Kole Tang cleaning Hippo Tang?

smartwater101 · 05/19/2018, 06:21 PM

I added a small Hippo to the tank recently and noticed the existing Kole and it seem to get along quite well, exploring the tank together. Earlier today I noticed something that, at first, thought was aggression... The Kole was nipping at the Hippo...

I watch and realized it was very light nipping and the Hippo Tang was"leaning in" towards the Kole. In the same way it leans into cleaner shrimp for cleaning. Afterwards they went back to chillin', swimming around the tank together.

I've kept Tangs over the many years of having tanks, but never seen that behavior before. Is this common?

smartwater101 · 05/27/2018, 11:16 AM

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05/19/2018, 06:21 PM	#1
smartwater101 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 382	Kole Tang cleaning Hippo Tang? I added a small Hippo to the tank recently and noticed the existing Kole and it seem to get along quite well, exploring the tank together. Earlier today I noticed something that, at first, thought was aggression... The Kole was nipping at the Hippo... I watch and realized it was very light nipping and the Hippo Tang was"leaning in" towards the Kole. In the same way it leans into cleaner shrimp for cleaning. Afterwards they went back to chillin', swimming around the tank together. I've kept Tangs over the many years of having tanks, but never seen that behavior before. Is this common? __________________ 160 mixed reef: Hippo tang, Foxface, clownfish, 25+ nano gobies/blennies/cardinals Last edited by smartwater101; 05/20/2018 at 09:51 AM.

05/27/2018, 11:16 AM	#2
smartwater101 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 382	Bumb Anyone? __________________ 160 mixed reef: Hippo tang, Foxface, clownfish, 25+ nano gobies/blennies/cardinals