kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

muck · #1 02-01-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

Also over the past few weeks I have noticed my Clown Tang get more and more aggressive. He started out as a model citizen then started hating my parrot fish for some reason. Strange because neither look nor act alike at all. At first it was hate, now the clown tang as developed murderous eyes for my poor parrot fish who has resorted to hiding in a small cave all day long. Now that the Clown Tang doesn't have to chase the parrot fish as much he has started to assert aggressive tendencies towards other fish. Yesterday I had no choice but to sump him for the time being for fear that he might murder my entire tank over night. This morning the parrot fish was out and about and EVERYONE seemed so much more at ease. Sad because I do love my clown tang, but not sure what to do with him at the moment..

Give em to Brett...

lastlight · #2 02-01-2011, 10:41 PM

Wow is that a gorgeous fish. How well will he do in a big empty glass box?

kien · #3 02-01-2011, 10:43 PM

I'm pretty sure salt water is a minimum requirement. I could be wrong though, maybe.

Delphinus · #4 02-01-2011, 10:44 PM

Sucks when you have to make a choice like that.

Maybe show him a frying pan a little piece of butter and he's smarten up? ... I dunno.

lastlight · #5 02-01-2011, 10:47 PM

They apparently ARE pretty hardy...but perhaps that's pushing it.

I think you were pushing it tho lol. You had a good run but that's a lot of mean for a tank that size man.

kien · #6 02-01-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

They apparently ARE pretty hardy...but perhaps that's pushing it.

I think you were pushing it tho lol. You had a good run but that's a lot of mean for a tank that size man.

Agreed. I think I pushed the bounds of what that tank was capable of for sure.. so the writing is on the wall I guess.

lastlight · #7 02-01-2011, 10:57 PM

I'm still drooling over that pic tho. Man I can't fault you for trying.

kien · #8 02-01-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I'm still drooling over that pic tho. Man I can't fault you for trying.

He's actually not that big and he doesn't have that many tank mates in there. Still, I do recognize that he probably considers that entire tank his territory and will murder anyone that he is threatened by. He is quite intelligent too actually. Every other tang I have goes crazy over their reflection so the mirror trick always works on them. The Clown on the other hand is not fooled at all. So he will murder a parrot fish but is perfectly fine with his own reflection. Go figure.