Blue Hippo Tang - are they all mean?

[kien]

Ya I'm not sure if its a "hippo tang thing" to be good or bad. Of all the fish I think hippo tangs have the most varied personality. I've had my hippo for years and he/she has never bothered any other fish or corals, even when I added a powder blue, yellow and purple tang after it. On the flip side I've heard the horror stories to of hippos going psychotic. I've also heard of hippo tangs developing a taste to LPS and clams. So ya, hit or miss I guess :-). But then the same could be said about every other fish in this hobby.

[reefermadness]

I've had a couple and both were kinda crazy but not really mean.

[Seth81]

I have two blue hippos, they chase eachother around a little bit but nothing serious. They are very well behaved and don't bug any of my other tangs or any other fish. They are halarious to watch and all the funny spots they hide.

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Seth81

I have two blue hippos, they chase eachother around a little bit but nothing serious. They are very well behaved and don't bug any of my other tangs or any other fish. They are halarious to watch and all the funny spots they hide.

Yeah mine hides behind a power head and on top of the frag rack which is really annoying! There is only an inch of water but she gets up there and flops around.

[mark]

mines mellow and so is the Six-line. The Purple Tang though can be a bit of a dick.

[Coralgurl]

She only nips at the trigger's fins, but they are always doing a bit of a twirly dance. The trigger won't move to the other side of the tank, they all seem to hang out in the same spot, right front.

Ugh, I yell at her to stop but she pays no attention to me. Dam fish.

Would moving her to my smaller tank for a couple of weeks and then reintroducing her make any difference? She's about 3 1/2 - 4" big right now, this is of course assuming I can catch her.

[Seriak]

Man, you guys are scaring me now. I have had mine in quarantine for the last 4 months because of and ich problem, but now that I have a handle on that I am scared to put it in the DT because of all your comments.

[globaldesigns]

Mine is a bi-atch!!! I want mine out also, but can't catch it unless I kill it. And I can't bring myself to do the dirty deed.

[reefwars]

i will never add one of those to my tanks ,the only couple i had i took in to treat for people or adopted and they were sketchy as hell . ive seen so many scarred up,beat up and sick that ill never buy one ever even if it is blue :P