I have a question for everyone out there. Are there protectors on the reef? I have a yellow tang in my 55g tank. He is the biggest fish in there at a length of 4". I recently put a neon dottyback and a purple basslet(its gone, could be hiding) and my little 3 stripe damsel doesn't like them. I have noticed now that whenever the damsel makes its way towards the dottybacks the yellow tang comes in between them and spreads his fins out. Just recently I saw the yellow tang literally being a shield to my neon dottyback as the damsel stood staring from a distance until finally it turned around and went about its business. It was interesting behavior. I have seen it also protect my little regal tang(1.5" maybe 2") from my powder blue tang when it decides to chase little blue. Once again really neat stuff! I will have to try and get a video of it when it does it. Has anyone else ever observed such behavior in their tanks?

you do know that ALL of those tangs are going to outgrow that tank right ?? we have probably gone through this already, but i reply to these type of threads (big fish in a small tank) A LOT !! lol

I know Bobby. I plan on going bigger in the next 6 to 12 months(120g). I bought them small for this reason. :)

just making sure, i could not remember if WE talked about that or not. i think we did though.

I can't either hehe. I remember mentioning I wanted to go to a 280g but my budget isn't in that range yet so I'll have to make a half step with the 120g. I don't plan on getting anymore fish because I want to keep the fish load lighter in the bigger tanks. Big fish get more uhs and ahs from guests. ;)