So I had the opportunity to get hold of a genicanthus melanospilos pair, not very common to find in Australia.
I did all my research, got a 200g tank with plenty of rock.
I watched them for a prolonged time and they were swimming fine and colours were great too. Took them home and acclimated them for 6 hours in a bucket with airline. Finally I added them to the tank. Of course the purple tang made sure they knew who's king of the house, foxy the foxface just didn't know what to think of them.
However they swam around for quite a while and then after a couple of hours found a cave to hide in. Ok, let them get used to the tank I thought. I reduced the lights to 50% to not blind them.
After 4 days of hiding the female started to come out a bit and is steadily getting more interested of swimming around. It's been 7 days now and the male hasn't moved much, he's just hovering in the cave. Very timid fish they are, I hope he will eventually get used to the tank and come out. Hope this observation will help someone who is interested in getting a swallowtail angel.
I did all my research, got a 200g tank with plenty of rock.
I watched them for a prolonged time and they were swimming fine and colours were great too. Took them home and acclimated them for 6 hours in a bucket with airline. Finally I added them to the tank. Of course the purple tang made sure they knew who's king of the house, foxy the foxface just didn't know what to think of them.
However they swam around for quite a while and then after a couple of hours found a cave to hide in. Ok, let them get used to the tank I thought. I reduced the lights to 50% to not blind them.
After 4 days of hiding the female started to come out a bit and is steadily getting more interested of swimming around. It's been 7 days now and the male hasn't moved much, he's just hovering in the cave. Very timid fish they are, I hope he will eventually get used to the tank and come out. Hope this observation will help someone who is interested in getting a swallowtail angel.