Odd Wrasse Behavior

[cakemanPA]

I have a Banana Wrasse about 6-7 inches. He is an awesome fish. He is/was in with my Niger Trigger, Huma Huma, Golden Tail Eel, and others. He is not aggressive towards any of them other than my Huma Huma. He steals food from everyone and is fast enough to get away with it. But when it comes to my Huma Huma, he goes nuts every couple of days. It looks like he is just trying to bite him repeatedly. The poor Huma can't get away. I hear the splashing in the next room. I removed the wrasse from the tank tonight. He is in my sump now. I am selling or trading him to whoever makes a good offer on him. I hate to get rid of him. But won't risk my Huma being killed. Any ideas on why this would be happening to just 1 fish?

 

[LisaD]

no, especially not with a different species. I've had a bully porcupine puffer fish that went after a dogface puffer (also my harlequin tusk) and left the other fish alone. I've had an eel that only went after dogface puffers, and left other fish alone, but it was trying to eat the puffer. (Poor puffer is in a tank with just a marine betta for company now )

Maybe they are enemies in the wild, or something about the humas color/pattern is like another wrasse? Or else the tank is just not big enough for both of them, and it is a territory issue.

 

[cakemanPA]

He is now free to a good home...