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What has it in for my Hippo Tang?

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Topic: What has it in for my Hippo Tang?

Posted By: mermaidcamille
Subject: What has it in for my Hippo Tang?
Date Posted: August 09 2013 at 3:14pm

I have a small hippo tang. A few months ago he looked a little beat up and most of the yellow on his tail was gone. It didn't bother him and he went on with life. I just noticed that today it looks like he went for a ride in a powerhead. His is completely beat up, but acting completely fine. What could could it be:

Fish
Big Yellow Tang (friendly, never bothers anyone that I have ever seen)
Two clowns that live on the other side of the tank and generally do not interact with other fish.
Blue damsel ( I have seen the tang hang out with this guy and I wonder if he is the attacker since they are the same color?) They are about the same size.

I also have a purple and orange lobster, but he lives behind the rocks where no one visits
And a coral banded shrimp.

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Replies:

Posted By: seamonkey
Date Posted: August 09 2013 at 3:48pm

my reef lobster ate my yellow watchman goby. so that might be your answer

Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: August 09 2013 at 4:10pm

And tangs tend to sleep in and around the rockwork and might be 'easy pickings' to get poked out while they are asleep

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Posted By: AcroNem
Date Posted: August 09 2013 at 4:21pm

Seamonkey is more than likely right. I have a 7" sailfin tang that wedges himself in between two rocks at night to hide. I had the same problem, it turns out that's where my emerald crab was and hurt it several times. They can be mean. Then again I also had a 1" clown trigger almost kill a fish five times his size hahaha.

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