Small Queen Angel

[singold]

Introduced a small Queen Angelfish (maybe one inch in length) to 55gal tank last night. Only other fish in tank are a Mystery Wrasse, BiColor Pygmy Angelfish, & a Diamond Goby. Introduced it with lights off & BiColor Pygmy was chasing it around. Haven't seen it all day. I am assuming it is hiding in one of the Live Rocks. It is not on floor anywhere. With my other tank when introducing new fish they would be harrassed for a day or two but never had one hide in a rock for such a long period of time. Anybody have experience with this or ideas.

[Gary Majchrzak]

Anybody have experience with this or ideas.
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review your fish stocking choices

[singold]

Unproductive answer, but thank you for participating.

[TheH]

I've read that queen angels under 2" have high mortality and those over 6" have a difficult time adapting to prepared foods.

I think Gary is concerned about the maximum size of this fish with respect to the aquarium you are placing it in.

[singold]

Thank you for your reply. I personally have not read about the high mortality rate with Angels under 2". I certainly would have considered this. Upon purchasing the fish, it was eating (mysis) & appeared very healthy. I felt my stocking order was fine, given that the Bicolor pygmy angel is only slightly larger than the small Queen Angel I added. I was also under the impression, given research, that a pygmy angel & a regular angel are fine to co-habitat together. Also, that one should add the pygmy angel first if planning on adding another regular angel. Also, for the long term, certainly a 55 gal isn't satisfactory for a Queen Angel in mid-juvenile or adult size. A year or less, given the size I purchased, I viewed no complications. I will be getting a 180 gal soon (within 6 months) which it would be transferred to.

[DarthSimon]

I would say a 220 or bigger minimum is required for the Queen long term. I just Scuba Dove Aruba, and saw 18 Inch Spectacular Queen Angels down in the reefs...