Strawberry Pseudochromis

[75reef]

Hey, does anybody have any experience with the strawberry pseudochromis? I bought mine yesterday. About 5 minutes after putting him in the tank, I never saw him again. He looked very healthy and very lively. I noticed my little cherub pygmy angel chasing him around a little bit, but nothing major.

I just would've have taken these fish to be the shy type. I have been peeking at the tank from a distance all day, looking with a flashlight in the rock work.... and nothing? I've never had a fish hide this long. Has anybody else?

 

[lcstorc]

I've never had one but I certainly have had fish hide for an extended period of time.
I woouldn't worry yet.

 

[75reef]

Ok, I'll keep looking for him, thanks!

 

[BigAl07]

I've had a fish hide for over a week *had considered it a GONER* and then show up out of the blue.

 

[Luukosian]

Sorry to be pessimistic but if its open top you should check behind and around the tank to make sure it didn't jump out. Had a sixline wrasse do that on me and I thought he was just hiding until I found him behind the tank.

 

[seafansar]

I have a strawberry pseudochromis. He hid a lot when I first added him to the tank. He's still shy, but comes out more often nowadays. But I would check behind the tank just in case.
He's probably just hiding though. For the past week I thought I'd lost my hector's goby, but I finally saw him again today!!! I don't know what he was doing for that week, but I'm glad he's still around. He's always out and about, so I was really freaking out when I didn't see him for days!

 

[Dentoid]

My Orchid Dottyback hid for 2 weeks when I first got it. I thought it had died, then, there it was.