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06-30-2004, 08:47 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Valparaiso, IN
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Just added a new fish.
I just addes a Coral Beauty Angel Fish to my aquarium and not sure what my tang and him are doing. When I first added him it seems they would but up to each other and try to push one another. Is this a way that they fight? Is this because my tang is territorial? Just wondered. I don't want to have to babysit all night. All the lights are off in the tank right now.
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06-30-2004, 10:01 PM
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Sodomy non sapiens
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: winder, Georgia USA
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Once the lights go out both of them will hide in the rocks.
I had a yellow tang that was very teritorial. Make sure there are hiding places for safety, and its been susgested before to move some rockwork around to de-teritorilize the tang.
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06-30-2004, 10:29 PM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: panama city beach FL
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I have a coral beauty and a yellow tang and they get along fine. My yellow has always been mild-mannered except for when I introduced a sailfin tang into the tank. They pushed around and displayed for a few days and now are the best of friends. I'm often surprised at how good my crew gets along. Even the yellow-tail damsel is no problem. (Just watch all heck break loose now)
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06-30-2004, 10:49 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
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My Coral Beauty and Royal Gramma bicker constantly. The Gramma is very territorial and the Coral Beauty picks about the tank all day. They butt each other, but one usually flees behind rock before a fight breaks out. Make sure you have plenty of live rock. If they actually fight, you will have to remove one of them. Also, if you just added one, keep the lights off for a day and don't feed them. |
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06-30-2004, 11:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Shady Shores, TX
Posts: 327
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My coral beauty won't leave my feather dusters alone. I think it likes to nip just to watch them pull into the tube.
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07-01-2004, 12:09 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Valparaiso, IN
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So far I have noticed that the Yellow Tang chases my Coral Beauty. My Coral Beauty just runs away and minds her own business. The most I have noticed so far is the Tang will back up and push her. I moved a rock right before I started this post. I did a water change also so maybe that disrupted the Tang. I will see how they are getting along in the morning. I was told that flake food and I also have a variety pack of frozen food is fine for the Coral Beauty. What kinds of food do you guys feed yours and how often?
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07-01-2004, 12:13 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Shady Shores, TX
Posts: 327
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garlic soaked brine/flakes and i try to feed macroalgae sheets, but it rarely touches it.
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07-01-2004, 12:16 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Valparaiso, IN
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Well if it wants to pick at the Algae that I have in there for the tang great. I was thinking of getting some frozen Brine Shrimp at the LFS. I was looking online and the shipping and dry Ice will cost more than if I just go get it myself. |
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07-01-2004, 05:54 AM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: panama city beach FL
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I feed blender mush to my coral beauty (and everyone else) and she loves it, but then I live on teh coast where there's little risk of added phosphate. I even buy some right off the boat! Went into Canela's the other day and the Snapper were still moving their gills, now that's fresh! |
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07-01-2004, 08:48 AM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
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Tony, ditto on the blender mush, don't have any made up here now, but i'll try to make some up ,,and get some to you soon,,
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