- Location
- Brooklyn
Hey MR
I have a pair of purple fire fish. I started out with 4 about 13 months ago. I was down to 3 within a month. From 3 I was down to two about 8 months ago. Within the past 2 weeks I noticed that one of the fire fish is hiding under a rock. It comes out to feed, but does not freely swim about the tank like it did for many months. I also noticed a nip in the tail fin. I have not seen the fish out swimming enough to determine who might be picking on it. There have not been any new additions of fish recently, in fact I have removed fish. At first I thought maybe they were spawning and one may be guarding the clutch. The nip on the fin makes me think its being harassed... The tank inhabitants are 2 fire fish, a pair of maldeves anthias, a pair of clowns, a corris wrasse, leopard wrasse, blue line wrasse, and a pair of blue chromis. I have very few hermits and the ones I do have are tiny. other than that my inverts consist of snails, sandsifting stars, and a small urchin. Wondering if anyone has any insight.
I have a pair of purple fire fish. I started out with 4 about 13 months ago. I was down to 3 within a month. From 3 I was down to two about 8 months ago. Within the past 2 weeks I noticed that one of the fire fish is hiding under a rock. It comes out to feed, but does not freely swim about the tank like it did for many months. I also noticed a nip in the tail fin. I have not seen the fish out swimming enough to determine who might be picking on it. There have not been any new additions of fish recently, in fact I have removed fish. At first I thought maybe they were spawning and one may be guarding the clutch. The nip on the fin makes me think its being harassed... The tank inhabitants are 2 fire fish, a pair of maldeves anthias, a pair of clowns, a corris wrasse, leopard wrasse, blue line wrasse, and a pair of blue chromis. I have very few hermits and the ones I do have are tiny. other than that my inverts consist of snails, sandsifting stars, and a small urchin. Wondering if anyone has any insight.