Adding another Tang without causing mayhem

[Jwambach19]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone had any tips to adding another tang into the tank without causing mayhem (attacking the new tang, chasing, knocking corals over etc). I currently have a yellow tang and a white tail tang that do fabulous together. They are a bit territorial but they do not go any further than a nudge when one is too close to the other. I do have a 220 gallons system and this next tang will be the final tang added into the system. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

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What do you want to add? makes a difference.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone had any tips to adding another tang into the tank without causing mayhem (attacking the new tang, chasing, knocking corals over etc). I currently have a yellow tang and a white tail tang that do fabulous together. They are a bit territorial but they do not go any further than a nudge when one is too close to the other. I do have a 220 gallons system and this next tang will be the final tang added into the system. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

In many cases, utilizing a large social acclimation box for a few days helps the established fish get used to the new one without being able to harm it. Releasing the new fish after lights out also helps.

 

[themcnertney]

FYI, I have a vlamingi, blue hippo and yellow tang in my 220.

*At one time I had a sohal in place of my blue hippo and yellow. He was a jerk. I finally got him and traded for my blue hippo and yellow*

 

[njtiger aquariums]

In many cases, utilizing a large social acclimation box for a few days helps the established fish get used to the new one without being able to harm it. Releasing the new fish after lights out also helps.

This sounds like it might help. When I added my powder brown my yellow went nuts. I had to pull my yellow out for 6 days and when I added him back they been fine with each other since then.

 

[Customride0105]

I'm going threw this rite now. But I have 8 established tangs all different types of tangs and just added a malcioups tang. Adding him at nite didn't help. Try the box.

 

[4FordFamily]

Good advice here. Adding more than one tang at a time usually helps as well, spreads the aggression.

 

[fmp47]

Algae sheets, algae sheets, algae sheets, and a mirror.

 

[drernesto Verified Sponsor]

A large acclimatization box. A mirror on the glass will make the old tangs fights themselves with some extra feeding of algae sheets

 

[roberthu526]

Re-scape and use mirror helps