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8 month old tank. Quite a few fish but all are supposedly peaceful. If it is a wound and I'd had to guess it would be caused by my Orange Back Fairy Wrasse as recently he started started somewhat bullying a Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse. The only other fish I've seen be aggressive is my African Gold Midas Blenny. But pretty much all of his aggression has been towards a Bicolor Blenny that comes near his spot. Although the Carpenter's Wrasse hangs around the Midas' spot as well.tank age? params? what other fish do you have? looks like a nasty wound from a tankmate.
are those all the fish? would it be possible to great a straight up list of the fish you have?8 month old tank. Quite a few fish but all are supposedly peaceful. If it is a wound and I'd had to guess it would be caused by my Orange Back Fairy Wrasse as recently he started started somewhat bullying a Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse. The only other fish I've seen be aggressive is my African Gold Midas Blenny. But pretty much all of his aggression has been towards a Bicolor Blenny that comes near his spot. Although the Carpenter's Wrasse hangs around the Midas' spot as well.
Would feeding more help stop the aggression? The Orange Back is supposed to be very peaceful, and he looks pretty fat. Though he is losing some coloration, but I read that was common.
Looks like a nasty tear/would that can become a bacterial issue
Its a 180 gallon tank.are those all the fish? would it be possible to great a straight up list of the fish you have?
theres a few things in there that could have potentially done that to the carpentersIts a 180 gallon tank.
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse
Orange Back Fairy Wrasse
Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse
Melanurus Wrasse
Orange Striped Timor Wrasse
Gold Midas Blenny
Bicolor Blenny
Flame Angelfish
Royal Gramma
Randall's Assessor
Fathead Sunburst Anthia
Foxface Rabbitfish
Flame Hawkfish
Clownfish (2)
Pinkbar Goby
Steinz Goby
Which other fish should I look out for?theres a few things in there that could have potentially done that to the carpenters
you feed daily and missed just a single day, its likely to be unrelated. many wrasses can be aggressive towards each-other either way, especially if one wrasse is smaller. Its hard to pinpoint a specific culprit. It may be good to put the hurt wrasse into QT with antibiotics or an acclamation boxWhich other fish should I look out for?
The Splendid Fairy has clearly become pretty scared of the Orange Back, and the Orange Back is constantly lording over him now. I feed twice a day and I missed a feeding a week ago and 2 days later is when this happened. Could a missed feeding turn a fish this aggressive?
Which other fish should I look out for?
The Splendid Fairy has clearly become pretty scared of the Orange Back, and the Orange Back is constantly lording over him now. I feed twice a day and I missed a feeding a week ago and 2 days later is when this happened. Could a missed feeding turn a fish this aggressive?
Thanks that is good to know. In your experience is it likely to happen again? Or is it possible this was a one off incident?Here is the problem - you may never see chronic aggression in the fish prior to a big hit like this. Not all aggression is preceded by bullying, sometimes a fish just nails another fish right out of the blue.
If you can, isolating the wrasse and treating with antibiotics would be the best course of action....
Jay
I don't have a wavemaker just 2 MP60's.Could a wavemaker have caused this injury?
flasher wrasses tend to dart around when spooked.. is it possible it was spooked into a wavemaker?
just a thought.
hope he recovers. they are beautiful fish.
That's what I meant... any chance he swam into one of your MP60's?I don't have a wavemaker just 2 MP60's.
I guess its possible if it was chasing food, and in feed mood the MP60s might run slow enough to allow him to get close.That's what I meant... any chance he swam into one of your MP60's?
Thanks that is good to know. In your experience is it likely to happen again? Or is it possible this was a one off incident?