Homy77
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- Sep 18, 2017
- Location
- Scarborough
Hey All,
so, I've been running my tank for about 5 months and things were going great.
corals growing, fish doing well...I was in reefing heaven.
My fish stock in my 120 gallon tank consisted of a 6" Desjadrini Sailfin, 6" Blue tang, 3.5" Yellow tang, couple of clowns and a Royal Gramma (also have snails, star, crabs etc.)
So, I was in Mississauga on the weekend and saw a really nice 2"' purple tang for a good price and had to have it...mistake 1. don't make impulse buys of fish....
got home, was giddy as all hell...acclimated the fish, he was doing well...eating everything before I placed him in the tank....i'm like, nice, here we go.
put him in the tank, things go well for about the first hour or so. he's picking algae off the rocks, none of the bigger fish are bothering him, he's exploring...i'm happy.
Yellow tang finally takes notice and it's been a game of chase the new guy for 4 days....
I've tried keeping the lights off, re-arranging rocks, put a mirror on the glass....nothing. yellow is an a-hole. poor purple tang has been trapped now behind some rocks for a day or two now.
I want to pull out the yellow to give the purple a chance to establish himself and decide if I even want to put the yellow back in.
problem is catching yellow guy. of course, he's bold as hell with new guy, but the minute I approach the tank, he hides in the rock work.
I tried to create my own trap by taking a plastic container, wrapping some nori sheets onto a rock and dropping it in the container and hoping he would go in to graze, no such luck.
so, short of me taking out all the rocks, does anyone have a method to catch yellow tangs??
and I know, this is my fault in the first place....no need to scold...
lol
thanks
so, I've been running my tank for about 5 months and things were going great.
corals growing, fish doing well...I was in reefing heaven.
My fish stock in my 120 gallon tank consisted of a 6" Desjadrini Sailfin, 6" Blue tang, 3.5" Yellow tang, couple of clowns and a Royal Gramma (also have snails, star, crabs etc.)
So, I was in Mississauga on the weekend and saw a really nice 2"' purple tang for a good price and had to have it...mistake 1. don't make impulse buys of fish....
got home, was giddy as all hell...acclimated the fish, he was doing well...eating everything before I placed him in the tank....i'm like, nice, here we go.
put him in the tank, things go well for about the first hour or so. he's picking algae off the rocks, none of the bigger fish are bothering him, he's exploring...i'm happy.
Yellow tang finally takes notice and it's been a game of chase the new guy for 4 days....
I've tried keeping the lights off, re-arranging rocks, put a mirror on the glass....nothing. yellow is an a-hole. poor purple tang has been trapped now behind some rocks for a day or two now.
I want to pull out the yellow to give the purple a chance to establish himself and decide if I even want to put the yellow back in.
problem is catching yellow guy. of course, he's bold as hell with new guy, but the minute I approach the tank, he hides in the rock work.
I tried to create my own trap by taking a plastic container, wrapping some nori sheets onto a rock and dropping it in the container and hoping he would go in to graze, no such luck.
so, short of me taking out all the rocks, does anyone have a method to catch yellow tangs??
and I know, this is my fault in the first place....no need to scold...
lol
thanks
