chris-s
23-11-06, 21:29
Whilst quietly watching a bit of telly, I suddenly noticed a some unusual activity in the tank. On looking I saw one of our Regal tangs going at our clown fish hammer and tongs. The clown was being chased round and round a coral, I jumped at the tank and the tang retreated to the back followed by a lot of verbal abuse, but the moment I sat back down, out it came again and continued to wildly harrass the clown, even pinning it down at one point!
I've never seen this behaviour between these two before, the troublesome tang is one of two which have been in the tank for about twelve months, the clown several years. They've always got on quite amicably, so whats caused this sudden change of temperament I'm not sure. Of the two tangs, this is definitely the dominant one and has outgrown the other by a good 50%, they don't squabble, but the smaller one knows 'his' place.
As I'm typing this, the tang has come back out and not bothered the clown, although it was visibly a bit nervous. Maybe it's all over, perhaps I missed something earlier, perhaps the clown had done something to wind up the tang or perhaps the tang just had a pschyo moment!
Well, none seem the worse for wear, guess I'll keep my eyes on them.
Anybody else ever see something like this huge temporary swing in temperament between established tank mates?
I've never seen this behaviour between these two before, the troublesome tang is one of two which have been in the tank for about twelve months, the clown several years. They've always got on quite amicably, so whats caused this sudden change of temperament I'm not sure. Of the two tangs, this is definitely the dominant one and has outgrown the other by a good 50%, they don't squabble, but the smaller one knows 'his' place.
As I'm typing this, the tang has come back out and not bothered the clown, although it was visibly a bit nervous. Maybe it's all over, perhaps I missed something earlier, perhaps the clown had done something to wind up the tang or perhaps the tang just had a pschyo moment!
Well, none seem the worse for wear, guess I'll keep my eyes on them.
Anybody else ever see something like this huge temporary swing in temperament between established tank mates?