bully tangs?

i came home from vacation today and noticed my mimic tang has some marks on his side and fin and tail. his fins are missing peices like they have been bitten off. i attached a picture maybe someone can tell me if its a problem or is it my hippo tang messing with him because i notice they been mean to each other recently.

 

there probably fighting, my friend had a hippo that was a serial killer he lost over 5 tangs in that tank.

 

do the marks on his sides and fins look like wounds from fighting or is it something i should be worried about like a infection or something...

 

one side looks like fighting the other side looks a little big to be a scalpel cut.

 

any ideas??

 

maybe he got hit into or swam into the live rock in a panic during a fight?

 

yeh he looks pretty banged up he swims sideways when the hippo comes around and flares up. i noticed hes been laying low by my lawnmower blenny like laying on top of him and keeps going right next to him..

 

probabyl the hippo picking on him. My hippo and yellow tangs get along until the hippo get's hungry...then he's out for "yellow fins", I have to feed then multiple times per day or he gets angry...the other day he chased one of my clowns that darted into my anemone, when the anemone stung the hippo it was like watching someone get punched in the face....he was swimming around dissy for like an hr, not the first time, you would think he would remember what happened last time.

 

How big is your tank? How long have these two fish been together? Which fish was there for first. Sounds like a territory struggle to me.

Consider re-arranging the like rock the live rock, allowing for plenty of hiding spots if the problem continues.

 

I personally think you should take one back.