So to start, I read the stickied thread on tang aggression. I do plan on adding mirrors to the side of the tank for sure. Now for my situation and what I’m trying to figure out which I’m open to suggestions on…
I have a 310 gallon tank, mixed reef, which that alone I thought would be plenty large to not deal with much aggression issues. I have a pair of two banded clowns, 5 bangaii, a black cap basslet, and a gem tang and 2 yellow tangs in the tank. The tangs have been in the tank for probably close to 4 months now. Haven’t added any new fish since other than a couple bangaii, and the basslet(originally had 3, added a couple more).
I have a quarantined magnificent foxface roughly 5-6 inches in length. Attempted to add him the other night when the lights were almost out on the tank. Right off the bat, the Gem and both yellows relentlessly were going after the foxface, every hiding spot, corner the foxface went to the tangs were tail whipping him, even with the foxface flaring up, couple times him flaring up made the tangs leave…temporarily. Gave it 15 minutes hoping they’d chill and they weren’t so I got the foxface back out and put him back into my quarantine tank before things got worse and stressed him more.
I’ve decided I think I need to introduce a larger number of fish into the tank with the foxface at the same time. Hoping that will help the situation. Rearranging the rockscape isn’t going to happen, I suck at creating good rockscapes and after such a long amount of time I had finally gotten mine to where I really loved it, and the fish love it too with how many spots it has for fish to swim through.
So I’m looking for suggestions basically on what some of you may think would be good next additions to my mixed reef tank based on the remaining fish on my fish stocking list or if some of you have some other ideas of other good potential fish for my tank. I have a 60 breeder I can quarantine fish in.
My remaining list:
1 - White Tail Bristletooth Tang
1 - Whitecheek Tang
1 - Blue Hippo Tang
1 - Naso Tang
1 - Blenny (Midas, Starry, or Tail Spot)
1 - Copperband Butterflyfish
1 - Bella Goby
2 - Blue Throat Triggers (male/female)
8 to 10 - Dispar or princess or bartletts Anthias (1 male)
1 - Rhomboid Wrasse
1 - Another Wrasse of some type not sure
Of these fish and/or any other fish maybe I haven’t thought of that you’d recommend for my setup… what would you recommend I buy to add in with my magnificent foxface so he isn’t beaten up and bullied to death…??
I have a 310 gallon tank, mixed reef, which that alone I thought would be plenty large to not deal with much aggression issues. I have a pair of two banded clowns, 5 bangaii, a black cap basslet, and a gem tang and 2 yellow tangs in the tank. The tangs have been in the tank for probably close to 4 months now. Haven’t added any new fish since other than a couple bangaii, and the basslet(originally had 3, added a couple more).
I have a quarantined magnificent foxface roughly 5-6 inches in length. Attempted to add him the other night when the lights were almost out on the tank. Right off the bat, the Gem and both yellows relentlessly were going after the foxface, every hiding spot, corner the foxface went to the tangs were tail whipping him, even with the foxface flaring up, couple times him flaring up made the tangs leave…temporarily. Gave it 15 minutes hoping they’d chill and they weren’t so I got the foxface back out and put him back into my quarantine tank before things got worse and stressed him more.
I’ve decided I think I need to introduce a larger number of fish into the tank with the foxface at the same time. Hoping that will help the situation. Rearranging the rockscape isn’t going to happen, I suck at creating good rockscapes and after such a long amount of time I had finally gotten mine to where I really loved it, and the fish love it too with how many spots it has for fish to swim through.
So I’m looking for suggestions basically on what some of you may think would be good next additions to my mixed reef tank based on the remaining fish on my fish stocking list or if some of you have some other ideas of other good potential fish for my tank. I have a 60 breeder I can quarantine fish in.
My remaining list:
1 - White Tail Bristletooth Tang
1 - Whitecheek Tang
1 - Blue Hippo Tang
1 - Naso Tang
1 - Blenny (Midas, Starry, or Tail Spot)
1 - Copperband Butterflyfish
1 - Bella Goby
2 - Blue Throat Triggers (male/female)
8 to 10 - Dispar or princess or bartletts Anthias (1 male)
1 - Rhomboid Wrasse
1 - Another Wrasse of some type not sure
Of these fish and/or any other fish maybe I haven’t thought of that you’d recommend for my setup… what would you recommend I buy to add in with my magnificent foxface so he isn’t beaten up and bullied to death…??
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