Angelfish problem

[jmb76]

I have a 200 gallon fowlr. I have a 5 inch blue face angel in the tank for about 3 years. I just recently bought a 2 1/2 inch queen angel. The blue face doesn't bother the queen very much, but I have a flame angel which harasses the queen alot. Don't know what to do about the problem. I know I could rearrange the live rock, but that would be alot of work, and might not work. I could put some eggcrate as a divider, but this is very ugly and not a long term fix. Just wondering if anyone else had problems adding large angelfish together or if anyone has had a flame angel do this. I have 7 zebrasomas tangs and have not had any problems with them. I might have to sell the queen

Any suggestions would be great, thanks.

 

[kjr_trig]

Sounds like a beautiful tank...how long has the new Queen been in?

 

[nicetry]

For their size, dwarf angels can show a lot of attitude. The aggression you're seeing will subside in short order. Once the Queen angel feels comfortable, it will assert itself and the flame should let up. You might be lucky, but I would foresee the potential for problems between the two larger angels down the road, particularly as they grow/mature. Queens are nasty fish and take charge of their surrounds. THe blueface, even though it has squatters rights (first fish), is more shy. With 7 tangs, you'll have a chore maintaining a peaceful community.

 

[sk8shorty01]

What I actually do with my aggressive tank is after I am done acclimating the fish I put them in a small "cage" type deal I made and sink it to the bottom of the tank. I leave the fish in the cage overnight and it allows it some hiding spaces, and also allows my other fish to check him out and get used to him without anyyone getting hurt. So far I have yet to see any chasing around the tank or domination stuff going on and I have an 11 inch Volitan, an 8 inch Clown Trigger, a smaller humu humu (probably 4-5 inches), two Blue Hippo Tangs (about 4 1/2 inches) and a larger Blonde Naso (roughly 6 inches)... I will be getting a queen and emperor eventually which I will be introducing at the same time... Just use two plastic slotted containers that looks similar to a strawberry container and strap them together with something after you put the fish in. It sits in my tank overnight, and the next morning everybody is fine... So far it has worked great, It might work well for you as well...

 

[anthropo]

Originally Posted by nicetry
For their size, dwarf angels can show a lot of attitude. The aggression you're seeing will subside in short order. Once the Queen angel feels comfortable, it will assert itself and the flame should let up. You might be lucky, but I would foresee the potential for problems between the two larger angels down the road, particularly as they grow/mature. Queens are nasty fish and take charge of their surrounds. THe blueface, even though it has squatters rights (first fish), is more shy. With 7 tangs, you'll have a chore maintaining a peaceful community.
agreed...i have had a queen for 5 years until i had a heater malfunction and it baked my tank. give it a few days and it should subside enough for the queen to feel somewhat comfortable. once the queen matures though it gets more and more aggressive, but not to the point of killing unless its another large angel which you have. the blue face may get his butt kicked from time to time and that flame will regret ever picking on him. the queen will be king of the castle once it matures to about 6 inches or so.

 

[jmb76]

I have only had the queen for a day, but had tried smaller queens in the past with no luck, because the flame kicked their butts. I put the queen in a clear container and sunk it for about a day, but was too scared to let him mingle again. So I put up a piece of egg crate for now, kinda ugly, but they can still see each other, and the queen gets a little more room to roam. I don't have any problems with my tangs even though I have alot of them. 4 yellows, 2 red sea sailfins, 1 purple, 1 powder blue, 1 vlamingi, 1 spotted unicorn