Purple tang going after Angelfish

[Lil' RegalReefster]

Hi there, I was at my LFS yesterday when I saw a beautiful Xantharus cream angel. This morning I went back and decided to buy him. When I added him to the tank everything was fine for about five minutes until my purple tang started going after him. He keeps "tail slapping him" and he is now missing some scales. Whenever he starts to come out of the rock structure my PT bullies him back in. I fed Mysis and brine to the tank and he did eat which hopefully is a good sign. I might try and relocate the purple tang to the sump for a while to see if that helps. Please advise.

 

[P-Dub]

Tangs can be aggressive. Sometimes they get it in their heads to pick on another fish. Usually, it's another tang that receives the brunt of their aggression though. You can try the sump relocation and that will help, until you put him back in the display, I fear. How big is your tank? How many and what type of other fish do you have in there? How long has the Tang been in there?

 

[Thaxxx]

Why are you posting this exact thread in 2 different forums?