Any suggestions on orange shoulder tangs. I have kept a couple with no luck. Either slowly faded or died suddenly. Any tips would be appreachiated. All other animals great. Minimal aggression in tank. 120 gallon.
I think this is what may be happening which is why something larger may help to be able to fend for itself better.Purple tangs can be one of the most aggressive tangs out there, it could be just bullying at night and not letting it eat.
Yep all accounted for . Large variety of live and frozen food as well as nori and vitamins.Purple tang would also be my guess. What do you feed your fish and what was the orange shoulder eating? Any Nori or vitamin soaked foods? I would try keeping them in an acclimation box for 3 days to watch for aggression. How much rock is in the tank, NSA aquascapes can look really interesting but don’t always provide adequate hiding spots for fish.
+1 for thisId suggest putting the purple tang in acclimation tank for a least no more than a week and let the newly introduced tang become normal without the purple harassing him/her and reintroduce and observe.
It worked for me with a naso recently bullying a gem tang. Prior also worked for me on a sohal being introduced into naso & yellow established in qt as well. All worked w/o issues
Hopefully this one will work out. In one of the pics, the orange shoulder looks super thin, is it?Larger 3 inch orange shoulder doing well. Slight aggression after day 1 which has reduced today. I did notice the hippo tang being an aggressor at one point. He has always been the biggest punk in the tank. Introduced at night and hung the decoys. Everyone is relearning their place but no massive flashing rapid swim aways.