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I’m running a BubbleKing Deluxe 300. It does a great job.What are you doing for mechanical filtration on your tank?
Adding new fish is tough especially tangs and especially Acanthurus. With the Achilles being the dominant and you want to add another acanthurus, you don’t have much choice except to trap and take out the Achilles and hold it in another tank while the new one settle in. But don’t wait too long, the new acanthurus might not accept the Achilles. You can try getting a bigger acanthurus than your Achilles now and use an acclimation box. But don’t leave the new fish in the acclimation box too long. The tang needs to swim and they get stressed out quickly in a small box.You have an amazing tank, I love all the fish. I wish I knew how you handle tang aggression. I would love to add more to my tank. I'm just worried my Achilles would kill them. I agree with you on the UV, I have the same one and I love it.
I don't know if i will add any more acantherus tangs to the tank. I have ordered a purple tang and a sail fin tang. I also have a large acclimation box for them. The Achillies was in there for a while before I added the naso, which he didn't like very much, but they have come to accept each ohter. I have also noticed feeding heavy really cuts down on the aggression.Adding new fish is tough especially tangs and especially Acanthurus. With the Achilles being the dominant and you want to add another acanthurus, you don’t have much choice except to trap and take out the Achilles and hold it in another tank while the new one settle in. But don’t wait too long, the new acanthurus might not accept the Achilles. You can try getting a bigger acanthurus than your Achilles now and use an acclimation box. But don’t leave the new fish in the acclimation box too long. The tang needs to swim and they get stressed out quickly in a small box.
I prep the tank by getting the UV up and running first thing because I know my only change to get all the tangs in the tank is to add them all at once. This is also a reason why I don’t QT. I can’t possible QT 10 tangs all at once and if I do 2-3 each time, it would take forever. I don’t have that kind of patience and the amount of space needed to hold all these fish separately.
My tangs were added all at once except for the Gem tang and the white tail bristle tooth.
I will count with you lol.Outta curiosity how many tangs do you have in your tank?