Yellow Tang from 'Hell'

[Ed1942]

The acclimation process used was drip over a two-hour period. Actually, the tank is very peaceful with the inhabitans already there. The YT wants to attack any new fish that looks anything like himself (powder brown tang and foureye butterfly).

 

[forthefishes]

The yellow tang behaviors that are being described are due to an unnatural life in captivity. Yellow tangs would never be subjected to such close and constant proximity to these others species in the wild - many of them aren't from Hawaii, where most of your yellow tangs are coming from. Please stop buying Hawaii's and the worlds wild caught fish and stick with maricultured only if you must have a saltwater tank. Do it for the fishes.

 

[KafudaFish]

The yellow tang behaviors that are being described are due to an unnatural life in captivity. Yellow tangs would never be subjected to such close and constant proximity to these others species in the wild - many of them aren't from Hawaii, where most of your yellow tangs are coming from. Please stop buying Hawaii's and the worlds wild caught fish and stick with maricultured only if you must have a saltwater tank. Do it for the fishes.

So a captive bred YT would be fine by your definition?

 

[Xpilot]

My LFS suggested something when I went to add some fish with an aggressive Clarkii. I trapped the Clarkii and kept him in a large fishing net for a few days while the new fish were added and were getting used to the new tank. It worked too well, after I let him out he didn't really even give his new tank mates the time of day. I don't know if this will work with a tang but maybe worth a shot.

 

[forthefishes]

So a captive bred YT would be fine by your definition?

Once the technology is there to keep them alive for years - yes. But the ability to get them 2 weeks post larval is in its infancy - and only a handful made it there. Until wild caught fish are no longer available, not enough money will be put into the R & D of getting ramped up for commercial sale.

 

[KafudaFish]

Once the technology is there to keep them alive for years - yes. But the ability to get them 2 weeks post larval is in its infancy - and only a handful made it there. Until wild caught fish are no longer available, not enough money will be put into the R & D of getting ramped up for commercial sale.

Thank you for summarizing another reefing blog.

In your opinion how would a CBYT differ from a WYT in terms of aggression?

 

[forthefishes]

YT are not aggressive. In the wild they have much larger ranges than are provided in hobby tanks. They and many herbivores will stake claims for their food source and defend it. Possibly CBYT will have much smaller spatial orientations and so will be less anxious in captivity.