Mean fish. - clown tang

[G60bv]

My clown tang is 2.5inch. Blue and sail are 3 and a bit, I put them all in at the same time. But my clown is just a jerk. He pulled the sailfin apart and ripped his sail. Luckily it heals quickly. And at the moment he has really taken a dislike to my blue. She goes and hids in her sleeping rock. But he can still get to her tail. And really pulls it, bluey had a little bit of white spot. But that's cleared up. Juts worried the stress may bring it back I feed them all well. And during feeding time. All is well, and sometimes they do all swim together. But then. Bam. Attack mode
I tried to catch him last night. But just damaged my green hammer instead

 

[Terri Caton]

Yup. Sounds like clowns.

 

[G60bv]

Don't know whether is remove him. Or let them sort it out..

 

[Halal Hotdog]

Clown tangs are aggressive fish and tend to get worse as they get bigger. How big is the tank?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Im about ready to evict my 4” jerk who thinks my tank belongs to him. He is chastising the 2nd powder blue in my tank and will not win this time. I will give him to someone with an 8” porcupine puffer and see how he likes the aggression !!

 

[G60bv]

Redsea 425xl. 3 tangs total. He is the smallest.. Would a yellow tang even it up? Or make it worse... Don't want a purple or powder blue.

 

[Terri Caton]

Getting another tang to “make things better” is like having a baby to make your relationship better. Lol

 

[G60bv]

Hahaha!

Yeah
Point taken!

I'll fire up the bbq. See what clown tang tastes like..

 

[ca1ore]

Clown and the Red Sea Clown (Sohal) are perhaps the most aggressive of the tangs.

 

[G60bv]

Do you think it will sort it self out. Or only get worse..? I know hard to tell..
I purposely got a bigger blue and sailfin. But made Jo difference..
Incidently. He was best buddies with a big lipped tank. In the 170l tank! No aggressive at all.

 

[Dragon174]

I was thinking about adding a clown tang to my tank, but I don't think I'm going to do it now. My yellow and flame fin had a little bought when I added the yellow, but they have worked it out in just a day and are both doing well and even swim together.

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

I have clown tangs near the top of my no-fly list.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

i have one in my 120 and added him last he's with a yellow tang and a purple its been about 2 years the yellow is the most aggressive i notice if i don't keep them well fed there is some slight aggression but not much i feed pellet once a day and a cube once a day then a sheet of nori about once a week. i think the key was adding him last