I just added a Hector's goby yesterday to my 75, and within minutes of introducing him, my two-spot hogfish began harrassing and attacking the little guy immediately. It's now been over 24 hours and the hector's has been hiding in the same corner for about 23 of those hours. He won't come up off the sand, and has very faded/bleached color. I doubt he will last very long unless something changes, but what pisses me off is that the hogfish is just hounding the poor goby, won't let it move at all, and even when he has it corned he just bites and attacks and the poor hector's just tries to push down into the sand.
Anyone else had this happen? I'm just super PO'd because everything I had read on two-spot hogfish had them as being peaceful. I bought him from a tank full of 7-8 hogfish and they all appeared to be getting along fine. I guess he views the hector's as another hogfish since they both have that torpedo shaped body and the yellow coloration. Any ideas here? I'd have to tear the entire tank apart to get the @#$% hogfish out, or the hector's for that matter.
The entire reason I went to a two spot hogfish is because before my tank crash, I had had a six-line wrasse that was harassing my rainfordi goby (very similar to a Hector's) non-stop; and I wanted something that was an active swimmer like a six-line but without the attitude. This hogfish has been even more aggressive to my hector's than the six-line was to my rainfordi.
Anyway, I just have to vent. Sometimes I hate this hobby, you can research and plan really carefully only to have the best laid plans destroyed by one bastard fish . . .
Anyone else had this happen? I'm just super PO'd because everything I had read on two-spot hogfish had them as being peaceful. I bought him from a tank full of 7-8 hogfish and they all appeared to be getting along fine. I guess he views the hector's as another hogfish since they both have that torpedo shaped body and the yellow coloration. Any ideas here? I'd have to tear the entire tank apart to get the @#$% hogfish out, or the hector's for that matter.
The entire reason I went to a two spot hogfish is because before my tank crash, I had had a six-line wrasse that was harassing my rainfordi goby (very similar to a Hector's) non-stop; and I wanted something that was an active swimmer like a six-line but without the attitude. This hogfish has been even more aggressive to my hector's than the six-line was to my rainfordi.
Anyway, I just have to vent. Sometimes I hate this hobby, you can research and plan really carefully only to have the best laid plans destroyed by one bastard fish . . .