URGENT - Need Help ASAP!!

[CD]

Well, we now have the same problem.
A friend brought Wendy and I a hippo yesterday. This is a very high strung fish. To make matters worse, I already have an established yellow that is roughly twice the size of the hippo. The hippo was very stressed during the drip acclimation (came in a bag with water sg at .030)
and continued acting very strange and having difficulty swimming after dripping all day.
We thought that the best thing we could do was to get it into the display a little ahead of time (to hide and relax) since my qt/hospital is still in hyposalinity mode with the brooklynella clownfish. Today the hippo finally seems to be in control of the swimming capabilities- we were very concerned with that issue.
Anyway, the yellow has been slashing at the hippo all day and the ick is starting to show up. The good news is after being harrassed all day, the hippo finally stood up for itself, went after the yellow when the yellow was displaying, and now the yellow seems to be losing the constant aggressive tendencies. Hopefully it will stay this way.
Glad to hear your fish is doing well and let us know how it's doing.

Chris

On a side note- the fairy wrasse and hippo seem to be hanging out and enjoying each others company so maybe that will help the stress level.

[NaCl_H2O]

Im also wondering about the possibility of getting a yellow tang. I keep reading conflicting arguements about that - some folks say its better to keep tangs in pairs or schools, than alone.

I have a Hippo, Yellow, and Sailfin together in my 140g; and Powder Blue, Yellow, Foxface, and Yellow Eye in my 215g - all play nice together. If you add a tang to an established tank, add two or more at the same time. I tried this last time, and had absolutely ZERO fighting or stress!

[Tim Marvin]

I have always kept a variety of tangs together, and they alweays fight for a day or two when first put in. I have never had them kill each other though so I wouldn't worry too much, as long as you have a little room for them to hide from each other if they need to you should be fine. Note "should be fine".

[CD]

thedraven,

Hope your tang is still doing well.
The ick never really happened on our hippo. Had only a few spots and they are gone already.
Our yellow tang better be prepared because this hippo is already showing signs of not putting up with any more b.s. .
Everyone seems to be coexisting pretty well now.