Roshan8768 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I just added a Pakistani butterfly to my 40 breeder... he's about 2" but pretty big compared to the rest of my fish (occy clowns, TSB, chromis, damsel, and yellow coris. The butterfly is not chasing, but he does flare every once in a while and everyone is giving him plenty of space at the moment. My wrasse is freaking out though, working like mad to get away from him and he's dove in to the sandbed twice already in the past hour to break line of sight. Any ideas as to what the issue is? Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 No cause for concern?? Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Its been about 24 hrs since addition and both fish are really skittish around each other. All the other inhabitants seem used to the butterfly, just the wrasse is acting weird. Link to comment
Coco66 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Our flasher wrasse was terrified when we got a Coral Beauty and hid all the time. In the end he did not make it. I think it was to much stress on him. Hope your wrasse gets used to your new addition. Link to comment
Wendy Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Is this the betterfly you got? Pakistan Butterflyfish I really don't know anything about this fish... Behavior of the butterfly & wrasse seems similar to the time I tried to pair up my male & female betta... Did not turn out well for the female... Are you concerned about the size tank you have put it in? Link to comment
DannaM Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Not sure why your wrasse is acting that way, it could just be the addition of a new fish into his territory. Pakistani Butterfly fish are peaceful so there shouldn't be any fighting. I'd be more concerned about your corals than your wrasse. Stony corals are part of their diet so they really shouldn't be kept in a reef tank. They also get quite large so eventually you'll need to get it in a tank over 100 gallons. Hope things work out between the fish. Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Not sure why your wrasse is acting that way, it could just be the addition of a new fish into his territory. Pakistani Butterfly fish are peaceful so there shouldn't be any fighting. I'd be more concerned about your corals than your wrasse. Stony corals are part of their diet so they really shouldn't be kept in a reef tank. They also get quite large so eventually you'll need to get it in a tank over 100 gallons. Hope things work out between the fish. I don't have any SPS, and most of my stock are softies or LPS. He's a loaner from a friend to help deal with an Aiptasia issue. The butterfly isn't chasing at all... the wrasse is just not comfortable around it. Atleast it's staying out more today instead of diving into the sandbed at the first sign of the butterfly Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Our flasher wrasse was terrified when we got a Coral Beauty and hid all the time. In the end he did not make it. I think it was to much stress on him. Hope your wrasse gets used to your new addition. Ouch... that's rough, sorry to hear that. I've had this guy for about a year now, and he's been a great addition so I'd hate to lose him. I will say that in general though the yellow coris is way hardier than any flasher Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Is this the betterfly you got? Pakistan Butterflyfish I really don't know anything about this fish... Behavior of the butterfly & wrasse seems similar to the time I tried to pair up my male & female betta... Did not turn out well for the female... Are you concerned about the size tank you have put it in? That's the one... I'm not too concerned with the tank size because he is just a loaner for an aiptasia problem. Once again, the butterfly isn't really showing any signs of chasing or aggression.... if anything just curios of the wrasse. The wrasse sees it and flips out trying to break line of sight Link to comment
DannaM Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I don't have any SPS, and most of my stock are softies or LPS. He's a loaner from a friend to help deal with an Aiptasia issue. The butterfly isn't chasing at all... the wrasse is just not comfortable around it. Atleast it's staying out more today instead of diving into the sandbed at the first sign of the butterfly What a pretty aiptasia remover Sounds like your wrasse is calming down a bit. You watch them become best friends right when you're ready to give it back Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 What a pretty aiptasia remover Sounds like your wrasse is calming down a bit. You watch them become best friends right when you're ready to give it back Yeah, I was looking for a small threadfin butterfly because those are a little nicer (IMO) and more reef safe, but they didn't have one so I settled on this. Beautiful fish in any case... eating well already. That would happen Link to comment
RC1313 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Just curious, how are you gonna get it out of there? Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Net never fails. If I can catch my wrasse with a net, this should be a cake walk. I'll have it for atleast 6 months most likely Link to comment
RC1313 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Good for you! I've been trying to catch my Blenny for a week with no luck. There's too many holes for him Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Good for you! I've been trying to catch my Blenny for a week with no luck. There's too many holes for him Try a barnacle.. add it... wait till the blenny sees it as home. lift barnacle out. /win! Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 For the record, 1 month later... they are best friends. The wrasse follows the butterfly around and eats any worms that are stirred up when it picks at the rocks. And all my aiptasia are gone. It did take them about 3 weeks to get used to each other though Link to comment
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