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?
Any idea what these marks on Lt tang are?
Only on one side eats like mad no signs of flashing 👀🤞🙏
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?
Purple tang hates my new anthias male and my flame hawkfish:/ anyone with experience with mitigating this?
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
Keeping the tang balance in my reef tank🙏🏻😊,should I add more or keep the peace ?
Can yall spot the sandy looking particles on purple tang? He has gotten them before but was gone by day 2 we are on day 2 now…. Is this normal?
Sad day today. My female clown fish has come up missing. She’s not in the tank. I checked the overflow. I even checked in the sump thinking maybe somehow she got sucked down into the sump. She’s not there. Must’ve had a run in with one of my tang’s, and of course the crabs and the snails must have had a feast. I turned off the water so I could see down through the top of the tank she’s not in the tank. I feel gut shot today. That’s what’s hard about keeping these animals. We become attached and now I feel terrible. It happens so fast because I know for a fact, she was in there yesterday morning.
Tang being neurotic? Playing his nightly game? Little bit of both?
Hey all! Just wanted some opinions. I’d like to add a Juvenile Tang (I know they will outgrow the tank) with plans of trading it in for another juvenile when it gets bigger.
Has anyone had experience doing this? Pros and cons? Thanks!!
For those that didn’t know. A Desjardini Tang can change from black to white color in seconds.
I had no idea when I bought this first. Mine mainly stays black but will flash this white color every once and awhile. I’m not sure if it’s due to stress. It seems pretty random to me. It will also stay more white when the lights are out.
I've noticed my tang is acting twratorial to my clown fish this is odd
Serial spawning! I noticed my whitetail bristletooth tang “peeing” in the water two nights ago. Since then, he’s been continuously “releasing” in the SAME SPOT. I’m assuming he’s spawning?? Which I’ve heard is very rare in the aquarium setting. But he seems very committed to making babies with someone 😆 is this spawning behavior or something else entirely?