I bought a Pl*co around 8 weeks ago. I've now correctly identified it as a
Queen Arabesque...I think it's a male coz on the very rare occassions I see
more than his bottom/tail it appears to have a marbled underside.

Since it went in the tank he found a hollow in a piece of driftwood and just
basically doesn't leave it....except on very rare occassions when I've
caught it coming sitting just a little way out of it but still on the wood.
I've never seem him eat but the back of the tank is a bit clearer of algae
than it used to be.

Anytime he senses us near to the tank he scurries further into his
hollow.....

He doesn't appear to be ill - for the fleeting seconds I see him I try to
check him out.

His he just very, very nervous? Or is there something wrong maybe? Or is
this all normal?

Is there anything I can do to encourage him out of his driftwood? He's a
nice looking fish and I would really, really like to see more of him than
his bottom....

Thanks
Gill