Interesting video. Sohal tangs are stunning fish, they are very territorial though more than many other tangs, some interesting papers written on their territorial behaviour, I have a foot long Sohal in with 16 other tangs, I probably wouldn't add a clown tang, I did get a copperband in there with them though. You are right when you say each fish is different, predicting an outcome is near impossible sometimes.
You can also throw in a large bloched anthias cause mine keeps all fish even my clown tang specifically in check and he also chases my copperband cause he’s always in the way but my clown tang would never bother my copperband
The mirror trick has never worked for me as it just raised the aggression of the fish I was trying to have calm and the fish just starts to attack everything 😂
Put sohal in clown tang tank after 3 days of clown tang getting acclimated and once they become friends you can put them back in your display.mirror is good on all my fish but my clown tang cause he’s too smart.your tank is huge for two baby fish soo they will be fine when adding them back to display.
My copper band butterfly fish stopped eating because the yellow tang hated him when I removed the mirrors on the sides of the tank so I went out and bought a purple tang and a clown tang so then the yellow tang had real worries so he left the copper band alone so now my copper band butterfly Fish is comfortable and eats like a monster in my tank because the yellow tang leaves him alone 100% the yellow tang is too busy worrying about the purple tang and the clown tang. He doesn’t even see the copper band anymore.
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles, special with the copperband, I think you have done everything possible to keep it alive. Like you said, it works for some, not for all. I think a lot of times is the luck of getting a good one. Don't be disappointed. This is reefing. lot of this is hard to control inside the glass box. Give it time and try again, I know you can do it.
In my experience when using an acclamation box, move the box around the tank. I think it helps so that the aggressive fish will see the new arrival in different places in the tank.
Does anyone in Canada quarantine like Elliott at Marine Collectors? Copperbands are so tough to keep alive long term. Tried twice and couldn’t even get them through my QT process, which included live clams. Tangs can be really unpredictable, especially if from the same family and same size-I introduced a smaller purple into a tank with a larger desjardini after acclimation box for a month and they still went at it, took a few days for the purple to acknowledge the boss. May be better to add similar sized tangs from the same family simultaneously to keep anyone from dominating the others. It’s a crapshoot in this hobby and no one knows for sure until they try…
Take sohal out and add him to farm with clown tang after 5 days making him new to farm tank and after a few weeks add them both back to display.mirrors worked for every single fish I had but my clown tang,he’s too intelligent
pity about the clown tang. would it matter when introducing both at the same time? in any case you are absolutely right. no tank or fish is the same so what works for one, doesn't necessarily work for another.
Interesting video. Sohal tangs are stunning fish, they are very territorial though more than many other tangs, some interesting papers written on their territorial behaviour, I have a foot long Sohal in with 16 other tangs, I probably wouldn't add a clown tang, I did get a copperband in there with them though. You are right when you say each fish is different, predicting an outcome is near impossible sometimes.
You can also throw in a large bloched anthias cause mine keeps all fish even my clown tang specifically in check and he also chases my copperband cause he’s always in the way but my clown tang would never bother my copperband
The mirror trick has never worked for me as it just raised the aggression of the fish I was trying to have calm and the fish just starts to attack everything 😂
Always great to watch your videos especially when you can show us your ups and downs in the hobby. We appreciate what you do.
Put sohal in clown tang tank after 3 days of clown tang getting acclimated and once they become friends you can put them back in your display.mirror is good on all my fish but my clown tang cause he’s too smart.your tank is huge for two baby fish soo they will be fine when adding them back to display.
My copper band butterfly fish stopped eating because the yellow tang hated him when I removed the mirrors on the sides of the tank so I went out and bought a purple tang and a clown tang so then the yellow tang had real worries so he left the copper band alone so now my copper band butterfly Fish is comfortable and eats like a monster in my tank because the yellow tang leaves him alone 100% the yellow tang is too busy worrying about the purple tang and the clown tang. He doesn’t even see the copper band anymore.
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles, special with the copperband, I think you have done everything possible to keep it alive. Like you said, it works for some, not for all. I think a lot of times is the luck of getting a good one. Don't be disappointed. This is reefing. lot of this is hard to control inside the glass box. Give it time and try again, I know you can do it.
In my experience when using an acclamation box, move the box around the tank. I think it helps so that the aggressive fish will see the new arrival in different places in the tank.
Great video!
Does anyone in Canada quarantine like Elliott at Marine Collectors? Copperbands are so tough to keep alive long term. Tried twice and couldn’t even get them through my QT process, which included live clams. Tangs can be really unpredictable, especially if from the same family and same size-I introduced a smaller purple into a tank with a larger desjardini after acclimation box for a month and they still went at it, took a few days for the purple to acknowledge the boss. May be better to add similar sized tangs from the same family simultaneously to keep anyone from dominating the others. It’s a crapshoot in this hobby and no one knows for sure until they try…
Take sohal out and add him to farm with clown tang after 5 days making him new to farm tank and after a few weeks add them both back to display.mirrors worked for every single fish I had but my clown tang,he’s too intelligent
pity about the clown tang. would it matter when introducing both at the same time? in any case you are absolutely right. no tank or fish is the same so what works for one, doesn't necessarily work for another.