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Let me start off this post by saying that I live with my parents and do not have a say in what gets put in our reef tank. (60 gallon innovative marine). Please do not try to tell me it is overstocked, I am well aware of this and as the person who takes care of this tank along with my fowlr I try to do the best I can given the situation.
Now that that’s out of the way, we have a hippo tang that is obviously becoming stressed due to the tank size/overcrowding. Tank mates are yellow tang, longnose hawk fish, midas blenny, 2 clowns, melanurus wrasse, royal gramma, mandarin dragonet, and cleaner shrimp. I don’t know what to do with the hippo, she is becoming aggressive and almost always has ich. The water parameters are fine, I think it’s just stress. My fowlr is a 73 gallon (reefer 350) housing a valentini puffer, plesiops betta, masked rabbitfish, dusky jawfish, and radiata lionfish. The lion will be getting its own tank soon, (around 70 gallons). What would the best course of action be regarding the hippo tang? Move it to the fowlr, or house it with the lionfish? I know both those tanks are still too small but it’s better than leaving her in the reef and unfortunately selling the fish isn’t an option. Sorry for the long post, but I’m just not sure what to do given the situation.
Now that that’s out of the way, we have a hippo tang that is obviously becoming stressed due to the tank size/overcrowding. Tank mates are yellow tang, longnose hawk fish, midas blenny, 2 clowns, melanurus wrasse, royal gramma, mandarin dragonet, and cleaner shrimp. I don’t know what to do with the hippo, she is becoming aggressive and almost always has ich. The water parameters are fine, I think it’s just stress. My fowlr is a 73 gallon (reefer 350) housing a valentini puffer, plesiops betta, masked rabbitfish, dusky jawfish, and radiata lionfish. The lion will be getting its own tank soon, (around 70 gallons). What would the best course of action be regarding the hippo tang? Move it to the fowlr, or house it with the lionfish? I know both those tanks are still too small but it’s better than leaving her in the reef and unfortunately selling the fish isn’t an option. Sorry for the long post, but I’m just not sure what to do given the situation.