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saleensc405

saleensc405

Member
Hello all,
I currently have a 300 gallon tank with 5 yellow tangs and one hippo blue tang. Id like to add the below tangs but I am unsure if they'd all get along together.
Please let me know what you think:
Achilles Tang
Blonde Naso Tang
Chevron Tang
Fowler Surgeonfish
Orange Shoulder Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Sailfin Tang - Desjardini
thanks!
Bobby
 
small triggers

small triggers

Active Member
well you have a large enough tank, but ummm id get rid of 4 of the yellows to make room,,, there could always be a problem with tangs of the same family but cant give you a definite answer... with that size tank it may work fine....
 
ophiura

ophiura

Active Member
What else is in the tank?
I woould also agree that adding them all, especially with all the yellows, may not be the best plan. A 300g seems like a big tank on paper. So many large tangs will make it seem pretty small relatively fast. You can definitely get several, but I would be wary of going too crazy with it.
 
btldreef

btldreef

Moderator
Originally Posted by saleensc405
http:///forum/post/3157964
Hello all,
I currently have a 300 gallon tank with 5 yellow tangs and one hippo blue tang. Id like to add the below tangs but I am unsure if they'd all get along together.
Please let me know what you think:
Achilles Tang
Blonde Naso Tang
Chevron Tang
Fowler Surgeonfish
Orange Shoulder Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Sailfin Tang - Desjardini
thanks!
Bobby
Even though you have a really large tank, I would not recommend a Sailfin since you have numerous Yellow Tangs already. Zebrosoma's tend to bully each other and a school is no match for one.
I personally LOVE the Powder Blue, Blonde Naso and Chevron. The Powder Blue should be added last IMO, no matter what size tank you have. Have you seen the Blonde Naso with streamers. I think you can add most, not all. I'd forget about the Sailfin, and if you do go with the Powder Blue, he's got to be last.
You my friend, have expensive taste in fish, LOL.
 
globaldesigns

globaldesigns

Member
I agree with the others, way too many tangs.
I run a large tank (300G total) also, and I have the following:
- sohal tang
- yellow tang
- blonde naso tang
- blue hippo
I would maybe suggest having one yellow, and then adding up to 3 more only
 
yummysalt

yummysalt

Member
Originally Posted by globaldesigns
http:///forum/post/3157999
I agree with the others, way too many tangs.
I run a large tank (300G total) also, and I have the following:
- sohal tang
- yellow tang
- blonde naso tang
- blue hippo
I would maybe suggest having one yellow, and then adding up to 3 more only
When you say 300 gallon total, do you mean 220 gallon tank plus 80 gallon sump? something in this fashion? If it is than, it is not the same. With a 300 Gallon tank alone have a greater volumes of space, now if he/she has a sump of either 125 to 150 gallons, that would bring him/her to 425 / 450 gallons of water. If he/she do have a sump around that amount of water, I believe he/she should be fine to add all those tangs, accept that others do make a good point about maybe removing a few of the yellow tangs that in my opinion make sense, and not to add them all at once.
 
globaldesigns

globaldesigns

Member
Originally Posted by YummySalt
http:///forum/post/3158071
When you say 300 gallon total, do you mean 220 gallon tank plus 80 gallon sump? something in this fashion? If it is than, it is not the same. With a 300 Gallon tank alone have a greater volumes of space, now if he/she has a sump of either 125 to 150 gallons, that would bring him/her to 425 / 450 gallons of water. If he/she do have a sump around that amount of water, I believe he/she should be fine to add all those tangs, accept that others do make a good point about maybe removing a few of the yellow tangs that in my opinion make sense, and not to add them all at once.
I know it isn't the same, I have 200G DT, but have the advantage of 300G of water flow, but not the volume of swimming space of 300G for the fish... It was just a statement. I still stand on my claim that that is alot of tangs for that size of tank. We are talking 12 Tangs, for 300g... Firstly alot of tang bioload (and whatever other fish may already be in there) and may be too crowded for them. Remember tangs like to move... Is this tank like 7-8 feet long?
 
