FishyReef
Broke Reefer!
I know you should typically leave lights off for 4 hours when you add new fish to the tank. I wasn't able to get acclimation containers for my new fairy wrasses so just added them with fingers crossed that they would sort out aggression issues without anyone killing someone else (long story short, I couldn't find anyone at petco to help me pull apart the acclimation containers that were stuck together and after half an hour of looking around for an employee left, planning to go back at lunch today - but the fish arrived early and looked very stressed during the drip acclimation, so I went ahead and just put them in the tank rather than leaving them in the bucket for another hour while I went to petco). Anyhow, my question is whether I should just keep the lights off for a whole day or so to try to reduce aggression and help them settle in, or whether the standard 4 hours is going to be just as good? I know have 3 species, with one male/female pair :)