normal. I have a pretty quiet tank only 2 clowns and a shrimp
    goby so i'm sure that makes a difference.
     
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  4. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    Just make sure he isn't bullied and you should be OK.
     
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  5. Sco-tie

    Sco-tie Bristle Worm

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    he is only in with a fairly blasset, clowns, pjs and a cleaner wrasse and he is at least 5x bigger than any of those lol hes not getting picked on just getting used to the tank it think
     
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  6. JJL

    JJL Purple Tang

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    How long has it been since you added it?
    Many fish just take a long time to acclimate. My coral beauty took almost a month to start to get completely comfortable.
     
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  7. cdc

    cdc Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Mine was out as soon as I put it in, it was to scared to go into the rocks and hide as my moray eel was looking to eat it. Eel has now gone and its out all the time.
     
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  8. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    3 days. I was pretty worried but then I read that this is common
     
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