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Previous to Friday night, tank inhabitants are a randall goby, helfrichi firefish, barnacle blenny, possum wrasse, & mandarin. Tank is a 65 rimless with sump & fuge.
Friday night I added an earlie & a dwarf pintail fairy wrasses to the tank. Everyone was fine. They were hanging around each other while sorting out the tank. Saturday I was not home much but everyone seemed fine & eating ok & still hanging around.
Sunday I notice the earlie chasing the pintail. The aggression level varied & was not constant. I decided to add more live rock to the tank & move around the side where the earlie seemed to hang out. Things seemed to settle down for a little while & the earlie would chase the pintail. I fed the tank 5 times to see if the extra feedings would help. My tank was being fed twice a day with the addition of the fairies. It got to the point where the earlie was seeking out the pintail to chase it. I decided to pull the pintail before things got worse.
Today I worked a short day so I could catch the pintail & return it. The majority of the rock work was moved around. I come back home about 2 hours later & see the earlie messing with the firefish. The firefish seems to hold his own with the earlie & gives him a bump the next time he swims by. The possum & mandarin are unnoticed by the earlie & the goby is displaying at him. Later I see the earlie cruise around to find the firefish & chase him.
Will the earlie eventually settle down or is he more likely to continue harassing the firefish? I turned the room light off so just the moonlights are on the tank & the fish will go to sleep.
I'm not sure how much adjustment time to give the earlie. I don't really want the firefish harassed & will pull the earlie & sell him if I have to. Not sure if his behavior needs to settle down from the pintail being removed or if I just ended up with a jerk for a fish.
Please help & thanks,
Michele
Friday night I added an earlie & a dwarf pintail fairy wrasses to the tank. Everyone was fine. They were hanging around each other while sorting out the tank. Saturday I was not home much but everyone seemed fine & eating ok & still hanging around.
Sunday I notice the earlie chasing the pintail. The aggression level varied & was not constant. I decided to add more live rock to the tank & move around the side where the earlie seemed to hang out. Things seemed to settle down for a little while & the earlie would chase the pintail. I fed the tank 5 times to see if the extra feedings would help. My tank was being fed twice a day with the addition of the fairies. It got to the point where the earlie was seeking out the pintail to chase it. I decided to pull the pintail before things got worse.
Today I worked a short day so I could catch the pintail & return it. The majority of the rock work was moved around. I come back home about 2 hours later & see the earlie messing with the firefish. The firefish seems to hold his own with the earlie & gives him a bump the next time he swims by. The possum & mandarin are unnoticed by the earlie & the goby is displaying at him. Later I see the earlie cruise around to find the firefish & chase him.
Will the earlie eventually settle down or is he more likely to continue harassing the firefish? I turned the room light off so just the moonlights are on the tank & the fish will go to sleep.
I'm not sure how much adjustment time to give the earlie. I don't really want the firefish harassed & will pull the earlie & sell him if I have to. Not sure if his behavior needs to settle down from the pintail being removed or if I just ended up with a jerk for a fish.
Please help & thanks,
Michele
my tank is 860g, plenty of room for him
