Tang and Foxface Help!!!

[samschwitz]

I have a tang and a foxface that aren't getting along to well. The tang keeps poking him with the barb on his tail... I have rearranged all of the rock to help with territory issues but this doesn't seem to help! Should I sell him?

 

[anonome]

What size tank are we talking about? Too small of a tank and they will without a doubt fight. Both are pretty fiesty fish.

 

[samschwitz]

This is a 75 gallon tank... I am a dental surgeon, and this evening I was tired of seeing holes poked in my foxface, so I clipped the tangs barbs down to a level the shouldn't be a nuisance anymore. There was no bleeding and my neighbor (a marine biologist) oversaw this procedure and no harm was done to the tang... He is still whipping the foxface with his tail but at least no harm is being done at this time!

 

[rcreations]

When I first introduced my Powder Blue Tang, it right away started picking on my Foxface. Did this for about a week but now they are best friends, always swim together.