Achilles Tang

a_fender69

a_fender69

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Tony, why would you not recommend? There has been no negative info given to validate that.
Yes, achilles tangs do school. If you are going to get a school, get 4 or more. I have had many customers with appropriate settings to house a school of achilles and it looked great.
Keep in mind total fish though. Also, you did not post any other info about other fish, filtration, ect...
 
ozadars

ozadars

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Waterfaller not sure but these numbers (1,3,5...) is just for chromis... i dont think so thats important w/ tangs... I heard people putting 5-6 yellow tangs together but end w/ fighting... dont know about the achilles... achanthrus are very aggressive like zebrasoma but i saw good schools of peaceful tangs like nasos and hippos
 
nerdy

nerdy

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Achilles tangs are the biggest ich magnets in the tang family in my opinion! Putting a number of them together to have them possibly fight each other and cause and ich fest I don't think would be worth the expensive cost of this fish! Although it is extremely beautiful.
 
bdhough

bdhough

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For one i'd say a 150. A 125 may suffice so long as he has swimming room and there aren't alot of rocks in the way. These guys pace constantly especially when stressed because of a smaller tank.
 
tony detroit

tony detroit

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Originally posted by a_fender69
Tony, why would you not recommend? There has been no negative info given to validate that.

well, I don't have a book that I can quote from, but I do know I've kept about every kind of tang available in the hobby with good luck and achilles are one of the hard ones. Second any tank is small for a tang, tangs need huge tanks. I have a 300 and I would never consider putting 3achilles tangs in there and trying to get them to school. I have a pretty decent level of experience I would like to think. Like I said before it probably can be done, but I would not recommend it.
 
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