tangs

[julie]

I have a 200 gallon tank and I'm stocking it with fish. Putting least aggressive to aggressive in last. I was looking at buying tangs eventually, but wanted suggestion on which one's everyone likes best. With this size of tank, could I get away with two tangs? Like a Kole and Yellow tang?

 

[reeferx]

those two would be fine in a tank that big.
the mellowest tangs i know of are the powder-brown and the kole. the kole is my personal favorite. yellows are much more aggresive.
matt rogers
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[dpittman]

I think the mellowest and coolest tang is the Naso. Powder Browns, like powder blues, can get aggressive. You have a big tank with lots of choices. But those two would be just fine together.

 

[julie]

I read that a Naso could get 18 inches, is that usually the case in captivity?

 

[carbo]

I have read the same, but the largest I have seen in a tank was about 12 to 13 inches. I would say it all depends on several factors - how large was it when it was put into the tank, how big the tank is, food sourses, water conditions, etc.
The Naso I saw was in a 300 gal tank.

 

[dpittman]

I just saw one in my local LFS that was at least 18-20 inches. It was a customer's fish in quarantine for ???. But it was an incredible looking fish. I don't know how old it was but the LFS guy said that it was about 3 inches when he bought it.