Leopard Wrasse going nuts!

MightyFish

New Member
I impulse bought a leopard wrasse a few months ago and it has been a great tank mate and really fun to watch. It eats EVERYTHING that touches the water and goes to bed when the lights go out and wakes up when they come back on. Well I tried adding a yellow watchman goby a couple weeks ago and the wrasse went after it then I found it dead in the morning. Chalked it up to the stress of going to a new tank and left it at that. This morning I woke up to one of my snowflake clowns dead. Then tried to add a small Valentini puffer who was done QT and the wrasse went NUTS and attacked this poor thing like a fish possessed. Everything I’ve read says they are peaceful fish...is mine just a jerk or am I missing something?
 

MightyFish

New Member
Well, looks like it was hormonal. After beating my puffer into submission and probably taking out a clown fish I noticed it was flashing at the corner of the tank. I’m fairly certain that it has been getting angry at its reflection and is now transitioning to a male...
 
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