Unrequited love

Jekerry · 03/18/2018, 02:14 PM

So we got a yellow wrasse. We were worried our yellow tang would harass her, so we did a water change and introduced the wrasse before turning on the lights. The wrasse was QTd and doing great.

Well, instead of harassing Buffy the Nudibrach Slayer, the yellow tang Travis is madly in love. He follows her everywhere and turns on his side obviously begging to be cleaned. Buffy just swims by.

Will Buffy ever relent and clean Travis? Should we worry that Travis has flukes or something that is making him so badly want to be cleaned? Or is this just another sad story of unrequited love?

Jane

nereefpat · 03/18/2018, 09:20 PM

If it's Halichoeres chrysus, they aren't cleaners. Although they may do a little as juveniles.

Jekerry · 03/19/2018, 06:44 AM

It is! Poor Travis. I wonder why he thinks Buffy will clean him. Maybe it is the shape and way a wrasse moves that evokes the behavior?

03/18/2018, 02:14 PM	#1
Jekerry Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 205	Unrequited love So we got a yellow wrasse. We were worried our yellow tang would harass her, so we did a water change and introduced the wrasse before turning on the lights. The wrasse was QTd and doing great. Well, instead of harassing Buffy the Nudibrach Slayer, the yellow tang Travis is madly in love. He follows her everywhere and turns on his side obviously begging to be cleaned. Buffy just swims by. Will Buffy ever relent and clean Travis? Should we worry that Travis has flukes or something that is making him so badly want to be cleaned? Or is this just another sad story of unrequited love? Jane

03/18/2018, 09:20 PM	#2
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	If it's Halichoeres chrysus, they aren't cleaners. Although they may do a little as juveniles. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

03/19/2018, 06:44 AM	#3
Jekerry Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 205	It is! Poor Travis. I wonder why he thinks Buffy will clean him. Maybe it is the shape and way a wrasse moves that evokes the behavior?