Atriz1
Aquarium Advice Newbie
In my 85 salt water tank, about two weeks ago, I added a clownfish and a salifin tang to my tank where it already had a salifin tang, foxface, and a clownfish. The first salifin tang and foxface get along great, and they never bother the clownfish.
With the new fish though, the old clownfish typically stays away from the new one, but when they get close together, the old one gets a bit aggressive.
Initially, the new salifin tang liked to hang out in the back corner, and whenever a fish came near by, it would chase the other fish away, only allowing the new clownfish nearby. However, lately he started to venture out of his corner, and now is bothering the other tang.
Is the tank too small for two tangs? I had saw that some people manage to keep tangs happily in about 95 gallons, while others are saying they need at least a 100 gallons. There is plenty of swimming space, and I regularly add seaweed (saw somewhere it helped limit aggressive behavior, not sure how true that is). With the clownfish, should I add another one or let them establish dominance? Or should I get rid of some fish?
note: the aggressive clown has had another clownfish with it before, it was added at the same time. Unfortunately, the clownfish had gotten stuck in a place and died (I quickly fixed the problem now, won't be able to happen again). Those two had gotten along really well, so I am surprised at this clownfish being aggressive.
With the new fish though, the old clownfish typically stays away from the new one, but when they get close together, the old one gets a bit aggressive.
Initially, the new salifin tang liked to hang out in the back corner, and whenever a fish came near by, it would chase the other fish away, only allowing the new clownfish nearby. However, lately he started to venture out of his corner, and now is bothering the other tang.
Is the tank too small for two tangs? I had saw that some people manage to keep tangs happily in about 95 gallons, while others are saying they need at least a 100 gallons. There is plenty of swimming space, and I regularly add seaweed (saw somewhere it helped limit aggressive behavior, not sure how true that is). With the clownfish, should I add another one or let them establish dominance? Or should I get rid of some fish?
note: the aggressive clown has had another clownfish with it before, it was added at the same time. Unfortunately, the clownfish had gotten stuck in a place and died (I quickly fixed the problem now, won't be able to happen again). Those two had gotten along really well, so I am surprised at this clownfish being aggressive.