Devilish Angelfish
Fish Fanatic
Hi Guys,
Hoping you can help me with my morphs. A couple of month ago, I saw a tiny morph in the bottom of a tank at my LFS and bought it for $2. It was on a tiny bit of rock and after I placed it in my main tank, it settled in and started showing its pretty red bumps and blue-ish tinge. It hasn't tried to move off the rock or go elsewhere so I am assumig its happy. Then, two weeks ago, I saw the same LFS had a large selection of large (at least 5cm across) morphs for $15 each so I bought a red, a blue and a blue-striped one. I got an extra blue-striped one free as well so 4 in total. The two blue-striped ones were on a small piece of coral and haven't budged since I placed them (though my telescopium snail thats about 8cm long has bumped them off their perch, coral and all). They seem quite happy, opening their mouths and changing shape as suits them. The red and the blue morphs were a different story .The LFS guy pushed them off their rock so they were free floating in the bag home. I acclimatised them all and set them out where I wanted them. Overnight, the red morph disappeared. Took me two days and a half dismantle of the rockwork to find him - in a small cave at the back, on the sand. I pulled him out and put him back on the rockwork where I wanted him but within hours, there was streamers of goo coming off him and I knew he was a gonner Fished him out and laid him to rest in my garden. Meanwhile the blue morph wasn't keen to stay where I'd put him either *sigh* He was sort of half hanging on and half opening up and closing but today he wouldn't open up or hang on and when I tried to move the original small morph away from him (he was blocking its light), he let go totally and drifted off. Tried to put him in a few different places but NUP - wont sucker on or open. At present, he's rolling about the bottom of the tank like a tumble weed which can't be good for him I had thought putting him beside the blue striped morphs and the original small one would be best for him since the spot seemed to please them well enough. I've tried higher spots in the tank, lower, more current, less current, more light, less light but he's obstinantly refusing to play My parameters are good and none of my acora or leather corals or fish or hermit crabs seem upset. Could it be that they were dislodged from their rock at the LFS that upset them so much and making it hard for them to adjust? How do I best settle them in future? Is there anything I can do for my blue guy before he joins the red in my garden ?
Sorry for the long post. Hope you can help
Hoping you can help me with my morphs. A couple of month ago, I saw a tiny morph in the bottom of a tank at my LFS and bought it for $2. It was on a tiny bit of rock and after I placed it in my main tank, it settled in and started showing its pretty red bumps and blue-ish tinge. It hasn't tried to move off the rock or go elsewhere so I am assumig its happy. Then, two weeks ago, I saw the same LFS had a large selection of large (at least 5cm across) morphs for $15 each so I bought a red, a blue and a blue-striped one. I got an extra blue-striped one free as well so 4 in total. The two blue-striped ones were on a small piece of coral and haven't budged since I placed them (though my telescopium snail thats about 8cm long has bumped them off their perch, coral and all). They seem quite happy, opening their mouths and changing shape as suits them. The red and the blue morphs were a different story .The LFS guy pushed them off their rock so they were free floating in the bag home. I acclimatised them all and set them out where I wanted them. Overnight, the red morph disappeared. Took me two days and a half dismantle of the rockwork to find him - in a small cave at the back, on the sand. I pulled him out and put him back on the rockwork where I wanted him but within hours, there was streamers of goo coming off him and I knew he was a gonner Fished him out and laid him to rest in my garden. Meanwhile the blue morph wasn't keen to stay where I'd put him either *sigh* He was sort of half hanging on and half opening up and closing but today he wouldn't open up or hang on and when I tried to move the original small morph away from him (he was blocking its light), he let go totally and drifted off. Tried to put him in a few different places but NUP - wont sucker on or open. At present, he's rolling about the bottom of the tank like a tumble weed which can't be good for him I had thought putting him beside the blue striped morphs and the original small one would be best for him since the spot seemed to please them well enough. I've tried higher spots in the tank, lower, more current, less current, more light, less light but he's obstinantly refusing to play My parameters are good and none of my acora or leather corals or fish or hermit crabs seem upset. Could it be that they were dislodged from their rock at the LFS that upset them so much and making it hard for them to adjust? How do I best settle them in future? Is there anything I can do for my blue guy before he joins the red in my garden ?
Sorry for the long post. Hope you can help