ATTN Tang Lovers

fishfanny79

fishfanny79

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I just got my 215 gallon oceanic reef tank home yesterday. In case some of you don't know, 3/4 inch glass is HEAVY. LOL It took us 4 guys to get it into the truck and then into the house...soooo worth it though.
Anyways, I'm bringing over my 125 gallon reef and want to know from any TANG experts how to go about adding the following tangs that I want and in what order. I plan on it being a mostly tang reef with the following fishies...
3 Yellows
3 Blue Hippos (already have 1)
1 Sailfin
1 Scopas (maybe)
1 Naso (have him already)
1 Powder Brown (have him already)
1 Powder Blue
1 Achilles
1 Atlantic Blue
MAYBE a Purple...but doubt it with the yellows.
P.S. All of my current fish, (Blue Hippo, Naso, Powder Brown, Flame Angel, Chromis and Lawnmower Blennie are in a 90 gallon quarintine. I can add the tangs in any way that I need to...just give me some advice please on which ones to forget about and what ones to add first. I was thinking of adding them this way...
1. Naso
2. Blue Hippos
3. Powder Brown
4. Yellows with the Sailfin and Scopas
5. Atlantic Blue
6. Achilles or Powder Blue
7. Purple if I go that way
ANY suggestions would be awesome.
Thanks fellow Tangers! :happyfish
 
feixjai

feixjai

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IMO i dont think you should have all those tangs. maybe just 1 or 2 yellow tangs and maybe just 1 or 2 blue hippos
 
rgmason

rgmason

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i have a friend that has a 300 here is his tang list 1 vlamingi tang 2 purples 1 yellow 3 hippos a naso and a sohal. big list for 300 but he has a 100 gal fuge so. personally i think u might be looking at a little bit to much.
 
fuax

fuax

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The powder blue, brown and achilies are the going to be the hardest to keep they seem to be the most fragile.
IMO I would add the Naso, sail and yellows toward the end they are the hardiest (most of the time) and can take a little abuse as well as being a lil aggresive.
Hippos towards the middle. The rest you can fill in.
Just a few words of advise as well you are putting alot of algea eaters into that tank make sure you use alot of supplements or have a serious algea farm going for them to eat.
BTW I kept a purple with three yellows for over a year and had no problems with them (purples like to eat clams so give him a treat evey now and again)
Hope this helps
Be aware you may get a few people telling you can't do what you plan on doing but again if done carefully it can be done with the right filter system and putting the fish in the right way.
I kept 1-sohol, 3-yellows, 1-hippo in my 150 with other fish and had no problems at all. But that was just my experience.
 
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exile415

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13 tangs in a 215gallon tank doesn't sound right to me. What kind of filtration system will you have. include LR,LS
 
sw65galma

sw65galma

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That's way to many tangs...Yes 210 is a big tank, but remeber these things can get huge...
A hippo can get like 12" quick.
Anyway... Most aggressive last...the powder blue and brown, must be done at the same time.
The best way IMO is move the Live rock around every time...
So just toss your LR in any old way...
each time you add a fish move it all around...
then the last set of fish...move it to how you like it...
 
scubadoo

scubadoo

Active Member
You need to research on the audlt size of the tangs. IMO....4-6 adults would be max based on your list.
Remember, as they get bigger they will become more aggressive. Long-term your idea will most likely fail. Tangs are big poopers so your bio-load will be heavy as they get bigger.
Success is measured in years...and I see difficulty with succeeding given 13-14 ADULT size tangs in your system.
All tangs on your list require plenty room. My post is based on the long-term care...not a short-term period.
JMO
 
drea

drea

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i would do it, thats a big tank, how much dam room do they need? most of you guys have tanks filled w/ reefs and no room for the guys even to swim, lol
theres got to be people w/ this done
 
oceana

oceana

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Originally Posted by drea
i would do it, thats a big tank, how much dam room do they need? most of you guys have tanks filled w/ reefs and no room for the guys even to swim, lol
theres got to be people w/ this done

take combined opinion of atleast ten people from this board and you will soon see that this is far from good advice.
all post prior to this one are on track and you would be well advised to reduce your fish list by about half
 
cougar

cougar

Member
Not a tang expert here, but I will tell you that the myth of having an odd number of yellow tangs is just that, well only in my experience. I have 2 yellow tangs and they love each other.
 
promisetbg

promisetbg

Active Member
I would not put a sohal or achilles in this tank.Research atlantic blues....they do not get along with other tangs.
 
fishfanny79

fishfanny79

Member
The tank is 72 inches long, 24 inches deep and 28 inches high.
I never said I WAS going to have all of them, I said that those were the ones I was interested in and asked which ones would you delete from the list. "I can add the tangs in any way that I need to...just give me some advice please on which ones to forget about and what ones to add first."
I'd also like to hear from Dogstar...that dude has a 180 with 10 or more tangs I thought...
I have 220lbs of rock, 2 inch sandbed, many corals etc since it was a 125 gallon reef for quite sometime...
And P.S. my name is not fishfanny, it's Fish Fan NY 79. NY as in New York...
 
cougar

cougar

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One that I would suggest to knock off the list is the achilles. Not a hardy fish and if you are going to have other tangs then you will want them to be hardy enough to fend for itself and not starve or never come out.
 
cougar

cougar

Member
PS, also try to get ones that are from different genus of species. That usually works in limiting problems with each other. The first name on their scientific name is what you should want to be different.
 
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