ACBlinky
07/27/2008, 11:41 PM
I have witnessed the strangest behaviour in the last few months, thought I'd ask if anyone has seen this or if there's an explanation for it.
I bought a Potter's wrasse, let her become established, and later bought an ornate/Christmas wrasse. For quite some time they just ignored each other and the tank was harmonious.
Then one day, the Potter's disappeared. I thought we'd lost her, but saw her before lights-on the next morning, swimming around as usual. The lights came on, the other wrasse emerged, and chased the Potter's into hiding. Any time the Potter's came out, the other wrasse dashed over and frightened her back into the sand - she never bit, but she chased the Potter's relentlessly. After a while I got into the habit of feeding the Potter's at around 6am, and lights-on became her new 'bedtime'.
I got pregnant, got quite sick, and was just not up to dismantling the tank to get the bully out. I tried traps, and caught everything but the intended fish. After three months of barely seeing one of my favourite fish, I finally felt well enough to do something. I was ready to try fishing her out with a hook & line and then...
Yesterday at lights-on, both wrasses were out swimming, ignoring each other. They ate breakfast together, stayed out all day, no conflict whatsoever. The same thing happened today. Did they have some sort of meeting, declare a truce? Can fish fight for months and suddenly just kiss and make up?
I bought a Potter's wrasse, let her become established, and later bought an ornate/Christmas wrasse. For quite some time they just ignored each other and the tank was harmonious.
Then one day, the Potter's disappeared. I thought we'd lost her, but saw her before lights-on the next morning, swimming around as usual. The lights came on, the other wrasse emerged, and chased the Potter's into hiding. Any time the Potter's came out, the other wrasse dashed over and frightened her back into the sand - she never bit, but she chased the Potter's relentlessly. After a while I got into the habit of feeding the Potter's at around 6am, and lights-on became her new 'bedtime'.
I got pregnant, got quite sick, and was just not up to dismantling the tank to get the bully out. I tried traps, and caught everything but the intended fish. After three months of barely seeing one of my favourite fish, I finally felt well enough to do something. I was ready to try fishing her out with a hook & line and then...
Yesterday at lights-on, both wrasses were out swimming, ignoring each other. They ate breakfast together, stayed out all day, no conflict whatsoever. The same thing happened today. Did they have some sort of meeting, declare a truce? Can fish fight for months and suddenly just kiss and make up?