Halicores biocellatus on a rampage

[Areseebee]

I have a H. biocellatus that I added to my tank maybe two weeks ago (after roughly a month of qt). He eats very well and he's crazy fat. Yesterday I found a big astrea on the sand, I've had 6 of these big guys for 4 months now and never once had to flip one. I think he is dead. Then today I saw the wrasse destroy a stomatella snail, I was only home because I was waiting for a shipment of clean up crew snails. Now he's just mowing down tiny ceriths. Is this just he way it goes? I take it there's no strategies to minimize this behavior other than feeding a lot (which I do, and thus ironically why I need more clean up crew).

 

[hart24601]

I am sorry to say but it has been my experience that once a fish gets a taste for something, CC crew, coral, clams... there is nothing that can be done. I have tried many things over the years to break behavior such as this but to no effect. Like you heavy feeding didn't seem to matter, nor a new system.

 

[saltyhog]

Dang, hate to hear that! Mine has been a model citizen so far. Actually the most shy wrasse in my tank.

 

[Areseebee]

We'll see. I was so surprised to find the astrea struggling as the 5 I bought had been real tanks, then while sitting around waiting for a clean up crew shipment to arrive saw him rip a stomatella off the glass and bash it around. Hoping he calms down a little but kind of doubt it.