Naso Tang and Rabit fish
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ac7av
Bring on the FISH!
That’s too bad about the two not getting alone. If you like both fish you mite be able to get them to get along by giving the rabbit a time out in another tank for a while. Move some stuff around in your main tank and after a month put the rabbit back in the tank and see how they get alone. The rabbit will be the new kid on the block and the naso will be top dog. It works for some of them. I have both and they get along fine. You could also add another fish if you’re able to and this will some times shift the pecking order but I can not recommend to ad another fish just to fix the problem, only if you want to ad another fish. You could still end of with the problem in the end. Sometimes they will just not get along and just the fact that the fish is in the tank is all that it takes.
bigblue141
Salty Squid
Just toss an Atlantic Blue Tang and a Purple Tang in there with the mix, the rabbit will quit bugging the Naso 
Kidding, I am just lucky to have a Naso, Atlantic blue, and a Purple Tang that are all buddies.
The time out trick works out very well. I have my rocks set up so it's just a giant never ending series of Caves so all the fish have space to get away from each other. Initally my purple Tang would chase my Atlantic Blue around non-stop to the point I thought I was going to loose the little guy. I was not happy with my rock work, so I rearranged it. The fish got "pre-occupied" checking out the new aquascaping that they ignored each other. Over the following 2.5 months of adjusting rocks to get them how I liked them my Atlantic Blue became best friends with my Naso. The Naso took it upon himself to be my Atlantic Blue's "Fish Body Guard"
My Naso, Big Al is the king of the tank. He swims around lazily like he is lost, if someone is bickering he just rolls on by and breaks them up.
Sorry for the ramble,
Basically I would rearrange your rock work every third day or so. If that doesn't work, yank out your Fox Face. Toss him in the sump for a time out for a few weeks and then let him back in with the rest of the crowd. If he doesn't calm down, the down time for your Naso should allow him to get his confidence up and will be able to put the fox face in his place, be his buddy or stay out of his little bubble.
BTW, what kind of setup to you have all your babies in?
Kidding, I am just lucky to have a Naso, Atlantic blue, and a Purple Tang that are all buddies.
The time out trick works out very well. I have my rocks set up so it's just a giant never ending series of Caves so all the fish have space to get away from each other. Initally my purple Tang would chase my Atlantic Blue around non-stop to the point I thought I was going to loose the little guy. I was not happy with my rock work, so I rearranged it. The fish got "pre-occupied" checking out the new aquascaping that they ignored each other. Over the following 2.5 months of adjusting rocks to get them how I liked them my Atlantic Blue became best friends with my Naso. The Naso took it upon himself to be my Atlantic Blue's "Fish Body Guard"
My Naso, Big Al is the king of the tank. He swims around lazily like he is lost, if someone is bickering he just rolls on by and breaks them up.
Sorry for the ramble,
Basically I would rearrange your rock work every third day or so. If that doesn't work, yank out your Fox Face. Toss him in the sump for a time out for a few weeks and then let him back in with the rest of the crowd. If he doesn't calm down, the down time for your Naso should allow him to get his confidence up and will be able to put the fox face in his place, be his buddy or stay out of his little bubble.
BTW, what kind of setup to you have all your babies in?
