Yellow tang & Female Leopard

[malate]

I have 4 fish. A pair of clowns, a Yellow Tang, and a female Leopard Wrasse. All are if similar size except smaller male clown.

Seems as if the yellow tang herds, or is territorial with on section of the tank only toward the wrasse.

Has anyone ever dealt with a relationship like this? And what's the solution or fix to this potential issue??

 

[malate]

Oh and tank is a 50 gallon cube. Live rock w coral.

 

[malate]

My tang is now in a quarantine area.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Your problem is more than likely that the tank is too small for the Tang. They need lots of swimming room preferably 4' or more and more is better. The cube restricts the amount of space they can swim in. Personally I wouldn't have one in less than a 5' or 6'

 

[malate]

Found a new home for the tang. A bigger home.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Excellent! :thumbsup:

Now you can work on a fish list that is more size appropriate for your tank.

 

[BigBlueTang]

Excellent! :thumbsup:

Now you can work on a fish list that is more size appropriate for your tank.

Bingo. Kudos with the leopard. Not an easy fish.

Wrasses are pretty cool

Flasher Wrasses especially

 

[Bret61081]

My Leopard wrasses and Potters angel are the bullies of the 60g cube. They chase after everything I add to the tank including shrimp! I agree I just don't think it's enough space for them to all have their own areas. I had a 95g tank before with 4 different leopards and never had any issues