Introducing Biota tang to tank

[Brian W]

Looking for tips and advise please.

If you have added a Biota yellow tang or and much smaller tang to a tank with another larger tang how did it go?

I currently have a 2 year old 150 (60"x25"x25") tank with 2 full grown percula clownfish and a 5" +/- sailfin tang. Sailfin is very shy and timid.

I just purchased a yellow tang and will be here Friday. I'm a little nervous to add it since the sailfin is much larger and the same body shape.

I will be quarantining the yellow tang for a month or so before adding to the main tank. As well as putting it in an acclimation box once in the main tank.

Anything else I can do to limit the possible aggression from the sailfin? Im probably over thinking it but I want the best for my fish and to live their longest happiest life.

Worst case, if the sailfin becomes too aggressive I can add the yellow tang to my lowboy frag tank until it grows more. It only has 2 clownfish.

 

[TX_REEF]

First thing I'd mention is that quarantining a biota yellow isn't awfully necessary since they are born and grown in a lab environment. It can't hurt, but no real reason to do so, especially if you don't have a solid quarantine tank running and ready with mature bio media.

Second, I also added a biota yellow to my tank last year. I don't have any other tangs, but my coral beauty angel did not like the new baby tang at all and tried her best to kill it. I caught the angel and kept her in the main tank in a quarantine box for 10 days, and upon release, she was docile to the new tang.

 

[Brian W]

First thing I'd mention is that quarantining a biota yellow isn't awfully necessary since they are born and grown in a lab environment. It can't hurt, but no real reason to do so, especially if you don't have a solid quarantine tank running and ready with mature bio media.

Second, I also added a biota yellow to my tank last year. I don't have any other tangs, but my coral beauty angel did not like the new baby tang at all and tried her best to kill it. I caught the angel and kept her in the main tank in a quarantine box for 10 days, and upon release, she was docile to the new tang.

Thank you for the insight. Only real reason I plan to QT is so it's not stressed out immediately if I introduce it to my main tank. As well as just double check and make sure it doesn't have anything. I would hate for my other fish to get sick. I have a lot of media in my sump, ill typically grab some to setup temporary QT's when I get new coral and/or fish.