curious about my beauty

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  1. Rynoskim46

    Rynoskim46 Astrea Snail

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    Should a coral beauty get its rocks off messing with my firefish or lawnmower blenny? All in all I guess my question is are coral beauties like damsels in that they have aggressive family members but they themselves are the most docile with an air of aggressiveness?
     
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  3. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    i find my coral is aggressive also. mostly towards my flame angel . but nothin outrageous , and alsoa case coral was in the tank first. is that the same case ryno, the firefish and blenny added after coral?
     
  4. dirtydavenkc

    dirtydavenkc Purple Spiny Lobster

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    wow someone else that is housing a flame angel and a coral beauty in the same tank. i thought i was the only one. lol. my coral beauty shows his complete dominance in the tank but never actually harasses them at all. my lfs store told me i had a 50/50 chance that either one would nip at corals and then i had another 50/50 (mabey less) that they would harass each other. i bought them both at same time when they were both real small and everything turned out great. no nipping and they get along.
     
  5. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    neither of mine nip either. i was told if flame was in 1st , it would be alot worse than it was. now its kinda like big brother harassing little brother. they get along but every now and then you wanna send them to their rooms. lol
     
  6. dirtydavenkc

    dirtydavenkc Purple Spiny Lobster

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    lol thats funny. the surprising part of my story was that the owner of my lfs was urging me "not" to buy. he hooks me up and keeps me properly informed, i love it. hey ryno, how much does he mess with them?
     
  7. Robman

    Robman Great White Shark

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    My Coral Beauty has never bothered any new addistions until I added a new Flame Hawkfish this weekend. Like mentioned above, nothing insane, but lets him know it is his tank. I see a pattern of red here!!