Being newish to saltwater, I’m thinking we’ve made a mistake by not doing enough research prior to getting these fish. 100% our fault and we’re definitely doing more research now before jumping the gun to any new additions from now. We recently upgraded our tank to a 210 gallon. It’s currently stocked with a yellow tang, powder brown, and a single clownfish (it’s partner died). The yellow and powder brown are pretty harmonious right now.
We are currently quarantining the next batch of fish to add. There’s 4 Bangaii Cardinals, a yellow belly hippo, one spot foxface, and a powder blue tang. They too are all getting along perfectly well.
All the fish minus the yellow tang are juveniles. After doing more research, admittedly after the fact, I’ve learned that powder browns/blues can be quite aggressive. What is the chance that we could get them to coexist in the tank? I know anything can change and that just because everyone is currently fine doesn’t mean it always is. But if it’s extremely likely for them to kill each other, I’d much rather just not even risk it. We would provide multiple algae feeding spots within the tank to attempt to alleviate a “turf war”. Between the 2, my husband would rather keep the powder blue, which means trying to catch the brown in the 210 if one needed to go.
What would you do? Try and see if it works? Or go ahead and remove the powder brown? Thanks for any advice!
We are currently quarantining the next batch of fish to add. There’s 4 Bangaii Cardinals, a yellow belly hippo, one spot foxface, and a powder blue tang. They too are all getting along perfectly well.
All the fish minus the yellow tang are juveniles. After doing more research, admittedly after the fact, I’ve learned that powder browns/blues can be quite aggressive. What is the chance that we could get them to coexist in the tank? I know anything can change and that just because everyone is currently fine doesn’t mean it always is. But if it’s extremely likely for them to kill each other, I’d much rather just not even risk it. We would provide multiple algae feeding spots within the tank to attempt to alleviate a “turf war”. Between the 2, my husband would rather keep the powder blue, which means trying to catch the brown in the 210 if one needed to go.
What would you do? Try and see if it works? Or go ahead and remove the powder brown? Thanks for any advice!