Bangaii Cardinals....

melypr1985 · Jan 4, 2016

I have one bangaii cardinal (my gut says it's a female) and it's small.... about 1 1/2 inches or so. I'm a terrible judge of size. We recently got a full grown bangaii at the store as a trade in. They guy said it was really aggressive and beating up on his other fish. I have him in a tank with abotu 15 other cardinals and a small yellow tang and haven't seen any aggression out of him. I'm pretty sure it's a male. It's HUGE. Is there any way I could add him to my tank? I'm nervous about him becoming aggressive to my fish even though there is no sign of it right now. I have a purple tang and kole tang, so it's possible they will keep him in check right? If so, would there then be a possibility of him eating my smaller one? It's probably a dumb idea right? He's just so darn pretty!

Salty1962 · Jan 5, 2016

With the tangs you shouldn't see a problem. The only problem may be the other Bangii. They will jockey around for territory. I had 2 and they hung out together but they were added at the same time. Good Luck!

eatbreakfast · Jan 5, 2016

Adding a bangaii that is an adult and is unpaired rarely ends up pairing up with a new bangaii. Sure, it can work on occasion, but the vast majority of the times I have seen it attempted the larger bangaii kills the smaller.

However, besides bangaii/bangaii compatibility I would not be concerned about bangaii aggression toward other fish except the exceptionally small or exceptionally peaceful.

melypr1985 · Jan 5, 2016

Salty1962 said:
With the tangs you shouldn't see a problem. The only problem may be the other Bangii. They will jockey around for territory. I had 2 and they hung out together but they were added at the same time. Good Luck!

eatbreakfast said:
Adding a bangaii that is an adult and is unpaired rarely ends up pairing up with a new bangaii. Sure, it can work on occasion, but the vast majority of the times I have seen it attempted the larger bangaii kills the smaller.

However, besides bangaii/bangaii compatibility I would not be concerned about bangaii aggression toward other fish except the exceptionally small or exceptionally peaceful.

Thanks guys! I'm glad yall agree about the rest of the fish, but I'm not surprised about the two cardinals not getting along. I'll just add him to the store's show tank and live vicariously that way. lol