So I decided to add a powder blue tang to my tank with an established sailfin tang and emperor angel (and some smaller fish). Being a bit paranoid about fish fighting I put the PBT in an acclimation box and tried out the “mirror trick”. I stuck a small shower mirror against the side of my tank to distract my established fish when I released the PBT. Immediately my peaceful sailfin started going nuts battling the mirror. I turned off the lights and after a bit went to bed.
Early this morning my son grabbed a pre-dawn picture of the epic battle.
When I got up I took the glass mirror out and was stunned to see the tang had nearly destroyed the glass. In just 12 hours, the sailfin had put dozens of scratches in my mirror. I had no idea an angry fish could scratch glass!
Anyway, mirror is out and no one seems to mind the new PBT. Now I just need to be careful that I never anger my sailfin else it might scratch up my aquarium!
Early this morning my son grabbed a pre-dawn picture of the epic battle.
When I got up I took the glass mirror out and was stunned to see the tang had nearly destroyed the glass. In just 12 hours, the sailfin had put dozens of scratches in my mirror. I had no idea an angry fish could scratch glass!
Anyway, mirror is out and no one seems to mind the new PBT. Now I just need to be careful that I never anger my sailfin else it might scratch up my aquarium!