florida joe

florida joe

Well-Known Member
The only way I would be concerned about bio load is if you introduced all the new tangs at once. A 300-gallon tank will and should have amble substraight and live rock for bio filtration not to mention mechanical filtration. As you increases the load with each new fish your bio filtration will have Exponential growth
 
ophiura

ophiura

Active Member
Is this a reef tank?
If a reef tank, this is in part a different discussion.
If a FOWLR, with nitrates at 60-80 even I would not consider the bioload to be the primary issue overall. The footprint and behavior of so many very large tangs would be the primary issue, IMO...and I do so very much hope there is a QT involved!
 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

Active Member
My rule of thumb with Tang mixing is avoid mixing Acanthurus family Tangs, particularly Sohal, Clown, Achilles, and Powder Blue. These guys typically hate their own family. The combo on your list that jumps out would be the Achilles and Powder Blue, I highly doubt these 2 would ever coexist in a tank that size. The other Acanthurus on your list Fowlers and Orange Shoulder are not as nasty in most cases, but I would still advise caution.
I agree with what Aquaknight said, I would be happy with the Yellow and Blue you have and add a Chevron and Fowleri.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

Active Member
I see no reason that you can't try doing what you want to do. Just be able and ready to remove a problem fish if you and when you need to. The fish will make the ultimate decision on their comparability and sometimes you just find the wrong individual. Of course, QT is essential and that will probably limit how many you can add at the same time. All of my drivel assumes this is a FOWLR tank.
 
saleensc405

saleensc405

Member
Thanks all for your comments.
My tank is a 300 gallon tank excluding the sump.
I do have corals as well.
I def. want an Achilles Tang and just would like to know what Tangs would get along with the Achilles.
thanks!
 
btldreef

btldreef

Moderator
Originally Posted by saleensc405
http:///forum/post/3159854
Thanks all for your comments.
My tank is a 300 gallon tank excluding the sump.
I do have corals as well.
I def. want an Achilles Tang and just would like to know what Tangs would get along with the Achilles.
thanks!

The Naso should get along with any other tang except it's own kind. If you're set on the Achilles and do want any other in the same family, I'd add that one last (or at the same time if it's added w/ a powder blue).
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3159860
Just out of curiosity....do all 5 yellows get along????
Not my turn to speak, but WTH. IME, yellow ( and other Zebrasoma) tangs do very well in groups, if they have the room. Two usually means war, but 3 or more do well. I've kept 3 purple tangs together for years and you often see groups of YTs at lfs.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

Active Member
Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3159863
The Naso should get along with any other tang except it's own kind. If you're set on the Achilles and do want any other in the same family, I'd add that one last (or at the same time if it's added w/ a powder blue).
This is always a touchy area; but I'd do the opposite. The Achilles is certainly the most difficult fish on your list. I'd get him in first and let him establish himself. The fewer tankmates, the easier to acclimate difficult fish, IME & IMO. The Achilles can be nasty toward other tangs; but that's true of most of the group.
 
justinwwwallin

justinwwwallin

Member
Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/3160030
Not my turn to speak, but WTH. IME, yellow ( and other Zebrasoma) tangs do very well in groups, if they have the room. Two usually means war, but 3 or more do well. I've kept 3 purple tangs together for years and you often see groups of YTs at lfs.
I had 4 yellows all the same size. 2 of them beat the others up till one died. So I sold the third one. Then the other two became friends and never fought. I was so confused
 
sean48183

sean48183

Member
Do you plan on adding all these fish at adult size, medium size, small size? The size of the fish makes a difference. All those fish at adult size would work but might be cramped. At small size plenty of room and could even add other fish. I know people will argue that you have to plan on adult size but in my experience saltwater fish bought small only attain half their wild size. Like SRfischer said try it and see what happens. Alot of this hobby is trying and seeing what works.
 
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