I picked up a New Tomini Tang. 3"-4".

[EagleEric]

I have the red sea s500.
Current stock,.pair of osc pec clowns, coral beauty angel, cardinals, Sailfin, blue hippo, yellow, doby, Mel wrasse.
My plan is to.add the Tomini tonight while the other fish are.neated away sleeping to give the tomini a chance to explore and find its own spot.

Does this make sense?
Or should I do during the day and.have the fish trap ready?

Thoughts?

 

[Greg P]

Good idea to add after lights out and after the others are 'snoozing'
It's about all you can do.
Be prepared to deal with issues when the lights come on tomorrow, and have some food ready to distract the other fish.

The coral beauty and sailfin, then melanurus wrasse are probably going to be the biggest issues, then the clowns next with territorial issues.

Keep them fed throughout the day to help with issues and ...
Good luck !!

 

[EagleEric]

Just added now. Fingers crossed...

 

[Bridgerdean]

Good luck! I love my Tomini.

 

[EagleEric]

NOPE. Doesn't look like they are welcoming the Tomini.
At first I thought it was gone, but finally found it. They won't let it out of its hiding area.
The Sailfin and yellow are both triggered into a frenzy.
So guess I need to catch those two in the trap to allow for the Tomini to come out, so that I can catch and place in my other tank or re-home. Booooo

 

[ZoWhat]

I would rethink a 4th tang in a 4ft long tank... I have a 6ft 180, and 3 tangs is my limit, probably should be 2, but that's just me

 

[EagleEric]

Can't know till you try. But will have to catch the Sailfin and yellow for the Tomini to come out.

 

[Bfragale]

You can try to put a mirror against the tank. It may make the other tangs focus on the mirror and give the Tomini a break.

also- I had a problem with a scopus and coral beauty when I added my yellow eye kole tang. I covered tank to block out ALL light and waited 3 days. When I uncovered everyone was getting along.

 

[Super Fly]

yeah I was about to warn u about the other 2 existing tangs... reason why tangs should be added last and all simultaneously or else inhabitants will typically not welcome new additions unless it's a huge tank with plenty of hiding places. sorry have to go thru such hassle. Sometimes aggressive fish calms down after time out in sump isolation.

 

[dedragon]

yep too late myself to this thread 3 tang in a 130 is pushing it as it is, they are aggressive towards each other

 

[EagleEric]

yep too late myself to this thread 3 tang in a 130 is pushing it as it is, they are aggressive towards each other

Yup....Coulda used you about 14 hours back....

 

[dedragon]

Sorry hopefully the LFS lets you trade back or another forum member can help you out if aggression persists

 

[EagleEric]

I am a bit confused.
The Sailfin tang was bigger and basically the bully anytime I tried adding any other fish.
But after I added the Tomini overnight. Everyone was fine at 9am. Tomini was hiding. At 1pm the Sailfin was also hiding which was unusual.
At 4. Sailfin was sitting on the bottom and pretty much floating on the bottom. Only thing I can think is that he so aggressively tried to attack the Tomini so hard he hurt himself or stressed him.
Sailfin didn't survive. Sad. He was a good fish.
Hope this Tomini fills the void and tanks settles back down. We shall see.

 

[G Santana]

Good luck, best to add those mirrors to entice your tang gang to redirect their aggression. It cant hurt.