adding tangs with other tangs

[bigjohn]

I have a 125g reef with about 10 fish. One of these is a yellow tang. I badly want to add about three more fish and want these to be more tangs but have heard that mixing more tangs with an already established yellow tang can cause social problems! Has anyone had any experience with this and if so what would be the best tangs to add?
P.S. --- I love the blue tangs!

 

[irenicus]

I heard tangs that look like eachother (similar shape) are a big nono unless they are the same species and schooling.

 

[bigjohn]

I have pretty much all small fish. clownfish, puple firefish, mandarin, yellow jawfish, green chromis, engineer gobie, royal gramma, and a cleaner shrimp. Several months ago i did add a copperbanded butterfly and the tang left him alone completly, but the butterfly just wouldn't eat and died.

 

[killafins]

i don't see why u can't add maybe another tang in there....i would recommend something bigger that ur yellow

 

[jagermeister]

I have a big yellow tang in my 80. I added a baby regal tang about 3 weeks ago. They don't even seem to notice each other. No problems here!

 

[bigjohn]

uh oh! That's two different responses! Should I add a bigger tang or a smaller, baby tang? My yellow tang is medium size at best and doesn't bother anyone in the tank.

 

[lurch694u]

I have a yellow tang first then i added a regal tang second and they get along just fine. I heard as long as the tangs are two different shapes they won't fight each other. Just don't add like a purple tang or black tang. They are the same shape as the yellow.

 

[leboeuf]

i have three yellow tangs first then added a purple and a regal also. They had some friction at first with the purple but he wouldn't take any sh!t. One morning, they were all schooling together. Too bad my purple is now dead. the regal is fine, they don't even notice him.