Powder blue tang?
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Originally Posted by Jam1e
what if I bought him at like one inch and then traded him back in when he gought to be about four to five inches
the problem at hand with buying a hippo at 1 inch in length they are very young and have a higher mortality ate than say of the same species at 3-4 inches.extremely small or very large fish unless already accustom to captive living(at 1 inch this is going to be very hard to get)
med sized fish tend to adjust much better.but your tank is not large enough to house a med sized tang they are very active fish and require alot of free room to move around.without this they become stressed very quickly.personally i would not chance the it in a 65 gal tank 90 would be pushing it but thats doable for a period of time.anoth addition to this argument is water quality tangs require multipul daily feeding very small young tangs need 5-7 feedings daily as they grow larger it is slowly reduced but along with feeding comes alot of waste in your tank.yes you can start them with less feedings to cut down on waste but your also cutting down chances of survival for such a young delecate fish. chances are he wont live to reach 4-5 inches .the odds are very much against him but not impossible .this is your tank only you can decide if its worth it to you?
what if I bought him at like one inch and then traded him back in when he gought to be about four to five inches
the problem at hand with buying a hippo at 1 inch in length they are very young and have a higher mortality ate than say of the same species at 3-4 inches.extremely small or very large fish unless already accustom to captive living(at 1 inch this is going to be very hard to get)
med sized fish tend to adjust much better.but your tank is not large enough to house a med sized tang they are very active fish and require alot of free room to move around.without this they become stressed very quickly.personally i would not chance the it in a 65 gal tank 90 would be pushing it but thats doable for a period of time.anoth addition to this argument is water quality tangs require multipul daily feeding very small young tangs need 5-7 feedings daily as they grow larger it is slowly reduced but along with feeding comes alot of waste in your tank.yes you can start them with less feedings to cut down on waste but your also cutting down chances of survival for such a young delecate fish. chances are he wont live to reach 4-5 inches .the odds are very much against him but not impossible .this is your tank only you can decide if its worth it to you?
stanlalee
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I have a juvenile in a 30 gallon reef for now (90 gallon coming in July). Definately can cause some water quality issues by the mere fact they eat and crap so much (mostly at the same time) but I find that clipping an algae sheet and one feeding per day or two very small feedings works well for the fish and my tanks water quality (as opposed to multiple daily feedings). I tried the several feedings a day with formula two, one, frozen foods and algae clips for a while but water quality went to hell (by reef tank standards anyway) and the fish actually looked too fat if thats possible (like his guts were goinng to pop and too wide for a tang). I've only had him about 2 months and I swear he has grown some already. In a day however much algae you clip wont be there the next day but he seems to be doing very well as far as acting and showing signs of stress. I'm only keeping two fish in the tank now (tang and royal gramma). Later today I'll be throwing up some pics in the photography section since I reaquascaped and did some much overdue tank maintanence. He's the only reason I'm buying a 90 gallon.
I dont like the buy it just to take it back practice. I cant do that with fish I've had for any reasonable amount of time.
bad pic for size reference
I dont like the buy it just to take it back practice. I cant do that with fish I've had for any reasonable amount of time.
bad pic for size reference
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surfinusa
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thats a nice tank :jumping:
stanlalee
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well I bought mine online and it was suppose to be .75-1.0" but when I recieved the fish it was probably more like 1.5" so just a warning if you buy from the well known "other" site that sells em at that size. He'e been pretty hardy from day one. Of course went into a tank with no aggressors and he/she's the biggest fish. other than the lack of space there isn't much else to stress it. thanks surfinusa!