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Old 10/11/2005, 11:54 AM
Oliver Nivbrant Oliver Nivbrant is offline
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Question Another fish for my tank

Hi everyone,

I have a 50g reef and I currently have 2 clowns, 2 firefish and 1 sixline wrasse. Due to the recent death of my foxface I am looking for another fish to both serve as a centerpiece fish and to eat algae. Becuase I live in Australia fish like yellow tangs are not very cheap but I do have a way to get them a little cheaper. The fish I am looking at atm are - yellow tang, purple tang, sailfin tang, kole tang. If anyone has any information regarding their experiences with these fish I would love to hear about them.

thankyou in advance
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Old 10/11/2005, 04:13 PM
smiller smiller is offline
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Most reefers, including myself, would say that a 50 gallion is too small for a tang to be comfortable in. Maybe something like a pygmy angel might be something to consider.
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Old 10/11/2005, 04:27 PM
fella1320 fella1320 is offline
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i have a 65 and feel it is too small for my 3 inch yellow tang and that is the smallest tang you can get i really think that another fox face would be nice or like smiller said a pygmy angel would be great like a flame angel or a coral beauty.
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Old 10/11/2005, 04:32 PM
JumboShrimp JumboShrimp is offline
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50 gallon is too small for a tang. Sorry... prehaps a pygmy angel...
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Old 10/11/2005, 04:45 PM
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yeah, id say get a potter's angel. i have one and love him
 


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