yellow tangs and such

hey everyone .. i am in the planning stages of setting up my 55 gal and i know i want to get a yellow tang and i know the tank is going to be a reef just not over stocked with live rock and all so that fish do have room to swim but i was wondering what else can go peacfully with a yellow tang .. thanks all
 

fshhub

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they may be ok together, but if you are looking for stocking advice, in a reef, i would have under 1 inch per 5 gallons, and the yellow tang gets 8 inches by itself and really should be in a 75 or larger aquarium, and the 2 clowns get up to 6 inches each, so there is 19 inces in a 55 gallon tank(whidh is actually 1 inch per 3 gallons, but....i tmay work), which imo would be pushing things a little bit, but it could be done if everythign favors your tank, and that would be the only things that you really could keep
i f you get a pair of maroon clowns, get a mated pair too, they are a bit more money, but having a mated pair of them could really hep to avoid any problems wiht them and aggression
HTH and good luck
 
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