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[Mental1]

i have a big aggressive sailfin tang. it has never been bad before but my foxface is getting very skinny while the tang is fat as i try to get more food to the foxface. yesterday i came home from shoulder surgery to find the foxface beat up. open wounds, scrapes and his tail chewed up. i had set up a qt for my naked clown from the same tank as he has a bacterial thing going on but am wondering if it is stress. i put the foxface in the qt tank -- how do you treat injuries like he has? also what can i do with the tang? no one would want him as he is aggressive and he has hlle from another lifetime of incompetent reef keeping... HELP!!!

 

[deepblueat2814]

You might want to rearrange the rock work so that the yellow tang no longer has its territories and everyone starts from ground zero.

 

[ronjeremy]

i would treat the foxface with Maracyn 2, just to be sure it can heal without any infections...also, moving the rockwork could work..i would try feeding a little more as well....it could be aggression over food, but most likely territory...have you tried putting in 2 veggie clips on each side of the tank??.............. the sailfin is a bit big for a 72g..maybe you could trade your lfs if nobody wants it

 

[Mental1]

i do use 2 veggie clips but they both insist on goig to the same one. i may try to find them both homes in bigger tanks as they have both gotten very big .. the foxface is hanging in there so far. i will treat him ...i will write the boston group and see if anyone is interested...