Hey guys,
Here's my deal:
I've a 55g tank stocked with a good amount of rock, softies, snails, a few cleaner shrimp, and the following fish:
Thompson Tang
Coral Beaut
2 Percs
2 Damsels
Now here's the problem:
My coral beauty pretty much relentlessly messes with my tang.
My tang has been showing white spots lately
Yesterday a white spot showed up on the tail section of the coral beauty
Now, all the fish look healthy, swim like crazy, and eat like horses. But, the tang really never has a moments peace unless he hides under the rock stack.
The cleaner shrimp seem more than happy to provide services, but whenever the tang stops by the cleaners (either of the cleaners, as they've taken up different locations), the coral beauty just keeps searching until he finds the tang and then chases him away.
Now, the tang does it back to the coral beauty sometimes, although I would guess it's not the majority of the time.
So, I'm kind of scared for my fish. And a little dissapointed that the tang hides so often now.
Out of the two fish, I like the tang quite a bit more than the angel. I like the angel, too, as it's very pretty, but it just doesn't do it for me like the tang.
I don't have an extra tank to put fish into to get them healthy, and if I try to stick a net in the tank, the fish hide until I remove it.
I've thought about just leaving the net in there overnight for them to get used to, but it still begs the question of what I would do with the fish if I got it out of the tank.
So, I'm not really sure what to do at this point:
Leave well enough alone and hope for the best.
Remove one fish or the other
Just not sure. I wouldn't be against getting rid of the coral beauty, but since I seem to have some white spots on those two fish, it seems like getting rid of them would be difficult, becuase who's going to want a sick fish...and couple that with the fact I'm not sure if that's the best course anyway...
Which brings me to my post. I like my little fishies, and don't want them to start dying on me.
Thanks,
damon
Here's my deal:
I've a 55g tank stocked with a good amount of rock, softies, snails, a few cleaner shrimp, and the following fish:
Thompson Tang
Coral Beaut
2 Percs
2 Damsels
Now here's the problem:
My coral beauty pretty much relentlessly messes with my tang.
My tang has been showing white spots lately
Yesterday a white spot showed up on the tail section of the coral beauty
Now, all the fish look healthy, swim like crazy, and eat like horses. But, the tang really never has a moments peace unless he hides under the rock stack.
The cleaner shrimp seem more than happy to provide services, but whenever the tang stops by the cleaners (either of the cleaners, as they've taken up different locations), the coral beauty just keeps searching until he finds the tang and then chases him away.
Now, the tang does it back to the coral beauty sometimes, although I would guess it's not the majority of the time.
So, I'm kind of scared for my fish. And a little dissapointed that the tang hides so often now.
Out of the two fish, I like the tang quite a bit more than the angel. I like the angel, too, as it's very pretty, but it just doesn't do it for me like the tang.
I don't have an extra tank to put fish into to get them healthy, and if I try to stick a net in the tank, the fish hide until I remove it.
I've thought about just leaving the net in there overnight for them to get used to, but it still begs the question of what I would do with the fish if I got it out of the tank.
So, I'm not really sure what to do at this point:
Leave well enough alone and hope for the best.
Remove one fish or the other
Just not sure. I wouldn't be against getting rid of the coral beauty, but since I seem to have some white spots on those two fish, it seems like getting rid of them would be difficult, becuase who's going to want a sick fish...and couple that with the fact I'm not sure if that's the best course anyway...
Which brings me to my post. I like my little fishies, and don't want them to start dying on me.
Thanks,
damon
