Yesterday I had a 90g tank with two small clowns and a scopas tang. Everyone was happy including the hair alage the scopas tang would not touch.
In an effort to curb the hair algae, I picked up a yellow tang thinking it would be different enough in color from the scopas tang to not be an issue.
Today I added the yellow tang and immediately, the scopas tang started showing agression. It's not biting the yellow tang, but it is being very pushy. I wonder if it would have acted this way towards a blue tang?
Any chance this behvior is transient and will go away? If not, I don't know which fish to get rid of. The scopas tang is (was) a great fish and likes to hang out with the clowns. But the yellow tang might actually be interested in the hair alage and I'm sure it would get along fine with the clowns.
Any thoughts?
In an effort to curb the hair algae, I picked up a yellow tang thinking it would be different enough in color from the scopas tang to not be an issue.
Today I added the yellow tang and immediately, the scopas tang started showing agression. It's not biting the yellow tang, but it is being very pushy. I wonder if it would have acted this way towards a blue tang?
Any chance this behvior is transient and will go away? If not, I don't know which fish to get rid of. The scopas tang is (was) a great fish and likes to hang out with the clowns. But the yellow tang might actually be interested in the hair alage and I'm sure it would get along fine with the clowns.
Any thoughts?