Tang acts crazy as I approach tank

[Picassoclown]

Hello everyone. Every time I leave the room for a few minutes and I walk back into my office (tank is right in front of my desk), my juvenile orange shoulder tang goes nuts! She races around the tank, in and out and around the rocks for about 10 seconds. Her face turns a very dark grey color and her orange shoulders also turn a very dark color and look very prominent. After 10 seconds, she calms down and goes back to her normal routine. I am assuming this is her showing her dominance/protecting her territory and showing she is the big boss on campus in the tank? The behavior is quite funny because all my other fish just look at her and the looks on their faces are "Here she goes again! There's something wrong with this fish, she's nuts"! I appreciate the feedback!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello everyone. Every time I leave the room for a few minutes and I walk back into my office (tank is right in front of my desk), my juvenile orange shoulder tang goes nuts! She races around the tank, in and out and around the rocks for about 10 seconds. Her face turns a very dark grey color and her orange shoulders also turn a very dark color and look very prominent. After 10 seconds, she calms down and goes back to her normal routine. I am assuming this is her showing her dominance/protecting her territory and showing she is the big boss on campus in the tank? The behavior is quite funny because all my other fish just look at her and the looks on their faces are "Here she goes again! There's something wrong with this fish, she's nuts"! I appreciate the feedback!

Not abnormal to say the least. I have 20 tangs and my yellows are going on 6 years and still run when i walk past the tank. Orange shoulder, tomini, hepatus and convict some of the shyest

 

[dstockwell]

Agree, my Bristletooth was sketchy for a while and sometimes still is. But now I can sit down and just watching and it’s fine

 

[Picassoclown]

Okay, good to know! Thanks for the feedback!