My tank is 133 g display, 165 overall. 5 feet wide. I have about 18 fish in the tank right now, mostly small fish and wrasse; the purple tang is the largest and most dominant fish in the tank.
My purple tang is my second favorite fish. The fish that she hates the most is my marine betta, my favorite fish.
My purple tang has been very aggressive towards my fox face, and pretty much every other fish in the tank at different times. I put up a mirror, which reset her behavior for some time and seemed to even out her relationship with every fish except the betta.
While I was away from home this weekend, and had someone else watching the tank, she tore most of the tail and dorsal fin off the betta (I think she is going to survive, and I'm trying to nurse her back to health).
The purple tang has been banished to the sump.
I love the purple tang, but I also want a peaceful and non-aggressive tank. Would any of you experts with lots of experience in such fish behavior be willing to try to return her to the tank in a week or so to see if anything changes, or is her behavior unfixable and it's time to trade her in?
Any recommendations for a larger, interesting, beautiful, peaceful, reef safe fish that might replace the tang if I send her back?
Thanks.
My purple tang is my second favorite fish. The fish that she hates the most is my marine betta, my favorite fish.
My purple tang has been very aggressive towards my fox face, and pretty much every other fish in the tank at different times. I put up a mirror, which reset her behavior for some time and seemed to even out her relationship with every fish except the betta.
While I was away from home this weekend, and had someone else watching the tank, she tore most of the tail and dorsal fin off the betta (I think she is going to survive, and I'm trying to nurse her back to health).
The purple tang has been banished to the sump.
I love the purple tang, but I also want a peaceful and non-aggressive tank. Would any of you experts with lots of experience in such fish behavior be willing to try to return her to the tank in a week or so to see if anything changes, or is her behavior unfixable and it's time to trade her in?
Any recommendations for a larger, interesting, beautiful, peaceful, reef safe fish that might replace the tang if I send her back?
Thanks.