coral beauty and fairy wrasse

[Dave S]

I have a 30 gallon reef tank that had no fish in it for a few months.
I added a coral beauty last Sunday, and a fairy wrasse last night. The
coral beauty has been chasing the fairy wrasse relentlessly all day
today. I know they can be aggressive with other angels, but I had not
seen this with unrelated species.

Has anyone else seen this type of behavior before? Does anyone have
these two species living together without problems?

Thanks!
Dave

[Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D.]

maybe try rearranging the LR so that there are no established territories
and things might settle down

Kevin



"Dave S" > wrote in message
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>I have a 30 gallon reef tank that had no fish in it for a few months.
> I added a coral beauty last Sunday, and a fairy wrasse last night. The
> coral beauty has been chasing the fairy wrasse relentlessly all day
> today. I know they can be aggressive with other angels, but I had not
> seen this with unrelated species.
>
> Has anyone else seen this type of behavior before? Does anyone have
> these two species living together without problems?
>
> Thanks!
> Dave
>

[John D. Maag]

My concern for you is you might be jeaded for a case of Ich with the stress
on the wrasse. In general, fish do not want a fish of the same genus,
species or looks alike which might include shape and stipes. Rember that
fish are color blind and in general do not have the same eye sight we have.

I have never seen moving rock as helping anything. If it does not settle
down where they pass each other with no incident, you need to pull the angel
and place in a quarantine.

If you do not have a quarantine get one. you simply should not have a salt
wayer tank without one.

[George]

"John D. Maag" > wrote in message
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> My concern for you is you might be jeaded for a case of Ich with the stress
> on the wrasse. In general, fish do not want a fish of the same genus,
> species or looks alike which might include shape and stipes. Rember that
> fish are color blind and in general do not have the same eye sight we have.
>
> I have never seen moving rock as helping anything. If it does not settle
> down where they pass each other with no incident, you need to pull the angel
> and place in a quarantine.
>
> If you do not have a quarantine get one. you simply should not have a salt
> wayer tank without one.
>

Many fish have color vision but some colors do not penetrate deeper water - blue
is better seen at depth than red or yellow. In fact, many fish don't see red at
all, which explains why red is a commom color in some varieties (camouflage).
Fish color vision is probably very different from ours. Contrast betweeen the
color of the foreground and the background is important for their sight.

[Dave S]

As of today the coral beauty has lost interest in the wrasse. They have
been exploring the same patch of live rock without paying any attention
to each other.

Dave


John D. Maag wrote:
> My concern for you is you might be jeaded for a case of Ich with the
stress
> on the wrasse. In general, fish do not want a fish of the same genus,
> species or looks alike which might include shape and stipes. Rember
that
> fish are color blind and in general do not have the same eye sight we
have.
>
> I have never seen moving rock as helping anything. If it does not
settle
> down where they pass each other with no incident, you need to pull
the angel
> and place in a quarantine.
>
> If you do not have a quarantine get one. you simply should not have a
salt
> wayer tank without one.