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Clear

hello, I have a problem with an aggressive selfyn tango, he was talking to the yellow one and caused injuries, and then the clown knocked him out with his tail, now he is in the sump, the aquarium has 360 l, and I wonder if I should put in another tango to break the aggression?

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I picked up a Black Cap Basslet to replace a bullied Yellow Tail Damsel. The bully is a Fiji Devil Damsel. The Basslet has found a safe spot in the rocks for now. I need to get the Fiji out of the tank for peace. I don’t want to pull all the rock work out,but that maybe the only choice. Looking for suggestions to catch the bully.

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A big thanks to the patience (and generosity) of my LFS that encouraged a mix n' match/trial & error period of finding the perfect Ocellaris Clown pair. We are now finally sorted without imposing major stress, loss of fish due to bullying or jumping out and their safe return to their lagoon if they didn't work out.

Black Storm ❌️

Black & White ❌️

Frostbite ✅️

They haven't decided what they want to host. There is 2 × BTAs in the tank. But they seem to be favouring the Torch and weirdly, the dish shaped Turbinaria.

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Big mana the Miami white clownfish how has had 4 partners and killed all but 1, saved him from her at the last moment. She is by herself again

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Just added a copperband! He was eating brine and two little fishies wormbitz and decided to pull the trigger. Yellow tangs being a bit of a bully he seems to be avoiding it though

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Got this little fella, it was getting bullied by the other clowns so why not right?

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Christopher T

Purple tang hates my new anthias male and my flame hawkfish:/ anyone with experience with mitigating this?

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Sorry for the no lens filter. Had to catch the pic quick. My orange clown is camera shy. These lazy jobless little shits dug out this cave and just lay around all day while I’m home. But when I’m gone they are all over the tank. Sticking it to the man traverses species I guess. Side note, They have tried laying eggs with no success thankfully as I don’t have a hatchery tank set up for them yet.

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