midas blenny attacking orchid dottyback

[emma25]

recently i noticed my midas blenny has been attacking my orchid dottyback, especially during feeding. the dottyback has bite marks and mostly hides all day. i don’t have another tank for either of them, and the blenny isn’t attacking my two clowns or my royal gramma. what should i do?

 

[gabriellar]

Most likely, you will need to rehome one of them. I never successfully stopped fish bullies before. For the short term, you can get an acclimation box.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

What size is the tank?

 

[emma25]

What size is the tank?

it’s a 40 gallon from innovative marine

 

[emma25]

Most likely, you will need to rehome one of them. I never successfully stopped fish bullies before. For the short term, you can get an acclimation box.

oh noo how would i go about rehoming?

 

[gabriellar]

oh noo how would i go about rehoming?

Get a different tank or give one fish to someone else is what I mean by rehoming.

One other thing that maybe worth trying tho if you really don't want to rehome this fish, is to add more rocks into your tank so dotty back has more hiding place. But since the order in the tank has already been established, I don't really think they can go back to peace, so you'll also need to feed Dotty back more creatively to make sure he can get food as well. Otherwise, he likely won't be able to survive in long term...

 

[emma25]

ok, thank you. which fish do you recommend i rehome?

 

[gabriellar]

ok, thank you. which fish do you recommend i rehome?

up to you, they just need to be separated imo