I too have a few Tangs in my 125 gallon reef: yellow, purple, Kole, and a
unicorn. The yellow was the first, then the Kole (no fighting), then I
added the purple and unicorn. I expected the yellow and purple to fight,
and I was surprised to see that my Kole tang was the only one with the
problem. He went after the purple for a couple hours. The purple always
retreated. Now, they all schoal. Utter weirdness. I am now thinking
about adding another Tang. I'm trying to keep the algae in check, and I
like tangs. FWIW
Craig
> Indeed... Zebrsoma tangs ( scopas, yellow's, desjardins, xanthurum, etc
> etc etc ) have all of them similar body shapes and probably they'll
> fight off. They don't fight because they have similar body shapes,
> rather they have similar feeding habits, ie, they compete for the same
> food type, therefore the agression.
>
> It's possible though to introduce them, but take the scopas out in the
> sump for a couple of days, re-arrange the rockwork a bit ( for breaking
> the established territories of the scopas ) , then bring the yellow home
> and at night, when the lights are off , introduce the tangs at the same
> time in the main tank.
>
> I currently keep a Zebrasoma Xanthurum ( purple tang ) , Zebrasoma
> Desjardin ( sailfin tang ) , Acanthrus Sohal ( red sea tang ) and a Naso
> Literatus ( double tail tang ) in a 180g tank with no major problems. Of
> course, some now and then, some tang chases another, but nothing
> special, they usually get along in a nice schoal, except for the Sohal,
> who's in charge and roams freely in the tank.
>
>
>
> Hope it helps,
>
>
> Goncalo Proenca
> www.reefportal.com
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