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10/16/2007, 10:21 PM
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I have a yellow tang in a 58 gal with 25 gal sump. He eats like champ and swims like fish.
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10/16/2007, 10:26 PM
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I have a yellow tang in a 58 gal with 25 gal sump. He eats like a champ and swims like a fish. It's 2-3 inchs big. Plus 2 mis bar percula clowns.
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10/16/2007, 10:41 PM
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Please don't do it. It is so unfair to the fish and will only cause undue stress and problems.
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10/16/2007, 10:51 PM
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What is the issue with tangs? Do they need length to swim? If there is one in a 55 or three in a 125, I don't understand. That Fish Place says a yellow can be kept in a 55 gal.
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10/16/2007, 10:55 PM
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An 8" fish is going to need more than the 13" width of a 55g to turn around. Imo 48" is long enough for a yellow tang, but 13" of width just isn't going to cut it.
3 smaller kinds in a 125g is OK because they have room to swim. Number matters a little less than basic swimming room. Even though there would only be 1 in a 55g, the footprint of the tank just isn't enough to handle their swimming and size. |
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10/16/2007, 11:00 PM
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My 58 is 36" long 18" wide 21" high, what do you think? 45lbs of LR.
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10/16/2007, 11:27 PM
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Please research. Here is useful info about Tangs
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=739380 and http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1230037
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10/16/2007, 11:35 PM
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No more than 1 tang for every 48" of tank length. 18" depth is minimum. 24" preferible. Height is less relevant, but 20" + is obviously desirable.
The thing with tangs is that they live 10+ years and their needs change very dramatically over their life-span. By year 4 it's a whole new world. That little fish suddenly needs a lot of space. In the natural environment, Tangs forrage a startlingly large expanse of the ocean competing for the food in that region with other tangs. As with all things natural, it's survival of the fit. You can raise a tang to adulthood if well fed in a 48x24x25 tank... but even that is a prison compared to their natural habitat. IMO don't buy them if your tank isn't big enough. And i say this as a person that wants a few tangs VERY badly, but just doesn't have the tank space (or house space) to accomodate it. I need a better job basically. |
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10/17/2007, 02:22 AM
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I will be sure to find out who said "It was ok to keep a Yellow Tang in a 55g" and set them straight. That is simple bad information. Sure maybe they can handle it for a couple of years but like stated above its only going to cause problems down the road. Simple as this, if you want a tang get a 6 foot tank.
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10/17/2007, 10:09 AM
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No. You can do a kole or tomini tang, but not a yellow. Zebrasoma, and the like, NEED lots of room to swim, six feet minimum and lots of dissolved O2 in the water. If you truly care about fish, you will wait on the yellow until you actaully have a cycled 125 or larger.
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10/17/2007, 12:18 PM
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Yes, it is when you set up your 125, and allow the ammonia and nitrite levels spike, and return to 0. ONly then, and in the 125, may you add a yellow tang.
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10/17/2007, 12:21 PM
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Oh, and before I forget...
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10/17/2007, 01:51 PM
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#19
10/17/2007, 04:47 PM
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Bump so OP can see answers.
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