yellow tang and rock beauty

[reedlog]

I just bought a Rock Beauty, and my yellow tang is being really aggressive towards and bullying him with his fins. Was it a really bad idea to mix these two fish? I thought angels and tangs are okay to mix, but I'm begnning to wonder if he doesnt like him because of their very similar yellow colors. He's only been in there for about an hour, I guess I will just give it time and see how they do, hopefully they will get along, or maybe I will have to try and take it back, just dont want them to stress to death?

Thanks

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

How big is your tank? Yellow tangs can become quite aggresive once they've established their territory.

 

[reedlog]

75gal tank

Right now consists of:
large srgt. major
small snowflake eel
the tang and rock beauty
2 anenomes, small starfish, base rock and live sand

thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Yah what Sugar said.. the yellow tangs, even though you might see 20 of them in a tank at the pet store can get quite agressive with anything that it sees as a "threat" to it's dominance, whether it be food or territory.

 

[WRASSER]

In a week or two it will stop, the yellow tang is letting the angle know that it is his/hers tank. Unless the angle wins, then it becomes his/hers.