Blue Hippo Tang Min. Tank size?

[quandary]

What size tank is the min. for the Blue Hippo Tang and how many can you put together in this size tank?
thanks!

 

[spanko]

Alright let's take this as a serious question and answer accordingly folks.................................

 

[wangotango]

For an adult somewhere in the 6' range. Hippo tangs can grow pretty big, and graze continuosly like all other tangs. I would only keep one in a tank this size though.
Juveniles would be fine in smaller tank.
-Justin

 

[quandary]

Ok, but was size tank would you suggest? or are you speaking?

 

[quandary]

Spanko thanks for the police, but what is your suggestion?

 

[blacktop pete]

55gal min. only one hippo at a time. quarantine for one month

 

[kowaleski]

Originally Posted by blacktop pete
http:///forum/post/2912685
55gal min. only one hippo at a time. quarantine for one month
A NO!!!!

I would say nothing smaller then 100 other may say bigger then that
Hippo's are very active swimmers

 

[spanko]

All that I can add on this Quan is that in the ocean they swim long ways very quickly. So IMO they are a fish that needs to have space to get going. I think that is why WangoTango suggested the 6 foot tank and did not mention anything about how many gallons. I would agree with him on this.
I believe that ultimately your choices are yours. I myself keep a foxface in my 29 gallon biocube. This is not recommended and if there were Rabbitfish police I would be in Davey Jones Locker by now. I am on my fourth one. I buy them at about 2.5 inches and trade them in at about 3.5 inches. I keep them because I have an ongoing Caulerpa problem and they keep it mowed down. I know I am going to do this and do not deviate. I have no grand notions that I am going to upgrade down the road and move it into another tank. Is it right IDK nor do I really care about the "moral" issues involved with it. My fish are healthy, fat and in excellent shape when I turn them into the LFS for credit. They take everyone and they are sold quickly because they are healthy.
My choices are mine, your choices are yours. Again I agree with WangoTango for long term keeping of the fish you are looking at.

 

[quandary]

Thanks Spanko always the best answer. I do the same thing with some of my freshwater tanks. I have a 110 with African Frontosas and trade theam as they get to big. (this takes years). Do you know how fast the growth cycle is on a Hippo?
thanks again!

 

[quandary]

Thanks, I have 72 bow in basement un-used. I think I can use that as a grow out tank. How long do you think I would have??

 

[lkgrenegade22]

Originally Posted by kowaleski
http:///forum/post/2912807
A NO!!!!

I would say nothing smaller then 100 other may say bigger then that
Hippo's are very active swimmers
This all depends on what size you get. I have a small blue hippo in a 72G and the only place she likes to hangout is in front of one of the powerheads. She uses it as a treadmill and swims up to it and lets it blow her back across the tank, and repeats this constantly...

 

[spanko]

Cannot help here, do not know the growth rate of a Tang.

 

[mboswell1982]

thats because she's dain bramaged, cause you feed her crack

 

[lkgrenegade22]

Originally Posted by mboswell1982
http:///forum/post/2913107
thats because she's dain bramaged, cause you feed her crack
Dain Bramaged? Good one!

 

[mboswell1982]

Originally Posted by LKGRenegade22
http:///forum/post/2913135
Dain Bramaged? Good one!

thank you thank you

 

[lkgrenegade22]

Originally Posted by mboswell1982
http:///forum/post/2913151
thank you thank you

I'm about to move her to a 10G with that powerhead. LOL. She's obsessed with it.

 

[justinwwwallin]

im sorry but ive kept hippos in a 55 gallon. they just dont seem happy as they do in my 160.
i would suggest just saving up the extra 300 bucks for a bigger tank. in the long run it will help with keeping fish alive. saving money. i dont like to buy fish when i have the minimum tank size for them. but this is just MY OPINION
PLEASE NO ONE GET MAD AT ME FOR THAT.

 

[quandary]

No thanks for your input. The questionsis not about buying a bigger tank it is the question of space for now.

 

[steelytom]

i bought a small one in my 75g knowing I am upgrading in a year. It is growing very fast. I have had him for about three months and it and it has gone from 1.5" to about 3". I feed Nori every day and two or three cubes of frozen food. I have a pretty heavily stocked 75.

 

[spanko]

That's some pretty fast growth steelytom has seen Quandry.