Hey guys, first post here. New to the hobby and did not start my tank in the traditional method at all. I got my stuff used and some live rock to sort of "jump start" my tank. It has been running for a little over a month now. I started off by adding CUC first, huge fan of the sand sifting snails, and then one engineer goby, waited a week and a half then got a pair of clowns. waited some time then added a second engineer which paired perfectly with the original. I also got a peppermint shrimp which loves to hangout in the goby cave. I noticed some bristle worms at night so I decided to add a wrasse to help control that. (I also have some corals that were given to me that have been living for about 3 weeks now just fine). Everything was doing great and then about 2 days ago I added a blue hippo tang and a helfrichi firefish. The tang gets along great with everything but its just a little shy. However when I put the firefish in to temp acclimate the wrasse was instantly checking him out and kind of pecking at the bag. I tried to shoo the wrasse away with a net to send it the message not to do that, but when I added the firefish after acclimation the wrasse was all over him. Following him and chasing him everywhere. It was kind of crazy to see them practically teleport around the tank but the firefish wont come out of hiding. I've seen him in a two different spots but have not been able to find him since yesterday. I have a tank cover so I am not worried about him jumping, but what can I do to stop the wrasse from doing this? The wrasse is perfectly fine with every other fish and the firefish didn't do anything to upset it. I've read that tapping a mirror to the side of the glass could help distract the aggressive fish and keep it occupied. I'd hate to have to get rid of one of them but would most likely be the wrasse if so.
P.S. The firefish hid in the goby cave for a bit with them, not sure if that's helpful information but forgot to mention it.
P.S. The firefish hid in the goby cave for a bit with them, not sure if that's helpful information but forgot to mention it.