Yellow Vs Convict Tang

Crazyfingerz · 04/25/2012, 06:58 PM

I have a yellow tang in my system for some months now but i bought him because I wanted one so badly. Now I got another tang that I also like a convict tang which is smaller than him. of course the yellow tang is picking on the convict tang. I wanted to try removing the yellow tang for ah while but i cant catch him at all. Is there any other solution?

Crazyfingerz · 04/25/2012, 06:59 PM

also later on this week i plan on getting a scopas tang

Maaka · 04/25/2012, 07:10 PM

Sometimes rearranging the rocks will reestablish territory but it is not guaranteed to work.

saltysailor2329 · 04/25/2012, 08:24 PM

I don't think they suggest that you should keep those together without releasing them into the tank at the same time.

trinidiver · 04/25/2012, 08:40 PM

you should of taken the scopas and the convict the same day so when they were added, the aggression would of been divided. Right now you might have to hurry and get the scopas and add them also rearanging the rocks will also work as Maaka said.

dzfish17 · 04/25/2012, 09:32 PM

I think you should do a little more research before buying a fish that will have problems in your tank. The convict tang is very peaceful and shouldnt be kept with other tangs. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...aGEqZRpPokzO_w

Crazyfingerz · 04/26/2012, 04:02 AM

Ok. so I redid the rock work and put the yellow tang in the sump

trinidiver · 04/26/2012, 06:06 AM

^^^^ right.......... get the scopas now and put him and the yellow in same time. It ill have some fighting but it will calm down not to long after

Crazyfingerz · 04/26/2012, 06:16 PM

the convict is still on the same end of the tank just swimming up and down the side glass of the tank.

trinidiver · 04/26/2012, 06:53 PM

well at least its swimming?..........................lol
nah, he'll settle down soon. When i first got my other yellow tang he did that for some time. still dont know why they do that.

dzfish17 · 04/26/2012, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazyfingerz

the convict is still on the same end of the tank just swimming up and down the side glass of the tank.

Probably still traumatized by the beating he took from the yellow tang.

Crazyfingerz · 04/27/2012, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dzfish17

Probably still traumatized by the beating he took from the yellow tang.

He's finally settled and moving around like a normal tang. I havent seen him eat any pellets or nori but he has been picking at the rocks and the sand bed.

Crazyfingerz · 04/27/2012, 04:56 AM

How long should i wait before I put back the yellow tang? I may not take the scopas tang because I am considering my bio load at the moment.

trinidiver · 04/27/2012, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazyfingerz

He's finally settled and moving around like a normal tang. I havent seen him eat any pellets or nori but he has been picking at the rocks and the sand bed.

Once he's picking at the rocks and sand bed you know thats a good sign. Might take him a couple days to start to really eat. He's still settling in. You can leave the yellow out for about another wk or so and put the scopas in same time. What are the fishes you got in the tank at the moment?

snorvich · 04/27/2012, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by dzfish17

Probably still traumatized by the beating he took from the yellow tang.

Agreed. I know I would be, those razors are sharp.

f3honda4me · 04/27/2012, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazyfingerz

How long should i wait before I put back the yellow tang? I may not take the scopas tang because I am considering my bio load at the moment.

You shouldn't.

Pick one or the other.

Crazyfingerz · 04/27/2012, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by trinidiver

Once he's picking at the rocks and sand bed you know thats a good sign. Might take him a couple days to start to really eat. He's still settling in. You can leave the yellow out for about another wk or so and put the scopas in same time. What are the fishes you got in the tank at the moment?

I have 2 clowns, 2 chromis a blue damsel and well 2 tangs

Crazyfingerz · 04/28/2012, 03:48 PM

So I introduced the yellow tang back into the main display and everything is going well now. It seems that he and the convict tang are best friends now. I will no longer be purchasing the scopas tang because I have some other expenses but soon I will get some other stuff like corals and invertebrates.

agreeive?fish · 04/28/2012, 05:38 PM

hope all goes well convicts are so under rated, that being said my yellow and convict get along just fine, convicts are said to be a mellower tang but my convict is not the mellow one the yellow is

trinidiver · 04/28/2012, 05:39 PM

good to know they good now. All you have do now is get an algae blenny and a royal gramma now......................lol

Crazyfingerz · 05/05/2012, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by trinidiver

good to know they good now. All you have do now is get an algae blenny and a royal gramma now......................lol

