Ichthys
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I have a mated pair of what i believe to be false percs though i suppose they could be true percs, not sure if that point is relevant.
They were living peacefully in my tank with 3 Blue green Chromis, and a sailfin blenny. No Problems.
I came across a Hippo tang and Mandarin Dragonet on CL and couldn’t pass em up. Upon introduction to the tank everything seemed fine, the tang stayed in a far corner to himself, then today he started exploring more and at feeding time was zipping all over the tank eating everything in site, (earned the name Kirby as he sucks everything up). This activity apparently did not sit well with the female clown. She became very very aggressive towards the tang, chasing him back into the corner of the tank. If he strays further then 6 inches from his spot she attacks him. The Hippo tang is probably 5 inches compared to her 2 inches, but she is not fazed by the size difference, she goes after him and he retreats quickly. This went on for 4-5 hours until she hit him once in the side so hard that it stunned him. At that point I removed her from the tank to the refugium.
Here is my question; I have heard that removing an aggressive fish and rearranging the rockwork will sometimes cause the aggression to cease upon reintroduction. But I cannot find anywhere about HOW LONG to keep the offender in solitary. A day? A week? How long should I keep the clown in the fuge before trying to reintroduce.
The tang is now having a grand old time exploring every inch of the tank, and seems happy.
The clown never bothered anything else, so this caught me completely by surprise. Also worried what the clown in the fuge will do to my pod population that needs to stay high for the Mandarin.
So other than rearrange rockwork, how long should i keep clown out before trying to reintroduce? Is there anything else i might try, Anger Management for Fish class perhaps?
They were living peacefully in my tank with 3 Blue green Chromis, and a sailfin blenny. No Problems.
I came across a Hippo tang and Mandarin Dragonet on CL and couldn’t pass em up. Upon introduction to the tank everything seemed fine, the tang stayed in a far corner to himself, then today he started exploring more and at feeding time was zipping all over the tank eating everything in site, (earned the name Kirby as he sucks everything up). This activity apparently did not sit well with the female clown. She became very very aggressive towards the tang, chasing him back into the corner of the tank. If he strays further then 6 inches from his spot she attacks him. The Hippo tang is probably 5 inches compared to her 2 inches, but she is not fazed by the size difference, she goes after him and he retreats quickly. This went on for 4-5 hours until she hit him once in the side so hard that it stunned him. At that point I removed her from the tank to the refugium.
Here is my question; I have heard that removing an aggressive fish and rearranging the rockwork will sometimes cause the aggression to cease upon reintroduction. But I cannot find anywhere about HOW LONG to keep the offender in solitary. A day? A week? How long should I keep the clown in the fuge before trying to reintroduce.
The tang is now having a grand old time exploring every inch of the tank, and seems happy.
The clown never bothered anything else, so this caught me completely by surprise. Also worried what the clown in the fuge will do to my pod population that needs to stay high for the Mandarin.
So other than rearrange rockwork, how long should i keep clown out before trying to reintroduce? Is there anything else i might try, Anger Management for Fish class perhaps?
