Royal Dottyback Teritorial or Aggressive??

[Anonymous]

It took me a while to figure out what the heck a Royal Dottyback was, I gather you mean Pseudochromis paccagnellae. Yes, they are that aggressive and yes with the fish you have I'd suggest you remove it, though trying to remove it from a reef tank is a problem in itself.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[BBReefkeeper]

My Royal Dottyback chases around my Coris Wrass and Yellow Headed Jawfish. Is this normal for this species, will it stop, is it overly stressfull for the other fish, should I return it to a LFS?

 

[BROKER]

They are agressive. My royal dottyback has calmed down a bit but is still agressive towards other fish during feeding.

 

[drwwalker]

I guess I got lucky I added mine last and all the other fish are bigger then he is

 

[danmhippo]

drwwalker, watch it carefully, one day it will reclaim its crown. Its in his gene.

 

[BBReefkeeper]

Not the easiest fish to catch. Any ideas??

 

[Boogiechillin]

If you can't net him out, try rearranging the rockwork to re-establish territories. This helped tone down my friend's dottyback enough that the other fish could deal with it.