Hello guys!
I picked up a Royal Gramma from my LFS, thinking it would fit in with my relatively peaceful inhabitants of my 40 breeder reef. In addition to my cleanup crew, fishy inhabitants are listed below:
1 pair of Ocellaris clownfish
1 Coral Beauty Angelfish
1 Sixline Wrasse
Previously, all of fish have been so peaceful. No aggressive behavior whatsoever. I re-homed a orchid dottyback and wanted to get the Royal Gramma to replace him, since they're more peaceful (dang dottyback, lesson learned!)
Anyways, the poor Gramma has been picked on and nipped at by every single other fish in my tank, I feel awful for him! He finally made his way into a cave system where he can hide out away from the others. My question for you guys is this, what could make the other (normally) peaceful fish turn aggressive towards him? I'm wondering if his size had anything to do with it, he is very small. I didn't pull out a ruler or anything, but he is definitely a baby. I don't think he is 1 inch long yet.
Thanks for any insight or info!
I picked up a Royal Gramma from my LFS, thinking it would fit in with my relatively peaceful inhabitants of my 40 breeder reef. In addition to my cleanup crew, fishy inhabitants are listed below:
1 pair of Ocellaris clownfish
1 Coral Beauty Angelfish
1 Sixline Wrasse
Previously, all of fish have been so peaceful. No aggressive behavior whatsoever. I re-homed a orchid dottyback and wanted to get the Royal Gramma to replace him, since they're more peaceful (dang dottyback, lesson learned!)
Anyways, the poor Gramma has been picked on and nipped at by every single other fish in my tank, I feel awful for him! He finally made his way into a cave system where he can hide out away from the others. My question for you guys is this, what could make the other (normally) peaceful fish turn aggressive towards him? I'm wondering if his size had anything to do with it, he is very small. I didn't pull out a ruler or anything, but he is definitely a baby. I don't think he is 1 inch long yet.
Thanks for any insight or info!