Rude welcome from my Yellow Tang

[reef120]

Well we all know how aggresive a yellow tang can be but this guy is pretty mean. yesterday I bought the fish I've been wanting the Hipo tang I finally found one that was in awesome shape nice and fat with nice color. Well I introduced him to my tank and my yellow tang follows him everywhere,doesnt want the hipo to touch any food by puching him out of the way(no nipping just pushing). The yellow tank wants to rule the entire tank (120gal). Is there anything you suggest or will this all pass and hipo will be accepted in time. I dont want the hipo tp get stresed and not eat..

reef120

[Bughead]

If you have another tank, like a qt or hospital tank, you could try putting the yellow tang in it for several days and rearrange the seascape of the big tank. That way the hippo tang will be able to acclimate himself in peace and when you reintroduce the yellow, the area will be somewhat unfamiliar, so hopefully he won't be quite so territorial.

If you don't have another tank, try placing a clear tank divider in to seperate the two tangs for a week or so. I know rearranging the rock may not be feasible, but that usually helps a bit too.

These two tangs should eventually get along, but it may take a lot of time and patience.

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If it's broke, don't fix it---hide it.

[clown-t]

i had a purple tang in my tank then i went to add a clown tang and for a couple of days they were at each other but now they get along good. give them time they will get along

[Mobious]

I would go with taking the yellow out for a few days. I have tried adding other tangs larger than my yellow.. but he/she just beats up on them to bad...

[Neal359]

i hade the same problem and just hade to take the hippo out after a week and the same resalt with a fox face. the yellow tang would not let any fish that was close to his size live in my tank

[allykahn]

I also added a hippo to my tank with a yellow tang that I had for two years. I left the lights off for at least a day and I rearranged the LR. I then fed the fish to make them sort of "forget" about the new guy. I must say that I did not have any problems between the hippo and yellow tang since they were about the same size. I did have problems when I added a sailfin tang (with the yellow tang) for about 8 days, but everything is fine now. All 4 tangs (yellow, sailfin, naso and hippo) get along great! Good luck.