Hi I just added a powder blue tang to my 120 gl tank. I also have a powder brown in the tank (that now seems to have his nose bent out of shape). The brown chases the blue and nips at his fins . Can anyone tell me if this it normal behavior and will they ajust to each other . The blue is hiding in the one corner of the tank right now.
Powder Blue Tang
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reeferaddiction
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yeah that is normal because there a related species they are basically the same fish but diff color and both are territorial. powder blues are notorius for popping with ick when stressed i would seperate the two to save them.
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wow my spelling was way off there
Jim_S
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Any tang with the same body shape will have problems together in a tank.
For example: yellow and purple tangs, clown and sohal tangs, powder blue and brown tangs share a similar body shape. As a result, they won't be compatible.
These two fish will have problems sooner than later. I would suggest you separate them. I would not house those two fish in the same tank unless it was close 500 gallons. I probably still wouldn't try it though because of how aggressive and how prone to disease they both are.
Hope this helps,
Jim
For example: yellow and purple tangs, clown and sohal tangs, powder blue and brown tangs share a similar body shape. As a result, they won't be compatible.
These two fish will have problems sooner than later. I would suggest you separate them. I would not house those two fish in the same tank unless it was close 500 gallons. I probably still wouldn't try it though because of how aggressive and how prone to disease they both are.
Hope this helps,
Jim
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