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?
Keeping the tang balance in my reef tank🙏🏻😊,should I add more or keep the peace ?
Purple tang hates my new anthias male and my flame hawkfish:/ anyone with experience with mitigating this?
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?
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
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?
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!!
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.
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.
Update: Added the following livestock since last post… last couple weeks fighting off Diotom blooms or the like. Weekly 10g water change and maintaining the glass clean. Don’t really disturb the sand or rocks.
2 Ocellaris Clowns
1 Royal Gramma (very shy)
1 Powder Brown Tang
1 Fire Fish (not in video)
4 Green Chromis (not in video)
Tang being neurotic? Playing his nightly game? Little bit of both?
New fish 🐠
New tank. FRAG TANK!
First time cutting hammer frags. Some turned out well, others didn’t…
This Scopas Tang has done a good job picking at the algae but haven’t been able to get him to eat any nori or frozen food yet…
I've noticed my tang is acting twratorial to my clown fish this is odd