I have a female bellus angel that harrasses the other fish she is housed with. She is about 3 1/2". The tank is a 90g reef tank. Stock list was bellus, midas blenney, filament flasher wrasse, and a mandarin goby.
She kept the midas pinned in his hole most of the time by swimming fast and close to him as she made her rounds through the tank. He eventually jumped from the tank, due to her harrassment I believe. There was one area at the back of my canopy, that has since been fenced in, that he made it through.
She constantly harrased the wrasse as well. In the end he would only show himself during feedings. He would have to grab bites when she was on the other side of the tank and run for cover when she came around. He died this week due to the stress I believe.
She pays no attention to the mandarin.
Now it just the belus angel and the mandarin left in the tank.
I have a kole tang and a midas blenny in QT. They are ready to go into the display.
Any ideas on what to do to reduce the aggression from the angel. I'm afraid she will be even worse since she's the only fish in the tank now, mandarin excluded. Should I try and catch her (which would be very difficult in my reef) and put her in the sump, while the new fish get settled in?
She kept the midas pinned in his hole most of the time by swimming fast and close to him as she made her rounds through the tank. He eventually jumped from the tank, due to her harrassment I believe. There was one area at the back of my canopy, that has since been fenced in, that he made it through.
She constantly harrased the wrasse as well. In the end he would only show himself during feedings. He would have to grab bites when she was on the other side of the tank and run for cover when she came around. He died this week due to the stress I believe.
She pays no attention to the mandarin.
Now it just the belus angel and the mandarin left in the tank.
I have a kole tang and a midas blenny in QT. They are ready to go into the display.
Any ideas on what to do to reduce the aggression from the angel. I'm afraid she will be even worse since she's the only fish in the tank now, mandarin excluded. Should I try and catch her (which would be very difficult in my reef) and put her in the sump, while the new fish get settled in?
