Royal Gramma aggression

[ABQ_CHRIS]

I have a new (month old) Red Sea Max Nano. My first fish was a Royal Gramma. I have recently added a Wheeler Goby. The Gramma did the mouth thing a lot, for the first hour or so. Two days later there is still some chasing going on.

Will this continue? Will eventually getting a pistol shrimp help my Goby?

Bullies suck and nature is mean.

 

[blaxsun]

It should settle down after a while. Shrimp may or may not help. And yes, nature isn't very forgiving.

 

[Uncle99]

Not sure how the pistol shrimp things going to work, but the other two, just let them work it out.
As long as there’s no “increase” in violence (aka biting), then you’d have to separate.
It will work out.

 

[jabberwock]

My Royal Gramma was a jerk. I won't own another one. Totally tormented my yellow watchman goby. They may not ever bite, but the stress is enough to kill a fish.

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

My Royal Gramma was a jerk. I won't own another one. Totally tormented my yellow watchman goby. They may not ever bite, but the stress is enough to kill a fish.

I hope that it doesn't get that bad. I will keep an eye on things.

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

Not sure if there's anything I can do to help things other than trying to make sure everyone has enough to eat.

Here's hoping!

 

[cairolip21]

If it does continue or start to get bad... Depending on how much rock you have in the tank I've had luck netting the aggressor, taking them out of the tank for a bit, rearranging the rock, and then putting them back in. It breaks up the territory they know and can help decrease the aggression as they're now the new guy in town. Works even better if you have another tank or hospital tank the aggressive fish can stay in for a few days. Allow the other fish time to establish their territory in the new structure.

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

If it does continue or start to get bad... Depending on how much rock you have in the tank I've had luck netting the aggressor, taking them out of the tank for a bit, rearranging the rock, and then putting them back in. It breaks up the territory they know and can help decrease the aggression as they're now the new guy in town. Works even better if you have another tank or hospital tank the aggressive fish can stay in for a few days. Allow the other fish time to establish their territory in the new structure.

That seems like sound advice. Let's hope that I won't need to follow it.

 

[Goby Bryant]

Hopefully it works out!!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Rearranging the scape helps when dealing with territorial fish like grammas.
Grammas are typically more bark than bite, eventually when it realizes the goby is not a threat it should back down.