Would a larger fish tame my Yellow Tang?

zero26

Member
My yellow tang I would say is pretty territorial, he leaves the smaller clownfishes alone, but if you put a fish in his size he gives it a hard time. Do you think if I could get a fish that was bigger than him, it could smack him around a bit and get him to ease up?
 

saltyjewell

Member
I don't know but everything gets out of my Sailfin Tangs way including my Yellow tang. The Sailfin is massive but doesn't pick on anyone, I think its just the size that intemidates).
The yellow Tang gave my new fish a bit of a hard time the first day but everythings quite now.
 

tank a holic

Active Member
no it wont
fish establish a pecking order
the only way to get the tang off the top is to make him second, this means whatever replaces him will be more agressive, and the tang will still pick on numbers 3,4,5 and so on
 
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