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Old 11-26-2007, 05:41 AM
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Ok, thanks.

I don't know why but I already had the thought that they would be OK together. I asked around by word of mouth and got a few opinions that confirmed this (and now your replies seem to be in line with that too).

Tonight I bought a (tiny) S. doliatus (might be virgatus, but might be doliatus. I've been looking for doliatus for well over 18 months now ).

My established S. virgatus was not too happy about it. But the little guy seemed to want to seek out the bigger guy for comfort or something, but the big guy was showing some aggression.

Turning off my lights seemed to pacify him for now. I'll have to see how things go tomorrow.

I guess everytime I've added a fish it's always been this ... for about a week or so, and then things calm down. Gads though, I keep forgetting how stressful it is for the first little while.

I almost wonder if I'm better off buying a second fish just so that there isn't just "one" newcomer. The tank is 115g cube, the fish inhabitants are the rabbitfish (1 for about 1 year, and then 1 from today), and a dottyback. So it's not like it's an overfull tank, at least. The rabbitfish didn't react whatsoever when the dottyback was added but I guess they inhabit different zones of the reef (one's an open water swimmer and one's a rock dweller) and they look nothing alike.

Anyhow, thanks for the replies. I'll keep my eyes open and try to be ready to split them out if need be ... but I'm hoping for the best.
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