Jesterrace
Active Member
The bad news is that despite my best efforts my Green Mandarin passed away. The good news is that the crabs and cleaner shrimp found where it was wedged between the rocks and pulled it out to eat, so it was much easier to remove. The other bit of good news is that the aggressive Fairy Wrasse I removed a few weeks back sold at my LFS and they just happened to have a Melenurus Wrasse (aka Hoven's Wrasse) in stock and the fish store traded me straight across for it. It is a small one at this point, which is what I wanted to make the adjustment easier for the other fish. He got in the tank and poked at his reflection in the back for a few minutes and then buried himself in the sand. I understand this is pretty common for melenurus wrasses while they get used to their new surroundings. We will have to see if the aggression comes out from my territorial Goby and whether or not the Wrasse will become a butthead, but I like my odds better with this guy than either the Fairy Wrasse (which was within an inch of full size) or a 6 line (which I desperately wanted, but was just too much of a risk).
