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Saltysteve
03-04-2005, 05:51 AM
Love the fish, she's real healthy etc but holy, is it ever trying to dominate the tank :confused: The wife has to have a few fish in my Reef (LOL) but I'm not sure how long I can keep up with it. Does the blue Tang share the same personality? What if I put a blue in with the yellow?
Thanx
Nemo
03-04-2005, 06:05 AM
I have a regal with a yellow with no problem, they fought a little at the begining


Robert
danny zubot
03-04-2005, 03:18 PM
How big is your tank? Many people have multiple types of tangs as long as the tank is big enough.
Saltysteve
03-04-2005, 03:43 PM
Soon to be 77
I'm thinking I will just find a new home for the yellow Tang. Replace it with a blue. Are the blues any less hostile :biggrin:
Tangman
03-04-2005, 04:00 PM
IMO ,no the blues are not , I fact I would say yellows are the most peaceful
Willow
03-04-2005, 04:02 PM
:rolleyes:
Quinster
03-05-2005, 03:15 AM
I can't put anything into my 180 without my yellow trying to kill it...doesn't matter what kind of new fish or how I try to introduce it...peaceful tang my butt!! But I still like it after all these years.
Tangman
03-05-2005, 05:03 AM
HO! WELL, cann't be the same for every one? :redface:
Pansy-Paws
03-05-2005, 08:40 AM
Not only is our yellow tang peaceful, but it acts as a peace keeper in the tank when other fish are aggressive ... it actually swims in between the combatants to break it up :eek: :eek:

Nicknamed "Sunshine" (ok, so that's not very orginal :razz: ), we call it our Canadian Peacekeeper.
bailey7424
03-05-2005, 04:01 PM
I've read that sometimes it helps to rearrange the aquascaping in your tank when introducing new fish - supposedly all the fish are more on an equal basis trying to figure out the `lay of the land' ... then more likely not to get into territorial disputes.

I have a yellow tang that is the chief of the tank - I do have plenty of places for fish to run to, to hide in and so on ... 75 pounds of live rock in a 33 gallon aquarium; I've found that the yellow tang has toned down his aggressiveness since the other fish are able to disappear readily if he does gets aggressive.
Saltysteve
03-05-2005, 06:32 PM
Maybe it has something to do with maturity? My Tang was only 1-1.5 inches when I got her. Maybe she'll slow with aging :lol:
Sad to hear the blue may be worse!