Orange shoulder tang gets aggressive...

[rishu_pepper]

I recently introduced my fowleri tang into my DT. It has been 6 days and my orange shoulder tang (juvenile colours, 4-5") has been bullying it unrelentingly. It goes out of its way to chase around the fowleri (same size) and the poor guy hasn't been able to settle down well. It still eats frozen/pellets but nori time it doesn't get any because the OST would chase it away, even if I put two different nori's at two ends of my 8' tank. The OST before this was the nicest fish, never bothers anybody, just minds its own business. I guess the introduction of another Acanthurus did not help, but I had thought that the general tame nature of the OST would be okay for the fowleri...

I can sense the fowleri is definitely very stressed and I don't know if they'll ever work it out if status quo is maintained. Should I take the OST into the sump for a timeout? Or just leave them be and hopefully it'll subside? I won't consider selling either fish unless it's an absolute last resort, I love them both equally. Any ideas?

[spit.fire]

If you can catch it throw it in the sump or qt for a week

[gregzz4]

Put an eggcrate devider in the middle of the tank for a few days
Each one will have half the tank to use in the meantime

[rishu_pepper]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

If you can catch it throw it in the sump or qt for a week

I just tried for a good while to catch him, no dice, wasn't even really close.

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Put an eggcrate devider in the middle of the tank for a few days
Each one will have half the tank to use in the meantime

I could try that. Where does one procure the eggcrate divider in a pinch?

[gregzz4]

Home depot
Egg crate

[rishu_pepper]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Home depot
Light diffuser

Thanks Greg, I'll go grab some tomorrow, still have a bit of store credit at HD.