Still had some off and on fights with the yellow tang and the convict, but i bought a sailfin tang that is as small as the convict tang but he suprisingly has the yellow tang in check.lol. Its unbelievable how the yellow tang has settled

trinidiver · 05/05/2012, 11:30 AM

fingers,you good to go then................................ like we have words or something

Crazyfingerz · 05/05/2012, 06:02 PM

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fingers,you good to go then................................ like we have words or something

I now send you a PM i say u out the country bro.lol

04/25/2012, 06:58 PM	#1
Crazyfingerz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 303	Yellow Vs Convict Tang I have a yellow tang in my system for some months now but i bought him because I wanted one so badly. Now I got another tang that I also like a convict tang which is smaller than him. of course the yellow tang is picking on the convict tang. I wanted to try removing the yellow tang for ah while but i cant catch him at all. Is there any other solution? __________________ Always looking to move foward, yup yup Current Tank Info: 120gal DT, 30gal sump.

04/25/2012, 06:59 PM	#2
Crazyfingerz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 303	also later on this week i plan on getting a scopas tang __________________ Always looking to move foward, yup yup Current Tank Info: 120gal DT, 30gal sump.

04/25/2012, 08:24 PM	#4
saltysailor2329 Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Frederick, CO Posts: 547	I don't think they suggest that you should keep those together without releasing them into the tank at the same time. __________________ 200g DD has been wet since March 16, 2013!!!! Running 40g breeder w/20L sump is currently acting as the QT.

04/25/2012, 08:40 PM	#5
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sweet Trinidad & Tobago. (West Indies) Posts: 1,141	you should of taken the scopas and the convict the same day so when they were added, the aggression would of been divided. Right now you might have to hurry and get the scopas and add them also rearanging the rocks will also work as Maaka said. __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

04/25/2012, 09:32 PM	#6
dzfish17 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno,Ca. Posts: 2,545	I think you should do a little more research before buying a fish that will have problems in your tank. The convict tang is very peaceful and shouldnt be kept with other tangs. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...aGEqZRpPokzO_w __________________ 600g (96x36x46) FOWLR

04/25/2012, 07:10 PM	#3
Maaka Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Lima, Ohio Posts: 329	Sometimes rearranging the rocks will reestablish territory but it is not guaranteed to work.

04/26/2012, 04:02 AM	#7
Crazyfingerz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 303	Ok. so I redid the rock work and put the yellow tang in the sump __________________ Always looking to move foward, yup yup Current Tank Info: 120gal DT, 30gal sump.

04/26/2012, 06:06 AM	#8
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sweet Trinidad & Tobago. (West Indies) Posts: 1,141	^^^^ right.......... get the scopas now and put him and the yellow in same time. It ill have some fighting but it will calm down not to long after __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

04/26/2012, 06:16 PM	#9
Crazyfingerz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 303	the convict is still on the same end of the tank just swimming up and down the side glass of the tank. __________________ Always looking to move foward, yup yup Current Tank Info: 120gal DT, 30gal sump.

04/26/2012, 06:53 PM	#10
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sweet Trinidad & Tobago. (West Indies) Posts: 1,141	well at least its swimming?..........................lol nah, he'll settle down soon. When i first got my other yellow tang he did that for some time. still dont know why they do that. __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

04/27/2012, 04:56 AM	#13
Crazyfingerz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 303	How long should i wait before I put back the yellow tang? I may not take the scopas tang because I am considering my bio load at the moment. __________________ Always looking to move foward, yup yup Current Tank Info: 120gal DT, 30gal sump.

04/28/2012, 03:48 PM	#18
Crazyfingerz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 303	So I introduced the yellow tang back into the main display and everything is going well now. It seems that he and the convict tang are best friends now. I will no longer be purchasing the scopas tang because I have some other expenses but soon I will get some other stuff like corals and invertebrates. __________________ Always looking to move foward, yup yup Current Tank Info: 120gal DT, 30gal sump.

04/28/2012, 05:38 PM	#19
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	hope all goes well convicts are so under rated, that being said my yellow and convict get along just fine, convicts are said to be a mellower tang but my convict is not the mellow one the yellow is

04/28/2012, 05:39 PM	#20
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sweet Trinidad & Tobago. (West Indies) Posts: 1,141	good to know they good now. All you have do now is get an algae blenny and a royal gramma now......................lol __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

05/05/2012, 11:30 AM	#22
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sweet Trinidad & Tobago. (West Indies) Posts: 1,141	fingers,you good to go then................................ like we have words or something __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.