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11-23-2007, 02:20 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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 |  MY tang is attacking
i have a yellow tang that dominated the tank for a while i added a hippo tang naso and a coperbang butterfly the yellow tang instantly started attacking the butterfly i tool the yellow tang out and put him in a qt tank i re arranged the rock work also should i put him back in or are they not compatible | 
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11-23-2007, 02:23 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Yellow Tangs tend to be more aggressive then some of the other Tangs. If someone wants a Yellow Tang, I always suggest putting them in as the last fish.  _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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11-23-2007, 02:24 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Changing thier surroundings sometimes works, but you will never know until you do it. I think your going to still have the problem. How big is your tank? _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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11-23-2007, 02:28 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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110 gallon tall | |
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11-23-2007, 02:39 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Bring the yellow tang to your fish store and see if they'll give you a store credit. As has already been mentioned, yellow tangs are more aggressive than most other tangs. If you're attached to the fish, however, wait a few weeks for the other fish to get settled in before you put it back into the main display. | |
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11-23-2007, 02:51 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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In the future try this trick that has worked for me.When you buy the fish, float the bag in the tank like normal. Acclimate the fish as you would do it, but let the fish out at night when all the lights are out. I did that when I introduced a Kole tang when I already had a yellow tang in the tank. To this day I have never seen them fight. Luna | |
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11-24-2007, 07:07 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orlando,Fl.
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im more surprised that he went forte butterfly.they usually go after the same type(tangs).if the rock work and the nite dropping doesnt work. try feeding them more to keep them distracted.worked when i had 2 angels.if none of that works just pick your favorite and drop the other at the lfs. | |
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