Clown Tang vs Sohal Tang

[95harley]

Anyone familiar with these two? How difficult is one vs the other?
Any reasons to avoid one or both. They would be the last fish going in a 240, so I'll have the room.
I had read that the Clown was harder to keep, but not sure if it is just more sensative or more of a killer.
Any inputs?

 

[sharkboy13]

not sure on sohals but i know clowns r mean, they had one at my lfs and it really badly scarred a pearlscale butterfly like 3 times his size, for no reason

 

[alyssia]

Aren't clowns really hard to keep alive?

 

[sharkboy13]

Originally Posted by alyssia
Aren't clowns really hard to keep alive?

 

[miamireefr]

Harley.....From what I have read about the clown tang is that it can go a few months of doing great in a system then all of a sudden begin to decrease it's food intake going very thin and starving to death.....some have had success but from what i have read the ratio is like a 2 out of 10 success rate..
Good luck and my personal favorite of the 2 is definitely a sohal.....

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally Posted by MiamiReefr
Harley.....From what I have read about the clown tang is that it can go a few months of doing great in a system then all of a sudden begin to decrease it's food intake going very thin and starving to death.....some have had success but from what i have read the ratio is like a 2 out of 10 success rate..
Good luck and my personal favorite of the 2 is definitely a sohal.....
I agree with what you said about the clown tang.
The sohal tang is a very aggressive fish. They are up there with clown triggers, in my opinion.
What do you have in your tank?

 

[ophiura]

I was once afraid of a sohal tang!!! :scared:

 

[miamireefr]

aggressive yes, but man what a pretty fish to have in a system....if it's housed with other bad tempers who can hold their own it shouldn't be to bad in a 240. But then again I am not expert by any means.

 

[jhebi]

I had both, actually still have my Sohal. But when I use to have my clown tang, he was a bully, he chased everyone from my YT to my PT. And any other fish in my tank. So I exchanged him for a PB and I am glad I did. My clown was very agressive, but I didnt have a problem him eating, ate like a pig. I would rather go with a Sohal.