Mixing Tangs

[J-Money]

in my 120G i have 1 Niger trigger, 1 Regal Tang, 1 Flame Angel, 2 Maroon Striped Clowns, 2 chromis, and 3 pajama cardinals. The niger tends to eat most of the snails and ALL of the hermits i put in the tank and i've noticed more green algae growth everywhere. I've thought about getting a Kole Yellow Eye Tang but I'm not sure if their body type is different enough to not incur the wrath of the regal tang Any success with keeping multiple tangs of different species?

 

[Lynden]

I hope you dont want a reef, ALL triggers are voracious invertebrate eaters, anything from lobsters, snails and crabs to urchins, anemones and even jellyfish (correct me if im wrong)

About the tangs, there is several things you can do. 1, provide plenty of vegetables, 2 take the regal out and acclimate them both at the same time, 3, tangs need about 55 each, hope the regal (which is more docile than other tangs by nature) will not kill or cause ich in the yellow eye. Get some cleaner shrimp, whom the niger trigger should not kill, in case of cryptocarrion or piscoodinium.


-Lynden

 

[J-Money]

would my cbs eat the cleaners?

 

[Lynden]

Not that i know of. What other invertebrates do you have?

 

[Navarre]

Nigers are usually reef safe but they grow HUGE!
Not all trigers are fish only however. BLuethroats and pink tails.. eventhe Sargassum triger are reef safe.

Mixing tangs... well i have managed it.. 3 emperors and an orange shoulder. before this i had a sohal. Yes there was a bit of bullying and jostling.. at times it even seems seemed quite frightening but within 3 days they were swimming happily together and now form a lovely shoal.
You could try a few things should you be worried.

Place a mirror on the side to distract the regal tang.
Move all the rocks around and give the regal no territory it rcognises to fight over.
remove the tang and allow the new tang a few days to settle in first.


I will add lastly that tangs wont solves the problem you are facing, tey are merely stopping it being a nusance. therefore you will still have high nutrients as you have no cleanup crew. The trigger you have sadly seems to be effecting the balance of your system and i urge you to rethink its long term habitation of your tank.

 

[J-Money]

Not that i know of. What other invertebrates do you have?

I have a couple of peppermint shrimp, a sea serpent? (some kind of star from reeftopia), and a couple of fighting conchs, and whatever nassarius, cerith, astrea, and turbo snails that havent been snuffed yet.

And navarre, as for the tangs territory, i only see him trying to get in the caves area with the niger and clowns who chase him off. Other than that he just swims around everywhere