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?
They keep fighting. I have to get rid of one
Keeping the tang balance in my reef tank🙏🏻😊,should I add more or keep the peace ?
My longfin storms keep fight how long you think I should keep the aggressive one in here. I got them as a pair
Purple tang hates my new anthias male and my flame hawkfish:/ anyone with experience with mitigating this?
Taking this trouble maker back to the fish store!
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
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?
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.
Got a new clown after the black/white male killed the other one. My LFS advised trying a female next, and so far I think we’re on a better path! 🤞🏻 The male was doing the twitching thing since the moment we introduced her, and they’ve been swimming peacefully since. Have a cleaner shrimp arriving this week then we are fully inhabited! On to corals next! Trying to decide if I want to do an anemone for the clowns with some soft corals, or just all soft corals… 🤔
Tang being neurotic? Playing his nightly game? Little bit of both?
My two clowns are going on day 4 in the tank. They are both about an inch and half in size. Quite little. Eating well also. I did notice today that they were showing some aggression toward each other tonight for a couple seconds. Is this normal?
Update to my last post-
I’ve officially gotten my first clownfish bite.
I was not expecting her to be so instantly aggressive! It was like a pinch, it didn’t draw blood but it was enough to instinctively get my hand out of the tank.
Next time I will keep my hand in no matter what to disincentivize this behavior