Sunrise Dottyback, well fed, still aggressive

[nickijon]

Hi folks, I think our sunrise has outgrown our tank. We've had him for over 2 years. Even though he's really well fed, he still likes to pick on (kill) anything new that gets added.

Once he established his network of tunnels beneath the live rock, he seems to only appear during feeding. I'm considering options at this point.

Is there anything else I can do besides:

1. Keeping him really well fed (already tried), or
2. Re-arranging the whole tank to 'reset' all the inhabitants' homes?

Might need to re-home the sunrise dotty shortly..

 

[Wlachnit]

IME, Dottybacks are like that. Not sure that it will change. I no longer keep Dottybacks because of their somewhat aggressive nature.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Dottybacks are often just assholes. YOu're not going to change it back. On the other hand -- good luck catching him.....

 

[tankguy]

The are not nice fish. I had a splendid and he didn't care how big the fish was he'd go after it

 

[ashburn2k]

They would go after corals too?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Wlachnit]

They would go after corals too?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No they don't. But they will harass small inverts such as shrimp, etc.

 

[ashburn2k]

Ok I can host him in my frag tank, if you can't host it anymore. But I will need to plan a trip down


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I could put it in my 300
But I might never see it again
But it will be well fed with good husbandry

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

I could put it in my 300
But I might never see it again
But it will be well fed with good husbandry

And when you take it to Erin you could swing by my place first and pick up two tanks in the back seat of my car that belong to him

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I like that idea!

 

[nickijon]

Lost randall's pistol shrimp to him already, possibly a cleaner shrimp after its monthly molt. Was perfectly healthy, then a molt and it disappeared. I've never witnessed him picking at corals, but I have my suspicions, especially if he's the type to pick food out of a coral's mouth.

If it comes down to it, I'll likely just pull all the rocks into a large container and use a large net to catch.

Considering putting him up for sale or bringing him to a LFS for some credit. Bummed out, we even named him Leonard when we got him ~3 years ago. I think I need another 12-24 hrs to think about it.