Hawaii 4 line wrasse ate my cleaner shrimp

[Frogger]

I saw a video on the web that showed putting a mirror up against one side of the glass when you add new inhabitants allows the new animal to blend in while the established fish actually attack the mirror.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Frogger

mirror up against one side of the glass

Not a bad idea, but every time I've used a mirror to deflect aggression, all it's done is pee off all the aggressive fish, and the ones that are going after weaker ones still do so.
The result for me has been a more aggressive fish who's POd and the target ends up getting it worse !!

[Dearth]

I’ve read other posts where people have used breeder boxes to help introduce new stuff into the tank while keeping everyone separated and aggression down

[Frogger]

I have trained my fish to come into a net to receive food. I have a large Collaspsible fish trap. When I added my last 2 fish I tricked my most aggressive fish (yellow tang) to come into the net scooped him up put him in the fish trap/acclimation tank. Put the new fish (Kole Tang and a Melanarus wrasse) into the tank. After about 10 days let the yellow tang go. A little bit of tail wagging between tangs but the Kole tang had its own territory and wasn't abused. I could have also put food into the trap.

I have also in the past had a couple large pieces of egg crate that I used to divide the tank into 2/3rds and 1/3rd. Does not work any more because my corals have grown into the gap.

Never tried the mirror thing only saw a video.

[Moogled]

It could just be a matter of time before the 2 sexy shrimp become a meal as well?

Report back in a week please

PS: sorry for your loss haha