Tangs for a 125G

[farslayer]

I'm looking to finally stock up some swimmers in my tank and needed some advice. My 125G is a cool reef (for me anyways), but right now it only had a yellow tang, clown, dusky jawfish and blue faced blennie. I also have some inverts, turbo snails, red scarlet hermits, cleaner shrimp, pistol shrimp, several left handed zebras, nothing major. I was going to go the gobie/blennie route since I love these things, but, well, I need some swimmers. I know tangs can fight and I don't want any of that, plus I don't want any that would cause issues at a later date with adding a few dartfish or even some chromis, depending on my bioload. I would like to add some of these types of tangs (just one of each though): kole, naso, chevron, orange shouldered, atlantic blue, unicorn (maybe too small of a tank though?).
Any thoughts on which would be the best and most compatible with each other and my current livestock?

 

[clown boy]

How long is your tank?

 

[hot883]

Look at the thread for fish/inverts to avoid is what I believe it is called. I have a 125 and have 2 yellow tangs, 1 atlantic blue juvi, a yellow eyed kole and a red sea sailfin. The 2 yellows fight ever now and then. Yellows need to be added at the same time or they will be territorial. HTH atleast a little.

 

[farslayer]

The tank is 6 foot long. Definately not adding two yellows In fact, I don't want two of anything, I want a lot of color in the fish. Plus my one year old loves watching the yellow tang and the clown, so I thought he would enjoy some more swimmers.

 

[clown boy]

At 6 feet, you should be able to add most tangs.

 

[poniegirl]

MO is to decide which of the larger tangs (hippo, naso, achilles, etc) that you like best and aim for that as your display fish. They will get large and I would let a couple of tangs (the yellow and your favorite) grow and see how big and healthy they can really be :cheer:
Good for you for the planning!

 

[farslayer]

Yeah, that is a very good point poniegirl. What about compatibility? Any of those tangs which I listed prone to problems with my yellow tang or with any of the other listed tangs? What if I opted to add the naso, chevron, orange shouldered and atlantic blue, think that would be too much for the 125?

 

[coachd]

I have been trying to decide in what to put in my 165 gal tank
(7 feet long). I have had people on this forum and other forums tell me that I can only keep 2 tangs max and that I would not be able to keep a naso or unicorn because of their max size. I am still trying to decide on what to do, so I hope you get several replies to your post.

 

[clown boy]

I've got three tangs in my 135; a Blue Hippo, a Purple, and a Foxface. I've never heard that I can only keep 2 tangs maximum. I've actually been planning on a fourth.

 

[seannmelly]

In my 125, I had 3 yellows, a hippo, and a naso tang. It was a little overstocked, I ended up losing them in a flood and no power for a day. Right now I have a purple tang and am thinking of adding maybe a hippo and a sohal or orange shoulder tang. Haven't decided and right now none of them are available. I think you can get away with at least 3 tangs IMO, as long as they are compatible with each other.
Melly

 

[coachd]

Melly,
Did your 3 YT get along? Did you put them in at the same time?
What else did you have in your tank and for how long?
Sorry, not trying to steal the thread. I was thinking of doing three yellow tangs instead of a group of green chromis as kind of a schooling group.

 

[seannmelly]

Originally Posted by CoachD
Melly,
Did your 3 YT get along? Did you put them in at the same time?
What else did you have in your tank and for how long?
Sorry, not trying to steal the thread. I was thinking of doing three yellow tangs instead of a group of green chromis as kind of a schooling group.
Added the 3 yellows at the same time, and they got along pretty well. Once in a while they would chase each other, but there was no damage. There was never any cuts on their bodies or on their fins. We had them for almost 6 months until our area flooded and we lost power. They were with a hippo, naso, and other fish.
Melly