I'd go ahead and put them in the bigger tank. Small bare tanks where they can constantly bump into the 'invisible wall' of the glass are stressful on fish fresh from the wild. Give them room to swim and hiding places and they should settle down. I'm sure even your presence moving around the tank is scary to them right now. You might try some live foods on them if you have access to any. (just not feeder fish, of course--you don't want to infect your angels with all their diseases!) There is also a garlic based product they make for marine fish that don't want to eat...it's a liquid you soak the food in that makes it nice and stinky. It may be worth a try.
They can go quite some time without food, so I don't think you're in any danger of starving them yet. Good luck with them; I hope they pull through. That is a good price on altums, and a good deal to find them locally. I have never seen any in a store.
Does your LFS have any sort of a guarantee on their fish so you can take them back if they die within a few days?
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