Will my Labouti do ok with this other fish ?

[bullitr]

This are the fish that I worry about
6" Scott's fairy
3 3" lineatus wrasse
3 3" whipfins
3 3-4" melanurus
2 4" blue sided
2 4" yellow coris
2 3& 4" leopard

The labouti is a 4" male
But I read that the labouti are timid compare to my rowdy bunch

I have about 80 fish in my 435 gallons
Doing social acclimation for couple of days

Input and suggestion


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[evolved]

While the tank is large, that sounds like an awful lot to me...

That aside, on the context of the wrasses only, the reality is you shouldn't be getting away with the Scott's and Whip fins amongst those others. I suspect it's the shear amount of fish in the system which allows it to work. That being said, the Labouti is more mild than those two species.

 

[nikon187]

+1.. the scotts and the whip fin are the ones i would worry about.

 

[nonimmigrant]

...the reality is you shouldn't be getting away with the Scott's and Whip fins amongst those others...

I'd go a step further to say that the aggression may still be in the bottle and that the cork has yet to come out. That happened with my Whipfin male and he had to be taken out - t'was even going after the tangs and angels. Now on Labout's, my male, while small, is a model citizen.

 

[bullitr]

The labouti escape the acclimation box during transfer.
Turn off the lights for a little bit but the Large blue sided is chasing it
for that I will banish the larger blue side into the sump tonight.

 

[bullitr]

So I catch one of the 2 4" blue sided the other one its hiding under a 40 lbs rock with lots of corals so maybe tomorrow.

I still can't find the Labouti .

 

[bullitr]

The labouti go out of hiding but its a scary cat with all the bold colors you would think it will be at least more bolder than this.

 

[bullitr]

So I remove the 2 large blue sided
The labouti is out more the Achilles, purple tang and Lamarck angel chase it once in a while but nothing aggressive

FTS

 

[jechew2]

Your tank still looks great Lawrence. Hope the Labouti adapts well to his new tankmates.

 

[bullitr]

Thanks
The labouti close up

Probably later on I will move the 2 blue sided back to the main tank .

 

[snorvich]

+1.. the scotts and the whip fin are the ones i would worry about.

Likewise.

 

[SaltWaterGuy08]

Nice looking tank.i like that y did the island and nice corals

 

[bullitr]

Likewise.

Actually the labouti hold his own on the 6+" Scott's fairy
He even chases the large dominant male whipfins (the other two are not aggressive at all) But the soon to be male lineatus is showing his authority now as the future to be king of the wrasse.


Also I am planning to put back the bonded pair blue sided next week.