Today marks the two week point for my chevron tang's addition, one week point for the desjardini tang. As with all tang additions and mixing, I kept a constant eye on these two's interaction. The funny thing with the Chevron tang is that it wasn't very active and was quite picky on eating during its first week of stay. But the moment I put the slightly larger desjardini tang in, the chevron seemed to have "came alive". Not only it became very active to swim in the open, its appetite suddenly opened up and ate everything I fed from frozen, flakes, pellets, and nori.
The desjardinit tang was never a picky eater even when I asked the store to feed it prior to my decision to purchase. But it had remain very cautious of eating. It does eat everything I feed, but only after a couple minutes observing others eat then it will join.
The two had some sparks during its first day of introduction. Desjardini raised its dorsal and anal fins to maximize its size while the two size up. Finally the desjardini found a nice little corner to settle and guarded it pretty well. No one can get close to the strong hold in the next few days.
I noticed the desjardini tang is hiding a lot whenever I want to observe it. I also continue to observe the slow to eat habit. So I hid in a corner and observe the tang's behavior to determine whether the tang is hiding from other tank mates or from me. Fortunately for it, the fish was hiding from me, which is unfortunate for me. So my next attempt is to spend more and more time in front of the tank, and reward them with food whenever they come out of hiding- in hopes to draw a more positive impression of me rather than all the traumatic experiences- captured, transported, and captured again, and transported again, gets tossed, captured... all by human.
