Can I add a Longnose Butterfly to a 175 with two yellow tangs,purple and blue tang-?

[gtdarock]

Hey guys ! Tank has been running for 4 months with a Wet/Dry refugium.
Anyhelp would be great !

 

[66chuck]

My experience w/ a similar arrangement. My two yellow tangs beat the daylights out of the yellow longnose. I guess it was the yellow color. Two days in the display tank and he had no color and was developing ich. Had to pull him out.

 

[dinogeorge]

I think Chuck hits it dead on the nose. I’m worried that your yellows will beat the tar out of him. But even if they don’t, one of the real problems with mixing those fish is that a long nosed butterfly will get little food, since the others will eat it faster than he can. These guys end up wasting away because they just can’t get enough food if they live with rowdy mates, like tangs.
Good luck man.