I have not been able to add my fish as a group because of delivery issues the past 6 weeks. I was hoping to add my last group of fish together, to avoid any alpha dominance and bullying. I now have a 3.0-3.5" yellow tang that seems to be the alpha fish in my tank. He gets testy with a hippo tang of the same size. Nothing bad, but the occasional push and shove with tails. He has not quarrels with my da Vinci clownfish, leopard wrasse, helfrichi firefish, or spotted mandarin. However, I added 3 lyretail anthias to the tank this week and he darts after them and keeps them in the rocks. He does not damage them, just intimidates them from coming out and swimming in the open. The last fish I want to add is a naso tang. This is in a RS XL525. I want to see the anthias not be kept in hiding and so I have the following question options:
1) If I add a naso tange that is slightly larger (~4"), could that change the bullying behavior of my yellow tang as the naso tang could become the alpha fish in the tank?
2) Should I place the yellow tang in my QT tank for a month and then add him back (that is, if I can catch him)? Will the re-entry into the display tank break his bully behavior with the other fish?
3) should I just wait this out and see if he stops his BS behavior and see if the anthias feel comfortable coming out of the rocks?
Thanks!
1) If I add a naso tange that is slightly larger (~4"), could that change the bullying behavior of my yellow tang as the naso tang could become the alpha fish in the tank?
2) Should I place the yellow tang in my QT tank for a month and then add him back (that is, if I can catch him)? Will the re-entry into the display tank break his bully behavior with the other fish?
3) should I just wait this out and see if he stops his BS behavior and see if the anthias feel comfortable coming out of the rocks?
Thanks!
