Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read this and respond!
I upgraded tanks a few weeks ago and everything has been very well. I added a Falco Hawkfish 3 weeks back and he fit right in with 0 aggression from my fish. Last Saturday I tried to add a black leopard wrasse around 2 inches or so and my blue star leopard went after it. I have never seen such aggression from her... she really looked like she was trying to kill the black leopard. After I saw this I removed the black leopard and returned her to the vendor I got her from. I waited a few days and thought I'd try again but this time with a yellow watchman goby and a firefish. My blue star killed the goby right in front of me and it happened so fast I couldnt do anything. The firefish hid and I havent seen it since.
Why is my leopard wrasse being so aggressive? I never saw this behavior before in my old tank. This is really shocking to me... normally my Tomini is the "boss" of the tank and likes to rough up new fish but even he didnt go after any of my new additions. Tank size is 72x30x15.
Current Stock:
-Tomini Tang
-Royal Gramma
-Yellow tail damsel
-Blue star Leopard
-Ornate Leopard
-Flame tail blenny
-Mandarin
-Falco Hawkfish
- x1 Anthias (not sure what type it is)
-Snowflake Eel
-Zebra eel
Has anyone experienced something like this before? Anyone experience a seemingly friendly fish turn really mean after a tank upgrade? Im very confused as to why this is suddenly happening. All other fish including my blue star seem generally very happy and arent aggressive to each other.. just seems like I cannot add any new fish. Im also not sure why she didnt go after the Hawkfish when it was added.. Any advice appreciated. Thank you!
I upgraded tanks a few weeks ago and everything has been very well. I added a Falco Hawkfish 3 weeks back and he fit right in with 0 aggression from my fish. Last Saturday I tried to add a black leopard wrasse around 2 inches or so and my blue star leopard went after it. I have never seen such aggression from her... she really looked like she was trying to kill the black leopard. After I saw this I removed the black leopard and returned her to the vendor I got her from. I waited a few days and thought I'd try again but this time with a yellow watchman goby and a firefish. My blue star killed the goby right in front of me and it happened so fast I couldnt do anything. The firefish hid and I havent seen it since.
Why is my leopard wrasse being so aggressive? I never saw this behavior before in my old tank. This is really shocking to me... normally my Tomini is the "boss" of the tank and likes to rough up new fish but even he didnt go after any of my new additions. Tank size is 72x30x15.
Current Stock:
-Tomini Tang
-Royal Gramma
-Yellow tail damsel
-Blue star Leopard
-Ornate Leopard
-Flame tail blenny
-Mandarin
-Falco Hawkfish
- x1 Anthias (not sure what type it is)
-Snowflake Eel
-Zebra eel
Has anyone experienced something like this before? Anyone experience a seemingly friendly fish turn really mean after a tank upgrade? Im very confused as to why this is suddenly happening. All other fish including my blue star seem generally very happy and arent aggressive to each other.. just seems like I cannot add any new fish. Im also not sure why she didnt go after the Hawkfish when it was added.. Any advice appreciated. Thank you!