Biota tang aggression

Mydoghasfleas · Nov 22, 2022

Added two yellow tangs from biota today. Other than 2 clownfish they are the only fish in a 240g tank. I just turned the lights on for the first time with them in, and have noticed some aggression. Is this something that will fix itself? How long should I give them to work this out? Tang seems big enough for them to settle, and both are juvenile and small.

Mydoghasfleas · Nov 22, 2022

Hopefully they calm down lol. Turned the lights off again going to let them relax for a bit longer. They are very nice, can’t wait to watch them grow!

Mydoghasfleas · Nov 25, 2022

Well they are still at it…think I’m going to have to re home one of them. Maybe I should have started with three? I figured with a bigger tank two would be okay, but not for this pair apparently.

ShoreReefer · Nov 25, 2022

Can you put one in an aggression box?

Mydoghasfleas · Nov 25, 2022

JSmith said:
Can you put one in an aggression box?

I was thinking of doing that. Might try it out. That or just trade him for something else.

ISpeakForTheSeas · Nov 25, 2022

I don’t know much about your setup, but this link has a lot of good advice for dealing with aggressive fish:

Tang Aggression - Understanding and Combating

Tangs tang aggression mean nasty evil injured stab surgeonfish killing killed kill beat hide hiding why help remove sump new addition

www.reef2reef.com

Mydoghasfleas · Nov 25, 2022

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
I don’t know much about your setup, but this link has a lot of good advice for dealing with aggressive fish:

Tang Aggression - Understanding and Combating

Tangs tang aggression mean nasty evil injured stab surgeonfish killing killed kill beat hide hiding why help remove sump new addition

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks, already gave that a read!

dschuffert · Nov 25, 2022

I added two Biota Yellow Tangs about three months ago. They were aggressive for the first four or five days, and then they slowly calmed down. Today there is no aggression at all between them.

Mydoghasfleas · Nov 25, 2022

They really are beautiful fish though!

dschuffert said:
I added two Biota Yellow Tangs about three months ago. They were aggressive for the first four or five days, and then they slowly calmed down. Today there is no aggression at all between them.

so maybe there is hope! Do you like them? They are beautiful fish.