Firefish won’t find a new home. It needs one though.

[ReefBridge]

So I have a Helfrichi Firefish. When I got it, it was very small. After a day or so, it found this tiny dart hole in my live rock (Marcos fake live rock). I didn’t even know the hole was there. I’ve had the fish for about 8 months now and its been doing really well… and growing. I started noticing the top fins are starting to get shredded. Nobody ever bothers it and it gets along with everybody in the tank. I think it’s too big for the dart hole, but I’m not sure what to do. Should I block the dart hole, forcing it to find a new place? Or leave it and hope the poor fish wises up? Let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

 

[Uncle99]

This fish lives in the rockwork so damaging himself does not make sense to me.
This fish is quite shy and usually subject to being picked on.

 

[ReefBridge]

This fish lives in the rockwork so damaging himself does not make sense to me.
This fish is quite shy and usually subject to being picked on.

Maybe… I watch the tank a lot though and I never see anyone pay it any attention though. And it doesn’t hide from any of the fish, although it does like staying close to its dart hole. The only fish I have that even chases anyone is a purple tang but the tang is always indifferent to the firefish.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I can’t answer the question, but it would definitely be interesting to know what happens if you removed the rock or blocked the hole.

 

[dedragon]

someone is picking on it, either fish or some sort of crab. Fish arent that dumb to hurt itself on rocks consistently