brokendeck
Active Member
Which of these tangs is the best to add first? Whats the best thing to feed them?
Hippo And Yellow Tang!
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scsinet
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Either one can be added first. They will not cause any trouble to each other. If push came to shove, I'd add the hippo first, but IMO you could go either way without trouble.
Zebrasoma tangs like yellows are almost exclusively herbivores, which need to be frequently fed vegetative diets, usually seaweed sheets. These can be purchased from the pet store at ridiculous prices or from the sushi counter at the grocery store for cheap. Even though they are big algae eaters, they'll still grab meaty foods when offered, but they will not stay healthy if only offered meaty foods.
Hippo tangs also eat a lot of vegetation, but they also eat a lot of meaty foods. The diet for the yellow tang along with the meaty diet you feed the rest of your fish will do them well.
One word of caution... your profile says you have a 75g tank. That is not the ideal sized tank for Tangs. Many would say it's downright too small. Ideally you want something 6' or longer to house them. If you plan to keep them in that size tank, get very small juvenilles and have a plan to either upgrade tanks or swap them at the LFS for smaller specimens as they grow.
Zebrasoma tangs like yellows are almost exclusively herbivores, which need to be frequently fed vegetative diets, usually seaweed sheets. These can be purchased from the pet store at ridiculous prices or from the sushi counter at the grocery store for cheap. Even though they are big algae eaters, they'll still grab meaty foods when offered, but they will not stay healthy if only offered meaty foods.
Hippo tangs also eat a lot of vegetation, but they also eat a lot of meaty foods. The diet for the yellow tang along with the meaty diet you feed the rest of your fish will do them well.
One word of caution... your profile says you have a 75g tank. That is not the ideal sized tank for Tangs. Many would say it's downright too small. Ideally you want something 6' or longer to house them. If you plan to keep them in that size tank, get very small juvenilles and have a plan to either upgrade tanks or swap them at the LFS for smaller specimens as they grow.
brokendeck
Active Member
Ok sounds good. Yes I already have a 220 gallon 7 foot long tank at my house. Buying the 2 tangs very small. With a tank that big I couldnt afford to buy everything I needed at one time. Im sure alot of people do this. Buying piece by piece as I go.
bizzmoneyb
Member
ive read its best to add the yellow last because they can be more territorial than other tangs.
florida joe
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When there is no clear-cut reason to add on or the other I go with the smallest in size first
brokendeck
Active Member
Yes I went with the hippo first. Gonna wait a week or 2 then get the yellow tang, and then my stock list will be done until I wait a year to get the mandarin.