Zebrasoma veliferum

Laura4892

Good day, does anyone have a Zebrasoma velium fish? I added it to my aquarium, but the old residents are bullying it quite a bit, even though it's only the first day. I want to ask those with experience: is this fish peaceful? It doesn't seem to be getting bitten, but it is being chased. The Centropyge eibli and the Dascyllus zebra are the ones doing the chasing. What should I do, separate the zebrasoma or will things normalize?

Karen

They isolate the aggressor if necessary, not the victim.

Laura3673

Dascilla needs to be separated then; that little rascal is very quick, and it will be very difficult to catch him with a net. By the way, I never thought that Dascilla makes sounds when driving away the zebrasoma.

Emily3144

Place a mirror measuring at least 20x30 cm tightly against the side wall for a week. Your aggressors will switch their focus to their reflection and leave the zebra alone; during this time, it will get used to its new surroundings and will start to fight back.

Melissa3820

That's an interesting piece of advice, thank you, I'll keep it in mind. It seems to be calmer now, the zebra is swimming, it has found a refuge, the centropyge is not paying attention to it, the dascyllus is chasing it a bit but it's not critical. Today it already ate artemia with everyone... for now, I will keep observing...