Stege_saurus
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So a little background before I get into my success story:
I have a 120g tank with various community fish. One of which is a Yellow Tang who is "The Boss" of the tank. I wanted to have multiple Tangs, however my quarantine system is unable to house multiple Tangs due to space.
On to the success story:
I purchased a Tomini Tang with the intent to house him in the display tank. I researched different methods to be able to acclimate both tangs to each other. I decided to combine a few different methods.
When the Tomini was ready for the display, I put him in an acclimation box in the tank and turned the lights down to night mode. I left it like that until it was close to the normal light cycle night mode. I allowed him to float around in the acclimation box for about 36-48 hours. Obviously the Yellow Tang is established at this point, and it was going to be a bit of a hurdle to get him to accept and allow the Tomini to be a part of the community.
The time finally came for me to release the Tomini into the display tank. I read an article that said fish may have a difficult time seeing in red light, and I wanted to put it to the test. Before releasing the Tomini, I turned the lights to red mode and everyone went to their nesting spot. I released the Tomini and he swam around a little, trying to scope out the area. After a couple hours, I turned the lights to sunset mode. My Yellow Tang immediately came out to investigate, and saw a newcomer in his territory. I observed him flashing his tail toward the tomini, so I turned the lights back to red, and he went to his nesting area. I kept the lights red until the end of the day, and resumed the cycle into the night. With the lights on low, the yellow Tang showed very minimal aggression for the first day. After the first day, the light cycle went to normal, and the yellow accepted the Tomini, even allowing the Tomini to reside in the Yellow Tangs nesting area. Now they get along like they've known each other since Day 1 and show no signs of aggression.
All in all, it may not work again but it is a proud moment for me.
I have a 120g tank with various community fish. One of which is a Yellow Tang who is "The Boss" of the tank. I wanted to have multiple Tangs, however my quarantine system is unable to house multiple Tangs due to space.
On to the success story:
I purchased a Tomini Tang with the intent to house him in the display tank. I researched different methods to be able to acclimate both tangs to each other. I decided to combine a few different methods.
When the Tomini was ready for the display, I put him in an acclimation box in the tank and turned the lights down to night mode. I left it like that until it was close to the normal light cycle night mode. I allowed him to float around in the acclimation box for about 36-48 hours. Obviously the Yellow Tang is established at this point, and it was going to be a bit of a hurdle to get him to accept and allow the Tomini to be a part of the community.
The time finally came for me to release the Tomini into the display tank. I read an article that said fish may have a difficult time seeing in red light, and I wanted to put it to the test. Before releasing the Tomini, I turned the lights to red mode and everyone went to their nesting spot. I released the Tomini and he swam around a little, trying to scope out the area. After a couple hours, I turned the lights to sunset mode. My Yellow Tang immediately came out to investigate, and saw a newcomer in his territory. I observed him flashing his tail toward the tomini, so I turned the lights back to red, and he went to his nesting area. I kept the lights red until the end of the day, and resumed the cycle into the night. With the lights on low, the yellow Tang showed very minimal aggression for the first day. After the first day, the light cycle went to normal, and the yellow accepted the Tomini, even allowing the Tomini to reside in the Yellow Tangs nesting area. Now they get along like they've known each other since Day 1 and show no signs of aggression.
All in all, it may not work again but it is a proud moment for me.
