New Flasher Wrasse Problem

ReeferNoob · Feb 25, 2017

Hey everyone. Longtime lurker, first time poster here.

I just received a filamented flasher wrasse as well as a mccosker. They are both together in a 10 gallon QT right now. My problem is the filamented is quite a bit bigger than the mccosker and is "picking" on him. The mccosker stays tucked away at the bottom of the tank, or in pvc, while the filamented swims all over the place. Every time the mccosker tries to come out the filamented sort of charges him, but doesn't seem to try and hurt him. Is this just a dominance thing and they'll sort it out? Or should I get another 10 gallon and separate them? Sorry for the long winded post! Thanks!

adonis854 · Feb 25, 2017

pics?dont know how much bigger but u can either wait it out and let them get used to eachother or you can get a divider and split the 10 gallon in half and let them get used to eachother that way..just throwing ideas out there ...

ReeferNoob · Feb 26, 2017

I haven't been real successful trying to get a picture, I'll try again tomorrow. The filamented is around 3 inches and the mccoskers is around 1-1/2 inches. I will try the divider idea to see if that helps.

eatbreakfast · Feb 26, 2017

In small quarters, the filamented may not allow the mckoskers to come out much. The tank divider is a good idea. It shouldn't be as much of an issue once in a larger display.

ReeferNoob · Feb 26, 2017

Unfortunately he didn't make it [emoji22] I received them both on Friday from Blue Zoo. He never really swam around much after being put in the QT so I don't know what happened. The filamented is swimming around fine. Doesn't look like he was beat up at all. Thanks for the help.

adonis854 · Feb 26, 2017

ReeferNoob said:
Unfortunately he didn't make it [emoji22] I received them both on Friday from Blue Zoo. He never really swam around much after being put in the QT so I don't know what happened. The filamented is swimming around fine. Doesn't look like he was beat up at all. Thanks for the help.

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS ..SOME FISH MAKE IT ..AND SOME YOU SCRATCH YOUR HEAD THINKING WHAT HAPPENED