Whip fin flasher and solorensis beef.

FLipp · Apr 22, 2014

So i went out of town for a couple of days, and i get back and my flasher wrasse and solorensis are going at it.
the flasher is being the more dominant and making the solorensis hide mostly at all times, pecking at him and all that.
what should i do? take out the flasher or just let them ride it out? they've been in the same tank for about 4 months now, and never had a problem before.

thanks in advance.

evolved · Apr 22, 2014

The Whip fin is not a flasher; Cirrhilabrus filamentosus. That species also happens to be one of the most aggressive of the Cirrhilabrus genus.

What you're seeing is normal for that species when mixed with other wrasses, and why the species should not be mixed with others.

Take it out.