Flame Angel being harrassed

Canadia_eh · Jan 31, 2018

Hello all !

Just added a flame angel to my tank and it got chased so bad in 45 min that it basically tried to kill itself. It jumped right out of my tank.

It seems like my two clowns and the 6 line wrasse have formed a gang to kill it. I also added a yellow watchman goby at the same time. This guy constantly circles the top of my tank and has yet to go near the sand or any rock. The other fish barely acknowledge his existence.

The flame has been sumped till I can figure out something. Any tips? I'm thinking of sumping the 6 line and see if aggression drops.

Any tips at all will be greatly welcomed.

MadReefer · Jan 31, 2018

I placed two small vanity mirrors on each side of the tank then added my fish. The mirrors distract from the new fish to some extent. Good luck.

Canadia_eh · Jan 31, 2018

MadReefer said:
I placed two small vanity mirrors on each side of the tank then added my fish. The mirrors distract from the new fish to some extent. Good luck.

Would have never thought of that.

Jeremy Brito · Jan 31, 2018

Cagtch the harassers remove them and put them a separate holding area while the stressed angel and gobby relax then reintroduce the jerk fish .. Now they are new should flip the script

Jeremy Brito · Jan 31, 2018

Forgot to mention it'll take about 24 hours

Mrx7899x · Jan 31, 2018

Could try adding him when the lights are off

Canadia_eh · Jan 31, 2018

Jeremy Brito said:
Forgot to mention it'll take about 24 hours

Remove aggressors for 24 hours while the flame and goby claim their areas....good plan. Just gotta clean up my sump and sump them separately.

Sunny · Jan 31, 2018

6 line wrasse are all together evil. Lose that fish.

Canadia_eh · Jan 31, 2018

Sunny said:
6 line wrasse are all together evil. Lose that fish.

I'm honestly thinking about it. Any one interested???? Haha

Jeremy Brito · Jan 31, 2018

Canadia_eh said:
I'm honestly thinking about it. Any one interested???? Haha

I would but not till the ich is gone in my tank.. Its on quarantine level 10 at the moment

Sent from my VS835 using Tapatalk

BogotaDave · Jan 31, 2018

I second the motion on the 6-line wrasse. Mine killed a tiny picasso clown from a new pair I introduced. Then he started chasing my newly introduced lyretail anthias until they grew some fishballs and started chasing him back.

Mrx7899x · Jan 31, 2018

I've had my 6 line for years never messed with anyone

Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

greybolt03 · Jan 31, 2018

https://www.marinedepot.com/Marine_...MIofq80peD2QIVyxuBCh3ciwX3EAQYAiABEgIf0vD_BwE

Try something like this

Canadia_eh · Feb 4, 2018

Update

So I took out the clowns and the wrasse. Put the flame in the main tank and left the yellow tang there (the tang never chased the angel).

I moved rock/corals around.

Waited 48 hours and put the clowns back in. There was some chasing but it stopped pretty quick. The clowns keep to their corner where the hammers are and the angel is staying towards the other end. This was done this morning, and everything has been great since.

Only issue is the wrasse is a huge aggressor towards the angel and he's gotta go. I'm going to make a thread to see if anyone wants him, maybe someone will be willing to trade me a frag for it?!??

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk