Orange shoulder tang with copperband?

[ScottB]

Well the orange shoulder and the copperband have been completely fine together until today. The orange shoulder has been relentlessly going after the copperband, so likely gonna have to rehome the tang.

I'm beginning not trust anything any site says about these fish. Every one that has been labeled mostly peaceful, we've found to absolutely not be and go after other fish lol. Frustrating, but it IS a tang I guess

Sorry to hear. I've had two of them and both were model citizens. Outstanding algae grazers too. But man, they get big FAST.

 

[Aparker2005]

Sorry to hear. I've had two of them and both were model citizens. Outstanding algae grazers too. But man, they get big FAST.

Well what happened was the copperband out of nowhere just started swimming extremely fast and erratic. It ended up crashing into rocks and landed where the tang sleeps. It was then and really only then going after it. It was only really getting it out of the way during feeding before, no real aggression.

Ended up taking the copperband out, but wife and I decided we didn't want to get rid the tang over such a delicate fish like a copperband that has a high chance of just dying overnight for no reason.

So we put the copperband back in the main display, and so far, everything is back to normal. Hopefully this was just a weird one day deal.

The powder blue we had was absolutely trying to kill a copperband we had before. This orange shoulder is night and day different from it. So it'll stay with us!

 

[ScottB]

Well what happened was the copperband out of nowhere just started swimming extremely fast and erratic. It ended up crashing into rocks and landed where the tang sleeps. It was then and really only then going after it. It was only really getting it out of the way during feeding before, no real aggression.

Ended up taking the copperband out, but wife and I decided we didn't want to get rid the tang over such a delicate fish like a copperband that has a high chance of just dying overnight for no reason.

So we put the copperband back in the main display, and so far, everything is back to normal. Hopefully this was just a weird one day deal.

The powder blue we had was absolutely trying to kill a copperband we had before. This orange shoulder is night and day different from it. So it'll stay with us!

Oh now a Powder Blue is a whole different story. Mine hates on everybody equally. Beautiful fish though.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sorry to hear. I've had two of them and both were model citizens. Outstanding algae grazers too. But man, they get big FAST.

Wish I saw this sooner. The orange shoulder I could say is a no. I have 22 tangs and orange shoulder is Not one of them for a reason. I have a 5 year copperband and it live harmoniously with all my tangs