I picked up a juvenile radiata lion on Saturday who has been in QT since. The only other fish in there is a blue streak cleaner wrasse. I came down this afternoon and noticed that his tail is a nipped up. It wasn't like that yesterday afternoon.
I picked the wrasse as I figured that would be one of the few small fish he probably wouldn't eat and because I know the radiata are sensitive and I thought having his own nurse may be helpful? I've been feeding the wrasse newly hatched baby brine and the lion has had 2 rosies (I know, but the lfs around me are all out of ghost shrimp, so goes the times). The rest of the QT is a pvc pipe, marine pure balls and a koralia powerhead.
I couldn't imagine the cleaner nipping, but there's nothing else in there to do that. I double checked, the mouth position looks like a true cleaner and not the false. However it was chasing him around and looked like nipping at him. So I moved the wrasse to a different tank.
Other fish I would consider prophylaxis, but I know meds in general are discouraged with lions. I literally just read @lion king statement about them. So should I just observe and cross my fingers? I've got plenty of meds on hand since I QT all my fish in my reef as part of my routine, so can respond quickly if I notice anything taking a turn. Any other suggestions/thoughts? Does anyone actually think the wrasse did it or am I delusional? Thanks
I picked the wrasse as I figured that would be one of the few small fish he probably wouldn't eat and because I know the radiata are sensitive and I thought having his own nurse may be helpful? I've been feeding the wrasse newly hatched baby brine and the lion has had 2 rosies (I know, but the lfs around me are all out of ghost shrimp, so goes the times). The rest of the QT is a pvc pipe, marine pure balls and a koralia powerhead.
I couldn't imagine the cleaner nipping, but there's nothing else in there to do that. I double checked, the mouth position looks like a true cleaner and not the false. However it was chasing him around and looked like nipping at him. So I moved the wrasse to a different tank.
Other fish I would consider prophylaxis, but I know meds in general are discouraged with lions. I literally just read @lion king statement about them. So should I just observe and cross my fingers? I've got plenty of meds on hand since I QT all my fish in my reef as part of my routine, so can respond quickly if I notice anything taking a turn. Any other suggestions/thoughts? Does anyone actually think the wrasse did it or am I delusional? Thanks