Advice on adding the second scribbled angel...

[mandarin417]

I have friendly but somewhat shy scribbled that is a bit more than 4" in my display tank that has been there for a few months. She will eat out of my hand but tends to hide a bit. She wasn't so shy before I rehomed the naso tang that was getting too big.

I received a second scribbled today now in the QT tank that is about 1/2 the size of the one I have in my display tank.

Even though she is shy, I am guessing that if I put the smaller in a tank with the larger, the larger will bully the smaller since this is an established territory.

So I am thinking of the following choices and a recommend would be great:

Put the larger in the QT in a few weeks to see how they get along. It would be easy to catch either one since the tank is smaller with less rocks. Leave them together for a few days, put the smaller in the display tank for a few days and then the larger.

or

Put the smaller in an acclimation box for a few days and see how the larger responds.

I think the worst action would be to just put the smaller in the display.

Would love your advice.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Maritimer]

Can you set up a divider, maybe a piece of eggcrate, in your QT - or even in your display?

~Bruce

 

[Thomashtom]

Quarantine the new one and then try an acclimation box in DT to see how they react to each other. Could depend on if they are male or female?