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I came home today to find my female leopard wrasse in my overflow box. I figured maybe she got spooked and jumped, luckily I have a screen top which kept her in the tank, somewhat anyways.
So after some cursing and struggling I caught her in the overflow and back into the display she went. Immediately I noticed why she was in the overflow...seemingly overnight my larger male melanurus decided he didn't like her around. I observed him chasing her around my 120 for about 15 minutes on and off before she gave up and dove into the sand for the night (it was almost lights out anyways). I'm a little confused by this behavior since they've been together for close to 6 months with hardly any aggression.
This is my first time with a melanurus, I didn't think they were a particularly aggressive species. Has anyone experienced this before? Comments, suggestions? If it comes down to it I would remove the melanurus, the female leopard is beautiful and one of my favorite fish.
So after some cursing and struggling I caught her in the overflow and back into the display she went. Immediately I noticed why she was in the overflow...seemingly overnight my larger male melanurus decided he didn't like her around. I observed him chasing her around my 120 for about 15 minutes on and off before she gave up and dove into the sand for the night (it was almost lights out anyways). I'm a little confused by this behavior since they've been together for close to 6 months with hardly any aggression.
This is my first time with a melanurus, I didn't think they were a particularly aggressive species. Has anyone experienced this before? Comments, suggestions? If it comes down to it I would remove the melanurus, the female leopard is beautiful and one of my favorite fish.