Tang

Tang gang.

I recently acquired a baby yellow tang for my tank, but my purple tang has been exhibiting aggressive behavior towards it. It chases and bites the baby tang, prompting me to create a DIY acclimation tank. Additionally, I purchased a mirror to attach to the tank’s glass. Considering these factors, how long should I keep the baby tang separated from the purple tang?

My little Tomini Tang playing in the return pump.

New baby tomini chilling in the nano while the 55gal cycles.

Tang police 🚨 wya

Looking for advice! We just set up a second smaller tank (60gl) and now cannot decide what to put in it. We originally had plans to do a seahorse tank but after research, have decided NOT to go that direction.

We have 125g setup now with more peaceful fish. One option is to relocate all my small fish into the smaller tank and then put a snowflake eel into the 125 with my blue tang, scopas tang & foxface.

Or build a second stock list in the new tank. Water is cycling now so we have some time to build it out. Suggestions welcome! 😄

Looking for opinions on final fish to add to my mixed reef tank. I have a 125 gallon (2’x2’x4’) tank. Currently have a quoyi parrot fish, 2 watanabei angels, a magnificent fox face, a mandarin, a Midas blenny, a naoko wrasse, 2 clowns, and a Randal goby. My plan is to add a bristle tooth tang (either a tomini or maybe a Kole tang) and maybe a Bella Rose goby? Or maybe a female mandarin as the male has bee showing off his fins lately. Is this too much? I have a large varied clean up crew, a 40g sump with an over sized skimmer, a lot of media and a Clarissea roller.

New star in my tank, small size but really self-confidence. " Jewel Tang '

Copperband update… 👀

Making progress.

He’s officially off brine and now eating live oysters way more aggressive feeding than I expected.

But… the tangs are on him.

• Purple Tang leading the charge

• Bristletooth backing him up

Tried the mirror trick helps while it’s there… then they remember him again 😅

And yeah… I went for it.

He’s now in the general population 😂

So far he’s holding his own, staying active, and still eating, but definitely getting tested.

Not calling it a win yet… this fish has humbled me before.

For those who’ve kept one long term—

when did you release yours?

Did aggression ever fully stop?

first time nem with my female clownfish! so excited! yellow tang wants some screen time as well 🪸🐠

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

Copperband attempt… again.

A few days ago I bought a Copperband Butterflyfish, a fish I’ve always loved but never had long-term success with. Either they stop eating or slowly fade away.

At the store he was already eating brine shrimp, which gave me some confidence.

Right now he’s in an acclimation box inside my display so he can observe the tank before release.

My biggest concern besides feeding is aggression from my tangs:

• Purple Tang

• Blue Eye Bristletooth Tang

I’ve been researching the clam on the half shell method for feeding and also the mirror trick to distract the tangs when I release him.

Let’s see how this one goes. I’ll document the journey.

Anyone here successfully kept a Copperband long term?

Got me a Foxface in today. I shop all my fish at Trinh Fish and Corals. It’s where I got my XL Blue hippo tang from also that is 6 inches. All fish are healthy and do not use any water from the bag of you have corals cause they do contain copper where they make sure the fish are clean before shipping to you