Haven't kept one of these for many, many years. What's the prevailing wisdom of adding one of these to an existing fish population? I've had issues with the splendid, but I simply don't recall how aggressive the magenta is. Most of my fish will not be a problem, but I do have a trio of chalk basslets and some leopard wrasses.
Purple/Magenta Dottyback
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brett559
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From my research, the purple gets quite aggressive. I was research this just a few weeks ago. Based on what I read, I got an orchid dottyback. A little more expensive, but supposedly much less mean.
I would say the orchid is doing well in my tank - he comes out for about 2-3 seconds a day...to grab some food and then return to his hiding spot....
I would say the orchid is doing well in my tank - he comes out for about 2-3 seconds a day...to grab some food and then return to his hiding spot....
OrionN
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Strawberry Dottybacks are hell on wheels, but Orchid dottybacks have nicer color, tank bred and not aggressive. I always keep them in pairs but in the wild they live in harems with 1 males and a number of females. They are protogyny hermaphrodites so any two young will pair up with the dominate become male.
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