So I got a pair of red firefish many many months ago. I would say easily 6 months ago now. They were from V.A. in Westbury, and have seemed really healthy since day one. I run a 56G FOWLR and they both would hide from the rest of the fish under one of the rocks I had put egg crate under so they had room to play and hide.
I recently added a Flame Angel to the tank. Since then, my clownfish and my firefish have been aflutter. They are fighting each other, which from immature clownfish, i expected, and sometimes the flame angel bothers them a little.
What I noticed though, is that what I was warned about with firefish seems to be coming true. One (the bigger of the two) has decided it doesnt like the other firefish much, and has banished it from their home when its not pitch black. The small firefish will show the other firefish its side and similar to a clownfish, shake in submission to the larger fish, but the bigger firefish will just try and attack him in that vulnerable state.
I see the firefish has some frayed fins now. Nothing that seems like a deep impact, just not nearly as elegant as the bigger firefish which radiates in the flow of its fins that it's healthy. I see that both firefish are eating just as much as before, but do not know what to do.
If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know. I am considering selling the small one to a good home if thats truly my only option if I want to save his life. I worry that eventually the bigger firefish will kill the smaller one and that would not be a fun day to come home to my tank after a long day at work.
I recently added a Flame Angel to the tank. Since then, my clownfish and my firefish have been aflutter. They are fighting each other, which from immature clownfish, i expected, and sometimes the flame angel bothers them a little.
What I noticed though, is that what I was warned about with firefish seems to be coming true. One (the bigger of the two) has decided it doesnt like the other firefish much, and has banished it from their home when its not pitch black. The small firefish will show the other firefish its side and similar to a clownfish, shake in submission to the larger fish, but the bigger firefish will just try and attack him in that vulnerable state.
I see the firefish has some frayed fins now. Nothing that seems like a deep impact, just not nearly as elegant as the bigger firefish which radiates in the flow of its fins that it's healthy. I see that both firefish are eating just as much as before, but do not know what to do.
If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know. I am considering selling the small one to a good home if thats truly my only option if I want to save his life. I worry that eventually the bigger firefish will kill the smaller one and that would not be a fun day to come home to my tank after a long day at work.
