Javajuice13
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Hey guys i just wanted to get some advice. i have a juvenile emperor who has only showed minimal aggression to one of the fish in the tank which would be my foxface, mainly just chasing the foxface around not doing any real damage. However i recently added a copperband butterfly to the tank and the emperor was not pleased to say the least. why is this the case? do the 2 breeds not get along? the fighting got to the point where i had to take the copperband out of the tank and move him to the refugium tank. should i try to put the copperband back into the tank?
My tank is 75G.
Fish: Emperor, Scopas tang, Hippo tang, Foxface, 2 clowns, Royal gramma. (tried to add the copperband)
Hypothesis: the foxface and the copperband are the newest members of the tank, im thinking the emperor was semi aggressive towards the foxface because the tank is to small for all the fish so when i added the then new foxface the emperor showed a little aggression. and when i added the copperband it pushed the emperor over the edge causing it to be very very aggressive towards the copperband.
Also will my copperband be okay in the refugium tank? my LFS where i bought the copperband doesnt open until wednesday (today being sunday June 21) so dont even have the option to return the fish even if i wanted to until then. hopefully i dont have to though because i really do like the copperband.
Everyones comments will play a part in the decision whether i keep the copperband or return it.
Thank you in advance for the advice and suggestions.
My tank is 75G.
Fish: Emperor, Scopas tang, Hippo tang, Foxface, 2 clowns, Royal gramma. (tried to add the copperband)
Hypothesis: the foxface and the copperband are the newest members of the tank, im thinking the emperor was semi aggressive towards the foxface because the tank is to small for all the fish so when i added the then new foxface the emperor showed a little aggression. and when i added the copperband it pushed the emperor over the edge causing it to be very very aggressive towards the copperband.
Also will my copperband be okay in the refugium tank? my LFS where i bought the copperband doesnt open until wednesday (today being sunday June 21) so dont even have the option to return the fish even if i wanted to until then. hopefully i dont have to though because i really do like the copperband.
Everyones comments will play a part in the decision whether i keep the copperband or return it.
Thank you in advance for the advice and suggestions.
