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He was out and about exploring lastnite with the light on for a couple of hours seems like he is starting to feel at home.

Excellent. No doubt his loach buddies make him feel welcome.

UPDATE:
I've had this guy now almost 2 months and he is now just starting to come out with regularity. He comes out for daily feeding which consists of sinking carnivore and algae rounds, cucumber or squash and cocktail shrimp. I know in the past he would skip meals. Not so much anymore.

He has also just recently been more outgoing in his relationship with the other clowns. He is starting to become a part of the school, for awhile i think he thought he was a oblonga or yoyo as they spent alot of time hiding in the same crevice. He was out this morning and swimming up to the koralia i have in there, just doing the loachy thing. Its good to see this, as it has taken him alot of time to adjust.

I never thought it would take so long for a fish to adjust, i can tell he is much less skittish. But still a bit on the shy side, i'm just glad he is adjusting and i do see him out and about more and more slowly albeit.

Well thats good news! I just looked back at your tank pics, very nice looking setup!

Thanks on the tank compliments it took some thought as i knew i was going to be getting loaches. They use all the nooks, crevices, selves, whatever you want to call them. Now i have some nice big bunches of crypts growing up towards the front which obscures the view of all the rock work. So i don't usually show that picture as you can't get the idea of how much stone is really in there.

Here is a pic of a full tank shot taken some time ago, the crypts are much bigger now, which the kuhli's love to hang out in. The crypts now are near double in size.

I have various rainbows in with the loaches not dither fish as i understand them.

I've had him almost a week now, i know not long, but i was hoping he'd be comfortable by now.