Hide and seek, anyone..?!

We have two new playful fish in the Nano. I say playful but maybe scardy-cat fish would be a better description! They both like to hide away either in the rocks or under the sand and are easily scared. Fortunately we get to see them everyday when they come out for tea!

Harvey is our Pacific Blue Tang, or Palatte Surgeonfish, Paracanthurus hepatus. He is tiny at the moment, about the size of a 50p piece and is very cute! He has shown us lots of his tricks already - he can wedge himself into tiny holes in the rocks and disappear and play dead by lying down on the rock or sand and lying very very still! He also sleeps like this! Its very entertaining to see and if I can get a photo I will definitely post it for you to see. He is known to be a very friendly fish once he has settled in. Blue tangs are prone to getting white spot and are easily stressed. Harvey has some white spot at the join of his body and his yellow tail. It doesn't seem to be bothering him so we're not treating it. He is a beautiful bright blue colour and will be a lovely friendly addition to our gang.

We also got a Golden Wrasse, also know as Canary Wrasse or Yellow "Coris", Halichoeres chrysus. His name is Goldfinger,  Goldie for short. The main reason we got Goldie is because he was in the same tank as Harvey in the fish shop meaning we can quarantine them together. Goldie is very shy at the moment and spends a lot of time buried under the sand. He will be very helpful as he is a cleaner fish and is knows to eat flatworms (which we have in the Nano tank) and also pick parasites off of other fish in the tank. That should help out Harvey and keep him well. Goldie is a brilliant almost luminous yellow fish with a pointy nose and three back 'eyes' on his dorsal fin.