adding purple tang

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mguili1947

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I have a 72 gallon tank 80 lbs of live rock
1 yellow tang
1 pakasitan butterfly
1neon gobby
1 cleaner wrass
1 niger trigger
1 blood red shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
I would like to add a blue or purple tang and a naso tang
NEED ADVICE
 
hot883

hot883

Active Member
Probably the 1st question would be: is there atleast 6' of length to the tank? If not, then ppl will tell you NO to any and all tangs. It is reported that they all need atleast 6 feet of length to freely swim to keep them from being stressed. With the total of fish in there now IMO I would say no too.
 
hot883

hot883

Active Member
Originally Posted by Mr.P
I'd say no and I'm sure most people on this board would say no. Sorry. :happyfish
Beat me to it. Ha!
 
mr.p

mr.p

Member
I wish I could say yes and I wish it were more possible. (lol) for myself at least but I understand certain fish need a certain amount of room.
 
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mguili1947

Guest
Originally Posted by hot883
Beat me to it. Ha!

how about the hippo tang
 
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sinner's girl

Guest
no tangs. It's that simple. A small one will grow up.
I have a 55 and a 75gl and I can't have a tang. We bought the 55gl for a yellow tang (I was told I could) then after I set up the 75 I thought I could add a tang, but nope.
did you already ask this? or someone here has the same set up.
YOu can't have two tangs in a 72, you already have a yellow, which you shouldn't have, unless your tank is long. But no, you can't have two. They do better in odd numbers anyway. and you can't have 3.
 
saltyguy

saltyguy

Member
A lot of people will advise against it, but I had a hippo tang in my 75 for 3 years and it did great. Was very healthy It eventually outgrew the tank and I got rid of it. I think one would be Ok but two and especially the naso I would not do.
 
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