MY BERSA TRIGGER FISH

[like_outlaws]

Can anyone help me?

my bursa trigger saltwater fish
i bought yesterday has been acting
strange? hey just wants to be hiding
in small cracks and some times lays side
ways?

and when i feed my fish he seems to scared
to come out to eat.

Is this normal?
can anyone help out?

[hobogato]

gonna need more info on your tank like:

water parameters
size
other inhabitants

sounds to me (assuming no issues with the above list) that it just isnt used to its new surroundings - triggers are typically very hardy fish.

[coraline79]

I have a Blue throat trigger that acts the same way. It is perfectly healthy and once every 3-5 days it will come out and swim around for a few hours and then move back into the shadows. When I first got him, day 1 he laid on his side in a crack for about 6 hours motionless after acclimation. I thought I was going to lose him, but I went lights out for the rest of the day and he was up and swimming around. Currently he lives on his side under an arc shaped rock(shares that space with my purples lobster like a giant pistolshrimp/goby pair), and he lurks in a large cave for most of the day. Pretty funny fish though, just a little shy.