If he is going to get along two weeks should be enough. You should re-do your aquascape. Next time add the aggressive first last
You can always make a temp divider out of eggcrate as well. hope it works out. Although now is see your 60gallon tank. It's too small the tang will always be stressed. He is fightin for territory and he doesn't have enough to begin with.
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Originally Posted by Jenndarlin
So, My purple tang, who was one of my 1st and has been in the tank almost a year now has decided he doesn't want anyone new in his tank.
2 weeks ago I brought home a new copperbanded butterfly. The tang tried to eat him overnight. I had had a similar problem when trying to introduce another tang into the tank but ended up returning the other tang. I know Tang Vs Tang is not always a great mix but this guy is like rambo.....
After some consultation with others, I decided that instead of returning this fish (as my tank is still young and there WILL be more fish) I would move the tang into the sump to let the copperband get settled in the hopes of the tang not being so aggressive when he is re-introduced.
He has been there for 2 weeks now. He wasn't happy at 1st, but he's fine now but I want to re-introduce him. I was going to re-introduce him at night but he did so much damage at night last time that I want to be able to supervise him for a while. What suggestions to you all have...Has it been enough time or should I wait longer.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanx
Jenn
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