White Cheek Tang

[veloboy]

Looking for advice regarding the temperament of white cheek tang. I know that individual fish personalities can vary but I from what I can gather, in general, the powder browns reputation is somewhat less aggressive than the powder blue.

My question is can anyone tell me, in general, if the white cheek is closer to the powder blue or powder brown in terms of aggressiveness/bullying personality?

 

[Shivsreef]

The whitecheek Tang ime and imo is in the middle between the two. My LFS had put a whitecheek in with a powder brown half the size of the whitecheek which was already in the tank, and the powder brown bullied the new whitecheek that my LFS had to move him somewhere else in the shop. But as any tang is they will be aggressive to newcomers and they are very similar to Achilles Tangs.

 

[scooter31707]

IMO, they are less aggressive than both of them. They are very peaceful if they are the only Tang in the tank. They can become a little aggressive with other Tangs if it is the dominant one in the tank and can be bullied and stressed if they are smaller. If you think about adding one, I would still add the Tangs altogether.