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03/28/2008, 08:44 AM | #1 |
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Blue Hippo vs Yellow tang
I have a large 150 gallon tank and introduced an adopted blue hippo. He is about 6 inches and hearty. He took to my tank well with the exception of my yellow tang. My yellow tang has stopped swimming around and eating. But he's not hiding under anything, he just seems to be staying in a lower corner. I haven't seen the hippo nipping at him but every once and a while he hovers overhead. I did my research and it seems my tank is big enough for both of them. I am worried about the little guy (actually he's about 4 inches, so not much smaller) Any words of advice?
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03/28/2008, 09:19 AM | #2 |
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I would say consider yourself a little luck.....From my experiences and others as well...the yellow tang if he/she was there first usually causes a huge scene with a new tang....but for him to be that docile you are lucky...mine beat the crap out of my hippo and the hippo was there first.....
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03/28/2008, 10:07 AM | #3 |
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Well, thats my question. Do you think my yellow tang (who is very docile to begin with) will snap out of this? I guess thats a silly question to ask a human but I am just worried about her eating.
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03/28/2008, 10:39 AM | #4 | |
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If he hasn't stopped eating or anything, I would bet he'll snap out of it soon.
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03/28/2008, 10:40 AM | #5 |
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How long ago did you introduce the blue hippo? Did you QT the hippo? I would be on the look out for possible health problems. If not that then I think the yellow will snap out of it once it gets used to the new fish.
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