Yellow tang and clown fish problems

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  1. BS2007

    BS2007 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Hi Guys

    I finally got my tank running it looks good. Anyways i have two clownfish one orange and one black. I added the clownfish first for two weeks then i got a medium sized yellow tang. the black clownfish is doing good. but my orange clownfish is always in the corner. Anyways when the yellow tang swims to the front the orange clownfish starts to run. first time he almost jumped out of the tank but failed. the second time he jumped out the tank and i had to pick him up off the floor and put him back in the tank. is there anything i could do
     
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  3. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    what size is your tank?

    to prevent it from jumping you could add an eggcrate... maybe to minimize agression reacuascape and add more caves for the clown to hide and feel confortable.
     
  4. nc208082

    nc208082 Zoanthid

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    use eggcrates or a lid to stop him from escaping, sounds like a bullying issue

    your 65g could be small for the yellow but im not 100% sure on their size of tanks. But the tank is large enough for 2 clowns and something else not to have too much aggression
     
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  5. bvb-etf-luva

    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    theres always gonna be aggression in the tank, but how large is your tank it may be a little small
     
  6. BS2007

    BS2007 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Its a 65g tank