Lemon peel angel aggressive towards mandarin dragonet?

[leighton.bingham]

Is it normal for a lemon peel angel to be aggressive towards a mandarin dragonet? I have a 80 gallon display tank. Should be plenty of room.

 

[Mark Bradley]

Lemon peels are one of the more aggressive dwarf angelfish - more usually to their own kind or similar looking. However, I’ve heard ‘good’ and ‘bad’ so not sure ‘normal’ can be defined.

 

[leighton.bingham]

Lemon peels are one of the more aggressive dwarf angelfish - more usually to their own kind or similar looking. However, I’ve heard ‘good’ and ‘bad’ so not sure ‘normal’ can be defined.

Thank you. I’ll have to watch him then cause I just got my dragonet today and he was pecking at the dragonet.

 

[Mark Bradley]

I tend to put new fish in a breeding time for a short time to monitor how they are being received. This is a habit learnt from my malawi days - have also separated offending fish at times. Another option is to change the rockwork around so that any territories are broken up.

 

[leighton.bingham]

I tend to put new fish in a breeding time for a short time to monitor how they are being received. This is a habit learnt from my malawi days - have also separated offending fish at times. Another option is to change the rockwork around so that any territories are broken up.

Good call on the rock work right before typing this I added some new rock.