Tangs sparring

loumaggs · Jun 2, 2015

Quick video of my tank heavy weight sailfins sparring

Has anyone else noticed that the more tangs you have the less aggression there is

4FordFamily · Jun 2, 2015

Yup that's true unless you get a satan fish. But more often than not several tangs reduces overall aggression. Powder blues can be the exception of you get a nasty one

Lee Haynes · Jun 3, 2015

I's much harder to be dominant in a big group I suppose

ca1ore · Jun 3, 2015

The long-standing wisdom has been that odd numbers are better than even numbers, particularly if you are attempting to keep fish from the same genus. Beyond that, I'm unconvinced that more are necessarily better than less.

4FordFamily · Jun 3, 2015

ca1ore said:
The long-standing wisdom has been that odd numbers are better than even numbers, particularly if you are attempting to keep fish from the same genus. Beyond that, I'm unconvinced that more are necessarily better than less.

I don't know, I think past a certain point it doesn't matter. I have nine small tanks and the difference between 8 and 9 was zero.

loumaggs · Jun 4, 2015

3FordFamily said:
I don't know, I think past a certain point it doesn't matter. I have nine small tanks and the difference between 8 and 9 was zero.

I'd love to see a video

4FordFamily · Jun 4, 2015

loumaggs said:
I'd love to see a video

You commented on it on YouTube, silly!

I have another to upload but I am trying to get it to fix my wifi so I can upload it in HD

WetWhistle · Jun 4, 2015

You can also reduce aggression if the tangs don't compete in the same niche for food and if the body shape and color are different. I have a yellow eye and a yellow tang and I get no aggression from them at all. Because the yellow eye prefers micro algae and detritus and my yellow tang likes the fleshy macro algae. Now if I were to put another Zebrasoma or another Ctenochaetus into my tank they would probably fight with the new additions.