Yellow tang vs copperband butterfly

God of thunder · 09/15/2007, 09:04 AM

Hi.

I just got a copperband butterfly today, my yellow tang which has been very peaceful to other fish in the tank, althhough he attacks me if i dare to stick my hand in the tank , any way he attacks the copperband alot and does not leave him alone, is he just establishing dominance or will he hurt him or even kill him?

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grundig5 · 09/15/2007, 09:16 AM

Tangs can be territorial if not introduced last to a tank in my experience. I introduced a wrasse after my tang (chevron) and the tang picked on it for a few weeks. After a bit of time though, they seemed to get along. Give it a bit of time, unless one or the other shows signs of serious distress.

skriz · 09/15/2007, 11:09 AM

you need to move some rock around in the tank. This will disturb the territory that the tang has claimed as his own. This will help the situation. Like grundig said, tangs are very territorial and he will kill the copperband if you let him.

coppernads are difficult enough to keep alive to have something kicking his @$$ all day!

God of thunder · 09/15/2007, 11:13 AM

He seems to be calming down now, should i give him a day or two?

rkelman · 09/15/2007, 12:33 PM

Mine did the same thing. It'll calm down. I hope you have better luck than I have had with copperbands though...

God of thunder · 09/15/2007, 12:41 PM

What happend?

09/15/2007, 09:04 AM	#1
God of thunder Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Iceland Posts: 627	Yellow tang vs copperband butterfly Hi. I just got a copperband butterfly today, my yellow tang which has been very peaceful to other fish in the tank, althhough he attacks me if i dare to stick my hand in the tank , any way he attacks the copperband alot and does not leave him alone, is he just establishing dominance or will he hurt him or even kill him? __________________ __________________ Not guts, no glory! Current Tank Info: 95 Gal Eheim MP, 400W coralvue reeflux 10k 4x25W T5 25k

09/15/2007, 09:16 AM	#2
grundig5 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Astoria NY Posts: 169	Tangs can be territorial if not introduced last to a tank in my experience. I introduced a wrasse after my tang (chevron) and the tang picked on it for a few weeks. After a bit of time though, they seemed to get along. Give it a bit of time, unless one or the other shows signs of serious distress. __________________ 48x30 shallow tank

09/15/2007, 11:13 AM	#4
God of thunder Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Iceland Posts: 627	He seems to be calming down now, should i give him a day or two? __________________ Not guts, no glory! Current Tank Info: 95 Gal Eheim MP, 400W coralvue reeflux 10k 4x25W T5 25k

09/15/2007, 12:41 PM	#6
God of thunder Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Iceland Posts: 627	What happend? __________________ Not guts, no glory! Current Tank Info: 95 Gal Eheim MP, 400W coralvue reeflux 10k 4x25W T5 25k

09/15/2007, 11:09 AM	#3
skriz Moved On Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 502	you need to move some rock around in the tank. This will disturb the territory that the tang has claimed as his own. This will help the situation. Like grundig said, tangs are very territorial and he will kill the copperband if you let him. coppernads are difficult enough to keep alive to have something kicking his @$$ all day!

09/15/2007, 12:33 PM	#5
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,438	Mine did the same thing. It'll calm down. I hope you have better luck than I have had with copperbands though...