Hi Folks, im having a spot of trouble identifying the bully in my tank, i introduced a mandarin dragonet a couple days ago to my 65 gallon tank which also has two ocellaris clowns, a regal tag, a yellow tang, a sixline wrasse and a cleaner shrimp, when i went to check on the little guy after his first night he'd been pretty beat up, most of his fins showed some signs of ripping and a couple of them are in a real state, also it looks as though he may have a bit of damage to one of his eyes.
So i kept a close eye on the tank last night to see if i could find the culprit, the mandarin spent virtually the entire night hiding in a corner of the tank occasionally swimming out to have a look but none of the other fish seemed pay attention when he done this, he hasn't eaten any live foods i've offered him as of yet but i was told that they can be a bit fussy at first anyway.
So i have a couple of questions, firstly which is the likely offender whos been attacking the poor guy & secondly will he recover from his injuries?
Tank parameters:
1 yr old
quite a bit of live rock not sure exactly how much in weight
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Proetin Skimmer
UV Sterilizer
Button Polyp Colony
Mushroom Coral Colony
Any help would be much appreciated.
So i kept a close eye on the tank last night to see if i could find the culprit, the mandarin spent virtually the entire night hiding in a corner of the tank occasionally swimming out to have a look but none of the other fish seemed pay attention when he done this, he hasn't eaten any live foods i've offered him as of yet but i was told that they can be a bit fussy at first anyway.
So i have a couple of questions, firstly which is the likely offender whos been attacking the poor guy & secondly will he recover from his injuries?
Tank parameters:
1 yr old
quite a bit of live rock not sure exactly how much in weight
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Proetin Skimmer
UV Sterilizer
Button Polyp Colony
Mushroom Coral Colony
Any help would be much appreciated.