can you have 5 tangs in a 155 gallon aquarium

[dj ze]

that was a good one albano it looks like in 4 months it will be another thread about 7 tangs in a 155 you should had stoped at the 3rd

 

[pmoneyt]

I am going 4 in a 180 and they are all small no more that 4" in size. I plan to either sell or donate to a aquarium once they get too big. But 4 it the limit I would thinK.

My 4 will be

Yellow Tang
Chocolate Mimic Tang
Tennenti Tang

So far I have the yellow and one Mimic tang.

 

[jaa1456]

I am going 4 in a 180 and they are all small no more that 4" in size. I plan to either sell or donate to a aquarium once they get too big. But 4 it the limit I would thinK.

My 4 will be

Yellow Tang
Chocolate Mimic Tang
Tennenti Tang

So far I have the yellow and one Mimic tang.

Whats the 4th one gonna be? I only see 3 listed.

 

[pmoneyt]

2 chocolate tangs

 

[aznt1217]

Wait a minute... I was under the impression that you had the existing fish and wanted to add a Powder Blue Tang. I take back what I said lol.

If you are starting from scratch. Buy the tangs all small, introduce them at the same time, and in the least stressful manner as possible (dim lighting, 1.5 hour drip acclimation--give or take). Aquascape so that you have many caves and crevices (this is crucial). I would also do this instead:

3 Yellow Tangs
1 Powder Blue Tang
1 Purple Tang

Forget the whole convention of 1 inch per xx gallon. You also keep emphasizing the point of will you have to upgrade your tank if full grown. Most of us would have to but the fish do adapt to the captivity pretty well in terms of growth rates (obviously depends on the fish). It'll be YEARS before they grow to full "in the wild size" if you buy them really small. When they do get too large just trade them out or worry about it then.

 

[naples]

i have a total of 23 fish 5 of them being tangs in a 156 just get your self a good skimmer

 

[Tarazed]

The yellow tangs are going to harass and stress the copperband to death. I would skip adding one to that mix as well.

 

[frank arriaga]

Can i keep 4 tang in a big skimmer. lol

 

[jaa1456]

I would do only one yellow, a purple a powder blue and go with something different but larger than the powder blue. There are a lot of other nice tangs out there.

 

[frank arriaga]

Just kidding around. I think your tank is to small but it just my thought. Good luck.

 

[NYreefNoob]

there goes alot more into tank size in what you can have, tank size doesnt always matter, if you have alot of rock and no swimming room it makes no differance, powder blues can and usually become very nasty. guys with 2 or 3 tangs in a 65g arent giving you the best example's.let alone a Bariene tang that can grow to 20" in a 65g. i would say no to the list you have, yellow tangs become very large at full size, the copperband will more then likely get stressed out from the tangs. and a little more info on your tank would help.

 

[jaa1456]

there goes alot more into tank size in what you can have, tank size doesnt always matter, if you have alot of rock and no swimming room it makes no differance, powder blues can and usually become very nasty. guys with 2 or 3 tangs in a 65g arent giving you the best example's.let alone a Bariene tang that can grow to 20" in a 65g. i would say no to the list you have, yellow tangs become very large at full size, the copperband will more then likely get stressed out from the tangs. and a little more info on your tank would help.

But as stated in another thread these fish I have are very small and are in there temporary home, but speaking from experience of having a 265 stocked with every Zebrasoma tang at once except the Gem and a Powder blue and Gold rim tang in their at once, I think I have some insight on what he wants to do. Not to mention I had all of these fish together for 10 years and some as long as 12 years. And a Bariene would never grow to 20"s in a 65 and fish in home aquariums grow extremely slow compared to the wild. A yellow tang in the wild will reah 6"s plus in one year. In a tank, even in my 265 that was 8 feet long it took the fish almost 7 years to reach that size. Not to mention the Bariene is going into a fairly large aquarium when it gets a little larger. I think a 450 should be large enough for it.

 

[NYreefNoob]

once again without really seeing how rock work is or what equiptment hard to give a proper decision, but in reality the answer is still no for the list you have, if your just looking for someone to tell you yes, then you have had others chime in and say yes, but for a long term no plan on upgrading the tank, i still say no that those fish will eventually outgrow that tank and end up with dominant fish issue's


i am assuming these are your current fish in your system
i have 2 tomato clown fish
2 yellow tangs
2 purple tangs
2 blennys
1 flam angle
1 goby
1 copperband butterfly fish
its a 155 bow front
long tank

and you are wanting to add a powder blue tang to the mix ? as stated it is always a 50\50 with any fish on how it will act and powder blue's are known to become aggressive.

take everyone's advice with a grain of salt, mine included, alot of people's opinions are just that, because one did it for a year or 8 doesnt mean it will work for you.

jaa you have a shallow 220 running besides the 65g ?.

 

[jaa1456]

The shallow is no longer running, I have broke it down and removed the one fish that was in there. I'm not going to go in the direction I had in mind with the Shallow. I'm starting to reconsider another 265, It has been my favorite sized tank so far. The 450 the Bariene is going in is Bbreefs tank. Sometime in the future but the tang has no need to go there yet.

 

[NYreefNoob]

how long ago did you break that tank down. after having helped my friend with his tank i found what i want, the marineland 300g deep dimension

 

[jaa1456]

Not to long ago, I was gonna do a coral only tank, kinda like a huge frag tank with no rock. Just let the corals grow out. I just didn't like the look of it. I have seen the 300 DD, but the 36" depth doesn't appeal to me. I feel like things are back to far and they get kinda lost. As where the 8 feet on the 265, I feel like more things are in your face.