quoyi parrotfish help!

[Hellothere12]

So I do believe I have a quoyi parrotfish. I have had him for over a year now and never really had any problems with him untill recently. He doesn't pick at any corals thankfully but he's become a bully ever since I got a upgrade from 150 to a 300g. All the original fish that were in the 150 gallon and him get along fine to this day but if I add any other fish within a week it's dead, and I'm 90% sure it's him yes there are other fish that can be bullies but nothing like him. Please let me know if anyone has had similar issues I'm going to try to catch him this week.

 

[Hellothere12]

To be honest with you I really just don't even know if he's a wrasse or a parrot fish

 

[VanDalsenReef]

I don't think that's a parrot

 

[VanDalsenReef]

Looks like a link face wrasse Thalassoma quinquevittatum

 

[VanDalsenReef]

They are not a nice species

 

[Hellothere12]

They are not a nice species

You're 100% right and he's an ******* (she gone!!!

 

[Rmckoy]

Similar markings to a melanurus wrasse

 

[Rmckoy]

Parrot fish have a distinct beak shaped rock tooth .

 

[i cant think]

So I do believe I have a quoyi parrotfish. I have had him for over a year now and never really had any problems with him untill recently. He doesn't pick at any corals thankfully but he's become a bully ever since I got a upgrade from 150 to a 300g. All the original fish that were in the 150 gallon and him get along fine to this day but if I add any other fish within a week it's dead, and I'm 90% sure it's him yes there are other fish that can be bullies but nothing like him. Please let me know if anyone has had similar issues I'm going to try to catch him this week.

That’s not a parrot, that’s definitely a thalassoma wrasse. If you think they’re bad wait till you see aggression from a Sohal tang… these fish though are HIGHLY territorial, if you want a different wrasse for colour and pest removal, then best bet is the Halichoeres wrasses. However the thalassoma will have to go unfortunately.

 

[Zionas]

Thalassoma don’t play nicely with lots of other stuff. They should generally be in aggressive tanks with larger fish.

If it were really a Quoyi Parrotfish I’d not keep one. Parrotfish for the most part aren’t well-suited to captivity and most, including the Quoyi, get big.

 

[Singspot]

Yes that is a pinkface wrasse .. very beautiful but very aggressive.