Thinking about a Yellow Tang

[TSOLSEN]

I have a 75g with a Picasso Trigger, Freckled Hawkfish and a large Tomato Clown. All of them are very lively, and they seem to all get along. Trigger is a bit aggressive. I did have a Kole Tang but he got stressed out by the Trigger and didn’t make it.

I’d like to find something to bring a bit of color and work on a bit of algae. I like the looks of a Yellow Tang and the things I’ve read suggest their feisty enough to work with a lively gang like mine. I’ve also considered some CUC, but afraid Trigger will turn them into lunch.

Any advice welcome.

 

[WV Reefer]

I have a 75g with a Picasso Trigger, Freckled Hawkfish and a large Tomato Clown. All of them are very lively, and they seem to all get along. Trigger is a bit aggressive. I did have a Kole Tang but he got stressed out by the Trigger and didn’t make it.

I’d like to find something to bring a bit of color and work on a bit of algae. I like the looks of a Yellow Tang and the things I’ve read suggest their feisty enough to work with a lively gang like mine. I’ve also considered some CUC, but afraid Trigger will turn them into lunch.

Any advice welcome.

All you can do is try.

My Yellow Tang is a first class butthole and tries to stab everyone with his spurs.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I have a 75g with a Picasso Trigger, Freckled Hawkfish and a large Tomato Clown. All of them are very lively, and they seem to all get along. Trigger is a bit aggressive. I did have a Kole Tang but he got stressed out by the Trigger and didn’t make it.

I’d like to find something to bring a bit of color and work on a bit of algae. I like the looks of a Yellow Tang and the things I’ve read suggest their feisty enough to work with a lively gang like mine. I’ve also considered some CUC, but afraid Trigger will turn them into lunch.

Any advice welcome.

You have some pretty aggressive species in a not very big tank. Even if they are well-behaved now, as they mature and grow, so will their aggression. Adding another fish that is large for the tank and can be aggressive is a recipe for further complications.

 

[Jesterrace]

All you can do is try.

My Yellow Tang is a first class butthole and tries to stab everyone with his spurs.

So was mine in my 90 gallon. I gave him the boot and replaced him with a One Spot Foxface and have been much happier. IMHO a much better choice for a Yellow colored Algae Remover and their color change schemes offer a certain coolness factor that the Tang can't duplicate.

 

[Sailingeric]

I have a smaller yellow tang on my 75 gallon but it is the biggest fish of the bunch. I would not want to add a bigger fish with already big fish in the tank, IMHO.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Good luck with a yellow. I had one and ended up selling him to my LFS. Can be very aggressive and a straight up bully.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

I would get a Foxcace. One Spot or an Magnificent. Very peaceful. I have a One Spot.

 

[TSOLSEN]

Thanks to you all on the advice. A few days ago I purchased a very nice One Spot Foxface. He is getting along with the rest of the crew marvelously! Eating like crazy, including some of my nuisance algae. He is very fun to watch as he cruises around the tank in a calm yet confident manner. I guess that comes with the venomous daggers on his back!

 

[nereefpat]

Good to hear.

Watch that trigger. They can turn nasty overnight.

 

[Jesterrace]

Thanks to you all on the advice. A few days ago I purchased a very nice One Spot Foxface. He is getting along with the rest of the crew marvelously! Eating like crazy, including some of my nuisance algae. He is very fun to watch as he cruises around the tank in a calm yet confident manner. I guess that comes with the venomous daggers on his back!

Funny you should mention that. The first day that my One Spot Foxface was in the tank, the established melanurus wrasse and coral beauty dwarf angel came swimming up to it to attempt to make it clear that it was their turf and he was the new kid on the block (so to speak). The Foxface spiked up and they quickly turned tail and went the other way. No real harm or aggression on either side, just enough to say "you aren't going to bully me" and now they regularly swim around and hang out with each other.

 

[JumboShrimp]

I agree that in your situation, if the goal is ‘something with color to eat algae,’ that can likely handle the Trigger, the Foxface is your fish. Depending on the size of your Trigger, just don’t buy a tiny one.