bicolor dottyback aggressive?

ed-15 · February 4, 2005

Planning to get bicolour dottyback,

wondering will it bully my clowns, featherduster, blue tang and cleaner shrimp.

anyone here have bicolor dottyback??

Gouldian · February 4, 2005

Planning to get bicolour dottyback,
wondering will it bully my clowns, featherduster, blue tang and cleaner shrimp.

anyone here have bicolor dottyback??

They are one of the most aggressive dotty around.

Super fearless, even dare to attack fishes 2 to 3 times its size.

hotlemond · February 7, 2005

better avoid dottyback. had one in the past and it nip my other fish. Unless you have a small cave and half a feet cubic space at one quiet corner to let it claim its own teritory. They make bad bad neighbours...

Marineman · February 7, 2005

better avoid dottyback. had one in the past and it nip my other fish. Unless you have a small cave and half a feet cubic space at one quiet corner to let it claim its own teritory. They make bad bad neighbours...

Agreed, scrappy fish, for better looking one get a royal gramma instead.

Clownfish · February 7, 2005

if ur tank is large, can consider... if small then any fish smaller than it's own size it will attack... as it attacks fishes that goes into its teritories, will attack small size shrimps as well....

if u wan it, it's gonna be the last fish to be put into ur collection but be vigilant bout ur cleaner

shiraz · February 15, 2005

this is the most irritating small fish i've ever added into my tank!

eventually it died.. :erm: tried to catch it everyday since it was attacking my purple tang until the fins all torn! <_<

i think it died due to stress la everyday i try to catch, rearrange rocks in it's territory.. and wierd, when it died, the purple tang was actually circling the fella's carcass.. :unsure: revenge maybe.. :upsidedown:

XPeriment 626 · February 16, 2005

yah, it's nice to look at, but a bloody irritating fish. attacks tangs larger than itself by a lot! in the end when i restart my tank and caught the bugger, gave him away. end of headache

ed-15 · February 22, 2005

wah so fierce ar? haha think last time i got a timid bicolour.. always kenna bully by damsels.... bully until bicolour :bow:

diabolus · February 22, 2005

its aggressive,irritating,hateful and have every other trait that you wouldn't want a fish to have. :lol:

looks nice when juvenile, but the colour tends to fade to a light purple/pinkish when adult.

gothia · February 22, 2005

dotty back look very "sneaky" to me...

yah! they are aggressive..once my fire dart fish got bullied by the dotty back..

I quickly fish it out and gave it to a LFS..

blur · February 22, 2005

my bicolor dottyback seems docile enuff. l only saw it chasing my twin-spot goby away from its territory. Apart from that, my other fishes seemed safe from any harrassment from the dottyback.