What is the best tang

fatcats

fatcats

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Hi everyone, I am a littel sad i have read almost all the threads about tangs and I am a little discoraged
First what tang would be good for a 75 with a couple damsels, flame angle, and 2 clownfish
I hoped to get a powder blue but I read all your succes stories with them, just kidding they seem so hard to have.
 
dexter

dexter

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IMO I wouldn't get anything other than a Yellow Tang for a 75G. I have a 100G and am looking at adding 1 maybe 2 more Tangs...but that's just my opinion.

A 75 should be enough room for most "simple" tangs, however, check some "other" websites for more information.

Dxtr
 
happyvac

happyvac

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Originally Posted by Dexter
IMO I wouldn't get anything other than a Yellow Tang for a 75G. I have a 100G and am looking at adding 1 maybe 2 more Tangs...but that's just my opinion.

A 75 should be enough room for most "simple" tangs, however, check some "other" websites for more information.

Dxtr
Didn't you just contradict yourself?
I've heard bad things about keeping Tangs in such a small tank...I feel a little bad on getting one for my future 90g. Wait for the "Tang Police".
 
J

jmrt

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Im no expert and I have a yellow and a powder blue both in a 55 gal doing fine
 
farmboy

farmboy

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I've got one of those yellow tangs in a 75. He is pretty new but seems to be doing well. The thing about tangs is the linear swimming space. THe larger tangs need 5 feet or so of tank which is 100 gallon or so. I'm holding out for the 240 (8feet long!) before I get a BIG tang-powder blue or purple or . . . .
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

Active Member
Originally Posted by JMRT
Im no expert and I have a yellow and a powder blue both in a 55 gal doing fine
you have a powder blue in a 55? I feel bad for that fish...
I also would not recommend putting any more tangs in your 75...
 
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nereef

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powder blue doesn't belong in a 55 and neither does a blue hippo.
for the 75 a yellow OR a purple would be alright, but only one tang and that would be your last fish for sure.
when you say clowns i assume you mean perculas.
 
blue oasis

blue oasis

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We have a 90gal tank and we keep both the Yellow & Purple Tang in there as well as some other fish and coral.
N & G
 
farmboy

farmboy

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Oh my goodness, you have CLAMS too? THat's pretty cool! . . .J/K

I think a younger/smaller tang would be OK. THe 5 foot rule was for adult/larger tangs. Maybe? I'm not sure. . . :notsure: It may be a preference, too.
OUr yellow is around 2.5 to 3" long in our 75. (We don't have CLAMS, but he seems pretty happy.
)
 
farmboy

farmboy

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I saw a powder brown in a 55 in a LFS swimming from one end to the other VERY quickly. I don't know what stressed it out, but it would surely have benefited from more linear swimming area.
THe blue hippo can get to 12" or so. WOW! That is a big fish. I think the full grown yellow would be uncomfortable in our 75. :happyfish
 
promisetbg

promisetbg

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I suggest you look into a tang from the bristletooth family.I keep a Tomini in mine.Another in this family is the Kole tang.
 
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nereef

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Originally Posted by Dexter
So I should take my Naso and Achillies tang out of my 30G tall tank then?? :notsure:
Dxtr
yes
 
fishfinder

fishfinder

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On average a 55 gallon right on up through a 110 have the same demision for the most part in terms of lenght. Therefore, they are about the same in terms of keeping a tang. Its not the gallons but the amount of room they have to swim.
 
ricks280

ricks280

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fishfinder,
yellow tang could be ok , kole tang but whatever you do dont go with the larger tangs, many people will tell you that their fish are happy in a small tank (how many have they loss?) tangs get very large and they need the room to do so just take a look at a large tank with tangs in it and you will see their habits of swimming non stop from one end to the other. (rick)
must run i can hear the siren closing in (tang police :scared: )
 
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