Aggressive African Flameback vs Hippo Tang

[asonitez]

Hi All,
I'm having an issue with a very aggressive African Flame back angel thats pegging the hell out of my Hippo Tang. The hippo tang is only about 2/3" and is about evenly matched with the african flame back. I pulled the hippo and placed him in a Acrylic container inside of my tank. The African flame back has been pegging the container every few minutes for a while now.

About how long can I leave the hippo in the container? He is getting fresh water and no one can touch him. He is in there with a Long Nose Butterfly thats also being acclimated due to my yellow tang not liking him much.

I was thinking of adding some mirrors today.

I was also thinking of catching the stupid african flame back and banishing him to my quarantine tank.

 

[HumbleFish]

My Flameback is pretty aggressive, but he mostly chases around 1 or 2 other dwarf angels and that's it. So far no battle damage, just chasing. The mirror thing works, but as soon as you take it away you are right back to square one. If you just added the Flameback, I would say give it a week or so to see if things calm down. If not, banish the Flameback.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

I'd say catch the flameback and put it in timeout in quarantine. Leave it there for a few weeks then reintroduce it into the tank. It also might help to rearrange some of the rockwork.