Fish compatablity

Mekong · 07/12/2006, 03:39 PM

I have marine betta, sixline wrasse and a fu-manchu lion. Recently I added a yellow tang. He was very active, eating like a hog and no signs of disease. I did not see any agression towards him but the 2nd day he was in there I noticed that the fish had got a rather nasty scrap across his forehead and side like he ran into some rocks. Today he was dead. So I am wondering if the fish I have are compatable with a tang...

Mekong · 07/12/2006, 05:11 PM

anyone?

Sk8r · 07/12/2006, 05:13 PM

Depends on relative size and the order in which they entered the tank. Possibly the lion and the tang had a run-in. If there was a finning incident the tang could well have lost.

Mekong · 07/12/2006, 05:39 PM

The betta is three years old, the lion is tiny, about 3" and has been in the tank for about a halfyear and the sixline is 1" and been in there a year.

I have had a few other fish mysteriously die in the last year. I had a royal gamma and a fairy wrasse disappear. I assume my sixline killed the fairy, they were battling the night before the fairy died. And I saw my royal gamma being eaten by my flower anemone. But as far as the tang, im at a loss...

Nitrates have always been undetectable and phos is .1 and everything is stable and my corals (softies, LPS and SPS) and derasa clam all have been looking great. So I think I have a fish compatibility problem.

Any ideas? I really want a smaller tang.

07/12/2006, 03:39 PM	#1
Mekong Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,539	Fish compatablity I have marine betta, sixline wrasse and a fu-manchu lion. Recently I added a yellow tang. He was very active, eating like a hog and no signs of disease. I did not see any agression towards him but the 2nd day he was in there I noticed that the fish had got a rather nasty scrap across his forehead and side like he ran into some rocks. Today he was dead. So I am wondering if the fish I have are compatable with a tang... __________________ _________________________ Current Tank Info: 90g Reef from 2004-2013.

07/12/2006, 05:11 PM	#2
Mekong Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,539	anyone? __________________ _________________________ Current Tank Info: 90g Reef from 2004-2013.

07/12/2006, 05:13 PM	#3
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Depends on relative size and the order in which they entered the tank. Possibly the lion and the tang had a run-in. If there was a finning incident the tang could well have lost. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

07/12/2006, 05:39 PM	#4
Mekong Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,539	The betta is three years old, the lion is tiny, about 3" and has been in the tank for about a halfyear and the sixline is 1" and been in there a year. I have had a few other fish mysteriously die in the last year. I had a royal gamma and a fairy wrasse disappear. I assume my sixline killed the fairy, they were battling the night before the fairy died. And I saw my royal gamma being eaten by my flower anemone. But as far as the tang, im at a loss... Nitrates have always been undetectable and phos is .1 and everything is stable and my corals (softies, LPS and SPS) and derasa clam all have been looking great. So I think I have a fish compatibility problem. Any ideas? I really want a smaller tang. __________________ _________________________ Current Tank Info: 90g Reef from 2004-2013.