Fish agression? Urgent!

[jufowler]

I have a 20 long reef. I recentley added a royal gamma basslet and my indigo dottyback is biting at him, recently bit off part of his tail. Whatdo i do??

 

[bribo12]

Dottybacks are a holes. Same color and shape fish in a small tank that share similar territory. I’d either rehome the gramma or dottyback.

 

[coralbandit]

Keep the gramma. Dotties are nasty fish IMO.
They won't last together long probably .

 

[Sniperhank]

I would never mix dottyback and basslets. They’ll never get along.

 

[Jesterrace]

I have a 20 long reef. I recentley added a royal gamma basslet and my indigo dottyback is biting at him, recently bit off part of his tail. Whatdo i do??

Dottybacks and Damsels are best left to nature. Mean little buggers. The only exception to that would be a captive bred orchid dottyback (not to be confused with the purple).

 

[jufowler]

Thanks everyone, brought the dottyback back to the store

 

[PhylumCnidaria]

Re-home the dottyback. Basslets and dottybacks are both highly territorial so do not go well together in a small tank. You need to get rid of one.