I have fairy wrasses and tilefish in the same tank. Tank is locked down tighter than fort knox.
Yeah, I'm looking into a lid (one of my fairy anthias chased the other out of the tank the other day). Fortunately I was sitting there at the time...I have fairy wrasses and tilefish in the same tank. Tank is locked down tighter than fort knox.
I'll just put the helfrichi pair in a different tank. I have a lone male magifica in the 75 gallon, and a male/female pair in a fluval evo. I think the helfrichi pair will go in the 47 gallon once done with quarantine. My luck, the magnifica would kill the helfrichi.
I picked up 2 firefish yesterday a regular red firefish with a purple firefish which is a bit bigger in size. At the lfs they were in the same small tank together and when I asked the guy if I could get one of each he said sure. When I took them home the bigger purple firefish went into the rocks hiding and the red one stayed swimming around the front. This morning however after feeding time I noticed the red firefish was staying away from the front of the tank. The purple one had claimed a cave at the front of the tank and had quickly become territorial over it nipping and biting the little red guy. I just pulled the red firefish out but it doesn't look like he's going to make it. I am upset with myself I thought they would get along that's why I got a pair of them.. didn't think they would be aggressive at all, dang..
They fight less in stores because theres not much space to hide, so they get stressed and group up.
no, they are usually very peaceful to non-firefish
+1 to this. Fire fish will fight eachother without enough spaces to hide but if there is almost nowhere to claim then they will group up and hide.
Hey well while I have you guys I also have a pair of clowns. They are The Fancy White Clown, (a cross between an A. ocellaris and a “Wyoming White” (an almost all-white A. ocellaris). Now in my reading it says they can be kept in groups however after established a dominant fish will arise and pick on the subordinates. I've noticed one has started picking on the other should I be concerned about its safety? I don't want to wake up tomorrow to another beat up fish..
The larger specimen will most likely be transitioning from asexual (I think it’s called that) to female and the second most dominant clown of the harem or in this case, pair will become the male. If it’s a percula x occelaris it may be harder to get a pair as they are much more aggressive. I speak from experience, I’ve tried to pair my female Black Photon with about 4-5 other Black Photon juveniles but once they matured they all got picked off and seemed to be dying for some reason.
So my clowns are getting along fine today swimming all over the place. But the stupid purple firefish has been seen nipping at the clowns. Did I just get the biggest jerk firefish in existence?The larger specimen will most likely be transitioning from asexual (I think it’s called that) to female and the second most dominant clown of the harem or in this case, pair will become the male. If it’s a percula x occelaris it may be harder to get a pair as they are much more aggressive. I speak from experience, I’ve tried to pair my female Black Photon with about 4-5 other Black Photon juveniles but once they matured they all got picked off and seemed to be dying for some reason.
That’s odd, firefish rarely ever go after other inhabitants. I guess you did lose luck of the draw unfortunately.
Remember, a 4’ tank is a rather large tank. The smaller Gobies don’t claim huge territories which is most likely why it worked out.
