Mandarin's tail!

[mcsassy]

My mandarin goby had a little shred on his tail a couple days ago so I thought maybe he scraped it or someone nipped it and thought nothing of it...then yesterday there is a chunk missing and I am like whaaat! But I never see anyone after him or anything and then today about half of it is missing...could it be rotting away? I don't get what is going on...

 

[Sploke]

What else is in the tank, fish-wise? Unless you are watching the tank 24/7, its possible another fish is beating it up and you just aren't seeing it.

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Do you still have an anemone?

Ps -It's a dragonet, not a goby

 

[Reefscape]

What other stock is in the tank?

 

[mcsassy]

No I gave my anemones to the LFS. I have a couple clowns, blue tang, kole tang, blue spot puffer, green wrasse and flame...I have a feeling its the pink spotted goby...he is always trying to pretend like hes gonna bite the tangs' tails when they pass him...he tries to eat ANYTHING...fatass.

 

[scootrnerd]

i would say its the wrasse not the psg

 

[joander123]

my bet would be the wrasse or the blue spot puffer.... puffers have teeth a little nip could very easily do that..

 

[Catpicklesdog]

I agree, it's probably the wrasse.

 

[mcsassy]

Ya...the wrasse used to chase him around ever since my psuedo died because there was nobody left to fight with him but then it stopped...ever since I started feeding krill the puffer gets temptations to go after my shrimps but then is put in his place by the wrasse...he is the regulator of the tank I guess...but the wrasse has not bugged him in forever...what would he have against the mandarin?

 

[BeelzeBob]

id say incompatible fish species.

how big is said tank? like 100gallons+?