can you have 5 tangs in a 155 gallon aquarium

[ericcarlsoc]

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


could i add 1 powder blue tangs

i dont want to ever hafe to upgrade my tank
so is this ok

please give me advice thanks

 

[aznt1217]

You should be okay but... those purples can get aggressive.

 

[armani4o3]

umm i think you will have a bunch of problems in a 155. when they grow they will be to big for that tank. second the pair of yellow will fight as you need 3 to school and have less problems same with the purple

 

[ericcarlsoc]

well i think i should be ok because i know people who has 5 tanks in there tank and there full grown and its a 150 gallon tank and there ok together and they didnt upgrade and each of the fish was about 8 to 8 1/2 inches

 

[ericcarlsoc]

well in a 155 bow front aquarium how many inches of fish can i have i was saying 2 inches per gallon

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Purple and yellow tangs are hard to get together, get yellows first them introduce purple later

 

[ericcarlsoc]

jarrett shark
i already did just what you sugessted
thanks anyways

 

[jr973]

Yea yellows are less aggressive than purps but besides that u should b fine

 

[ericcarlsoc]

so i would never have to upgrade my tank

this is also a reef tank

 

[jaa1456]

2 purples will be rough and there is no truth in having an odd number of Yellow tangs. One of the purples will start to grow extremely faster than the other and most likely try to kill the smaller purple off. A Powder blue should be ok, but I would start with all the fish small. And just FYI my yellow tang is king of the tank over my purple and Bariene tang.

 

[albano]

can you have 5 tangs in a 155 gallon aquarium...

well i think i should be ok because i know people who has 5 tangs in there tank and there full grown and its a 150 gallon tank and there ok together and they didnt upgrade and each of the fish was about 8 to 8 1/2 inches

well in a 155 bow front aquarium how many inches of fish can i have i was saying 2 inches per gallon

So, what did you ask for?
And forget that inches per gallon BS....means nothing!

 

[ericcarlsoc]

so i dont have to upgrade my tank if they get when they get full size right?

 

[jr973]

I have seen acouple of tanks and almost everyone I have seen has had the purple as dominent that's a first jaa great too hear I myself will b adding a purple chevron tomini and achilies all in one tank next month

 

[jaa1456]

I have seen acouple of tanks and almost everyone I have seen has had the purple as dominent that's a first jaa great too hear I myself will b adding a purple chevron tomini and achilies all in one tank next month

make sure that achilles and purple go in last and together.

 

[ericcarlsoc]

so if my fish are full size i hope i dont have to upgrade my tank

 

[armani4o3]

well i think i should be ok because i know people who has 5 tanks in there tank and there full grown and its a 150 gallon tank and there ok together and they didnt upgrade and each of the fish was about 8 to 8 1/2 inches

look like you had it all figured out already :smash:

 

[ericcarlsoc]

k thanks

 

[ericcarlsoc]

so all the fish i said on the frist page would be ok full size with out having to ever upgrade my 155 gallon long tank right

 

[dj ze]

5 tangs is to much for a 155 and plus the powder blue is very sensitive it will never make it being that there are already bully tangs in there they will harass the powder blue to death and you better have a really good filter with alot more water volume and a great skimmer tangs are great shiters

 

[albano]

so all the fish i said on the frist page would be ok full size with out having to ever upgrade my 155 gallon long tank right

I think you're seeing, what you want to see!
Check out this thread...guy wanted 2 or 3 tangs in a 155
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...bout-tangs-155-gallon-bow-front-aquarium.html