My New Queen Arabesque

[chardonnay1000]

Hi

I recently bought a queen from my lfs, i have had it about 2 weeks now and although i catch the odd glimse of it buried half under my bogwood, i have never actually seen it in full...cept when it was in the bag!! Is this normal, i have never seen it eat either..i have tried to catch the little blighter in the middle of the night but still cannot see it. Is this normal behaviour, i am testing all my water stats every other day and they are all perfect.

 

[geo7x]

yes queen abaresques are very shy fish, and are nocturnal, and come out at night to feed. Thats just some reassurance for you, i dont really know what you can do about it because id quite like to know myself! You could always get a moonlight for the tank at night so you can see it when it does come out?

 

[stang1]

Don't worry Chardonnay, as geo7x said they can be very shy and only come out at night.
We have a Magnum Pleco and it's very rare to see him in the daytime. We've had him for about 4 months and up until about 3 weeks ago we never saw him in the day at all. He's now a little braver and pops out to say hello.

 

[chardonnay1000]

phew, thank goodness for that, i thought it was poorly. ..thanks for the reassurance any way...i will get a pic and post it if it kills me tho..

 

[Gankutsuou]

I actually dislike the fact that I can see mine 24/7. He constantly stays in one back corner of the tank or another, behind water onions/val bases. I've only seen him under the bogwood once. and that was for less than 5 minutes. and he was still fully revealed.

I honestly know a lot of you wish you could see your plecs more... but I'm somewhat uncomfortable being able to see mine 24/7.

He used to inhabbit slate caves 24/7, but after replacing slate with bogwood, this has happened, I guess he thinks he's hidden, and he's dug a little ditch....

at least I know where to toss my algea waffers now

 

[chardonnay1000]

i tried feeding algea wafers in her direction at night , but all the other greedy fish seem to eat it up before she can be bothered to move from her bogwood throne.....is there anything else i could try feeding her that the others may not eat? I have plants n thought that they might be nibbled but they havent.

 

[chardonnay1000]

yes queen abaresques are very shy fish, and are nocturnal, and come out at night to feed. Thats just some reassurance for you, i dont really know what you can do about it because id quite like to know myself! You could always get a moonlight for the tank at night so you can see it when it does come out?

what is a moonlight? are they easy to fit like to the side of the tank, and are they expensive?