I just introduced an achilles into my 130 gallon. I already had a yellow and hippo tang in the tank. The hippo tang has totally ignored the achilles but the yellow tang has been harassing him for about two days now. They are pretty equal in size. Is it most likely that they will work things out or should I start looking for a new home for one of them?
Achilles Tang and Yellow Tang
- Thread starter Gondore
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Achilles is a difficult fish to get eating, and highly suceptible to skin parasites. Given no QT, and that you plopped it into a tank with an established yellow tang, I'd not think its prospects to be very good. If you see physical damage, or the fish fails to eat within a short period of time, you'll have to remove it.
CHSUB
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do what you did "in the past"...
I have tried mysis, romaine lettuce, pellets and flakes so far. Going to try Nori today which worked in the past so we will see. Any other suggestions?
I've had a half dozen over the years and always had the best luck starting with brine or nutramar ova. Latter is not really available anymore, so try brine. Live if you can get it. Once it starts to eat, you can transition to a varied diet. My current specimen eats pretty much everything.
Was it eating at the store? If so, have you tried whatever that was?
Was it eating at the store? If so, have you tried whatever that was?
