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Newish tank, 3 months old, reefer 170. Everything has been going fine. Refugium is up and running, pumping out masses of red oggo and a sustainable population of pods. Phosphate, nitrate, alk, mag, salinity, pH, ammonia, all within acceptable levels.
Have two davinci clowns, a Randall's goby, green Mandarin, purple firefish, African flame angel, tiger conch, tuxedo urchin, and a tricolor fairy wrasse. Multiple zoanthids, two ricordea, a green branching hammer and a favia.
Everything has been flourishing both fish and coral wise, except for the wrasse. This guy (who replaced a mccoskers) is routinely laying on it's side, sucking air at the top of the tank, or just exhibiting bizarre behavior. The exact same thing the mccoskers did before it died a week after it was added to the tank.
Does anyone have any idea why everything else could be doing swimmingly but both wrasses seem to be struggling? Anyone have anything similar happen?
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The only thing I've noticed is that the flame angel has bothered both wrasses, especially after the lights go out. Did not let either one settle in to the rockscape at night and both wrasses are / were forced to sleep on the open sand because of it. The angel doesn't take notice of the other fish at all but has feuded with both the mccoskers and now the tri color fairy.
Have two davinci clowns, a Randall's goby, green Mandarin, purple firefish, African flame angel, tiger conch, tuxedo urchin, and a tricolor fairy wrasse. Multiple zoanthids, two ricordea, a green branching hammer and a favia.
Everything has been flourishing both fish and coral wise, except for the wrasse. This guy (who replaced a mccoskers) is routinely laying on it's side, sucking air at the top of the tank, or just exhibiting bizarre behavior. The exact same thing the mccoskers did before it died a week after it was added to the tank.
Does anyone have any idea why everything else could be doing swimmingly but both wrasses seem to be struggling? Anyone have anything similar happen?
(Wanted to add)
The only thing I've noticed is that the flame angel has bothered both wrasses, especially after the lights go out. Did not let either one settle in to the rockscape at night and both wrasses are / were forced to sleep on the open sand because of it. The angel doesn't take notice of the other fish at all but has feuded with both the mccoskers and now the tri color fairy.