macman7010
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I recently upgraded my old reef to a 180 gallon tank. I moved all the same fish and corals over to that tank but just needed more room. Anyhow I was at my favorite fish outlet's 15 year anniversary sale this weekend and picked up a Blue Face Angel Euxiphipops xanthometopon. I know they are not totally reef safe but since most of my corals are softies and the more noxious softies at that I am not really worried. I am a little concerned about clam mantles but we will have to see how it goes, some reading I have done says they will nip others say they wont, others say with proper feeding they are fine.
Anyhow the problem is my Sohal Tang. He has been in the tank for about 4 months and is very bold, and is not taking very well to the angel. I know Sohals are very aggressive, mine sure is, although I never would have guessed they would be tough towards a fish from an entirely different family, that looks nothing like a tang.
The Sohal is not beating the Angel to the point of death like he would another surgeon but has kept the angel relegated to a small corner to the right of the tank. This morning the angel snuck out enough to grab some food pellets but soon the Sohal was over there putting him back in his place. My hope was with this amount of tank space and nearly 200 pds of live rock this would not be an issue.
I was wondering if anyone else had a similar occurrence and a solution? My guess is the only solution that would work is netting the Sohal and tossing him in the sump for a week or more to break any potential territories but I dont want to do this if I dont have to.
Anyhow the problem is my Sohal Tang. He has been in the tank for about 4 months and is very bold, and is not taking very well to the angel. I know Sohals are very aggressive, mine sure is, although I never would have guessed they would be tough towards a fish from an entirely different family, that looks nothing like a tang.
The Sohal is not beating the Angel to the point of death like he would another surgeon but has kept the angel relegated to a small corner to the right of the tank. This morning the angel snuck out enough to grab some food pellets but soon the Sohal was over there putting him back in his place. My hope was with this amount of tank space and nearly 200 pds of live rock this would not be an issue.
I was wondering if anyone else had a similar occurrence and a solution? My guess is the only solution that would work is netting the Sohal and tossing him in the sump for a week or more to break any potential territories but I dont want to do this if I dont have to.