My Tang is a jerk. I need something for my sand.

[MPrz59]

Hi all!

I need some advice. My Tang is a serious bully/murderer. My marine betta, lyretail hawfish, and vloriks eats inverts (maybe others just caught these). I cannot keep any crabs unless it's a huge hermit. So far they seem to leave my urchin alone. My Tang has killed a lawnmower blenny, royal Gramma, longnose hawk, pj cardinal, and bullied many others. My vloriks and Tang teamed up on my moyeri who I rescued and she is thriving in my sump. I have a pj cardinal living in each of my overflows. I got my Tang when it was TINY and it appeared to be a lavender Tang...it is not. It's about 5 inches now and it's a 2 spot bristletooth..I think. I need help with my sand it's atrocious. I think that I need to add a goatfish but my Tang most certainly will kill it.

All of my fish are obese... like big fat fatties. I feed frozen, nori, and have an auto feeder for my anthias. Help.

-Should I rehome my Tang and introduce a new one the same time as goatfish? (Add moyeri and Cardinals back )
-Pull Tang while goatfish quarantines and reintroduce all together?
-Do you think my wrasse will become new tank bully?
-I cannot remove sand with my wrasses.

150g deep w dual overflows and 55g sump with refugium.

Current stock list:
-Mocha domino clown male
-Black ice clown female
-Red lyretail hawkfish 6"
-Coral beauty- 3"
-Two spot bristletooth Tang 5"
-One spot foxface 6"
-Vlrolrik wrasse 6"
-Male lyretail anthias 4-5"
-Red bar anthias 4-5"
-Marine betta 7-8"
-5 Talbot damsels (I know...had a year and get along bc they have plenty of room...I secretly love them)
-Moyeri wrasse- 4" sump dweller
-2 PJ Cardinals 2" left and right overflow dwellers
-2 RBTAs my clowns don't host. Just split after a blackout
-2 corals only
Mushroom and devil's hand leather

Im so sorry about the tang, I had a starry Blenny who killed my solon wrasse, Pearly Jaw fish, And Yellow Watchmen. For sand i like sleeper gobys. They can be pretty cheap for a saltwater and they are relatively hardy the only problem with mine is that he gets sand every but for me its worth it. Good luck

 

[AMBER NICHOLS]

Alright friends. I added some new fish after quarantine (Nebulous wrasse, sleeper banded goby) and pulled my sump/overflow inhabitants. I use a critter keeper to acclimate. I nailed a J hook inside my canopy and hang the basket from this so it gets plenty of flow. I keep the lid closed for the 1st day and open on 2nd. I don't force them out but let them venture out on their own. On day 3 I noticed a wrasse back in the box so I kept it in just in case he was trying to hide from my murder face tang. Today on day 4 there were mistakes made...tang put himself in jail. Question is do I pull him or keep the bully in?!? I will never be able to catch him again lol

 

[SteveEreef]

As was mentioned you can add some more tangs at the same time or pull the current one. If it were me I would just rehome him and have a peaceful tank

 

[AMBER NICHOLS]

As was mentioned you can add some more tangs at the same time or pull the current one. If it were me I would just rehome him and have a peaceful tank

I purchased a powder brown but he sadly didn't make long in quarantine. It was pretty disappointing since you have to time out these quarantines just right.