Hi everyone, I am having an issue that I have never come across in my 20+ years of marine tanks. I had 8 fish that I have had for over a year in my 56 gallon display. 2 pajama cardinals, a green goby, a firefish goby, a barnacle blenny, an orange spot blenny, a royal gramma and a carpenter wrasse. They all resided very peacefully but I wanted more color and activity. I also wanted 1 bigger fish to catch the eye.
I settled on a tomini tang for the bigger fish and a group of yellow tail damsels for color and movement. Everything went perfect except now the carpenter wrasse is in hiding. He is a fat healthy fish but I know that he will not stay healthy forever if he is continually stressed. I have never seen any of the new fish or old fish show aggression toward him so I am perplexed why he, who was an established fish is anxious.
I am feeding extra heavy to make sure he is getting food and I believe he is. So do I just continue to do that until he settles down or is there some other action that I should take?
I settled on a tomini tang for the bigger fish and a group of yellow tail damsels for color and movement. Everything went perfect except now the carpenter wrasse is in hiding. He is a fat healthy fish but I know that he will not stay healthy forever if he is continually stressed. I have never seen any of the new fish or old fish show aggression toward him so I am perplexed why he, who was an established fish is anxious.
I am feeding extra heavy to make sure he is getting food and I believe he is. So do I just continue to do that until he settles down or is there some other action that I should take?