Clown Fairy Wrasse vs orange-spotted goby - aggression ?

[bpcardona]

So I recently purchased both of these fish, and they went in the tank together. The Fairy Wrasse has been hovering around my goby the entire time. The goby has made several caves around the tank, and the wrasse will follow him in and just sit there. I haven't seen the wrasse nip at him or anything but does show signs of aggression. The goby doesn't seem to be bothered by it, just ignores it.

So my question, is this going to be a problem? I want to add more fish, but don't want them to be bullied. what has bee your experience with this species?
Suggestions?

Not the best photo, but a photo none the less:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90102096@N03/8188917112/" title="Goby vs Wrasse by elitecoral, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8188917112_b409e9a075.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Goby vs Wrasse"></a>​

 

[DustyReefer]

My solorensis fairy is a strange fish. Introduced later on than most of my other fish he shows only signs of aggression towards one other fish, and that would be my female clown... Whilst that sounds like a terrible idea for the wrasse, the clown just doesn't care and just swims along once in a while chasing the wrasse away. Whilst strange I haven't seen any damage on either fish. IMO you should be fine, the solorensis are supposed to be fairly laid back and docile, and the goby should be able to handle himself I know the diamond goby can get aggressive if the need should arise. Just keep an eye out if you decide to add any more wrasses, preferably other peaceful wrasses.

 

[jdnidle]

as DustyReefer said, I also think you will be fine. Just keep an eye on them and see if there is any contact between them. If not and just signs of aggression, no worries.

And as far as adding other fish, personally, I say give it 2 weeks or a month.
You do not want to add too many fish too quickly.
Add a couple like you did, give it a month, add a couple more, then give that a month and so on.

Your tank needs time to handle the new bio load and everything else before you introduce more fish.

 

[bpcardona]

Thanks for the replies! I went through a spell (as most) buying just what ever fish I thought was cool, but I have been doing research on these recent purchases. That research suggested: Clown Fairy Wrasse = peaceful. I did read a few accounts of them being slightly more aggressive then other fairy wrasse. Just bums me out a little bit, now that I am doing thing right.

Dusty: it is odd that yours only chooses to pick on the clown. Mine doesn't mess with any other fish, and I have a small Molly Miller Blenny! Funny little guys.

However, I am encouraged that you two believe this wont be a problem. As suggested I will wait some time until the next purchase.

 

[DustyReefer]

Its good that your doing your homework now before you add fish. It helps out a lot in the end, and if it helps I think every single one of us has made some terrible impulse buys haha. Yours was just a fairy wrasse which is actually a quite good choice for the reef tank