Hey guys. I have a 60 gal reef tank about 18 months old. a mated pair of long tail fancy clownfish we’re the first fish in there. They were very small and now much bigger. Since then I have added a lot of other fish but recently the male has been going after certain new ones, killing a few. I had added 2 flasher wrasse a month or 2 ago and he killed 1 of them. The other he never touched.
So I just added a white tail bristletooth tang about 3 days ago, about 2.5”, and he’s harassing the tang pretty bad. No damage other than a white area on his side, better not be icp. He was quarantined for a month before I got him. the tang is eating but just getting bullied. The female clown doesn’t seem to care, nor do the other fish.
Funny that the clowns were the most peaceful fish I had. Now the dominate and meanest is the dang male clown.
So I’m setting up a small 20 gallon tank and will be putting the male in there for a week or 2 so the tang can get settled.
My concern is, first will this work? Removing the bully so he forgets about the tang and loses his position in the pecking order?
And do I need to remove the female also? I’m worried they will forget about each other and or the female will kill him when I put him back.
Isolate him for 1 or 2 weeks?
thanks!
So I just added a white tail bristletooth tang about 3 days ago, about 2.5”, and he’s harassing the tang pretty bad. No damage other than a white area on his side, better not be icp. He was quarantined for a month before I got him. the tang is eating but just getting bullied. The female clown doesn’t seem to care, nor do the other fish.
Funny that the clowns were the most peaceful fish I had. Now the dominate and meanest is the dang male clown.
So I’m setting up a small 20 gallon tank and will be putting the male in there for a week or 2 so the tang can get settled.
My concern is, first will this work? Removing the bully so he forgets about the tang and loses his position in the pecking order?
And do I need to remove the female also? I’m worried they will forget about each other and or the female will kill him when I put him back.
Isolate him for 1 or 2 weeks?
thanks!