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skeeter1

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O.K., Everyone please beat-up on me asap. I'm going to try to keep a Blue Tang, Powder Blue, and Yellow in my 150 gal reef tank. Last time I tried it the PB ended up with ICH so bad he finally dropped, shortly after the Blue went down. This time I'm trying to introduce them all at the same time, Yellow was already in tank first time and got pissed at the sight of others, I have seen tanks with these fish in them so "surely I can do it" RIGHT??? Please respond with any HELPFUL advice
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SteveP

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Three simialrly shaped tangs in a 150 is probably the limit. Two would be better. Hopefully you have a lot of LR with hiding places this time! Putting all three in at once will help, but it's not a guarantee that there won't be any problems.

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IMO, you must get very lucky to keep a powder blue that does not get ICH regularly. I would bet that only about 1 in 10 of them are "hardy" enough to last for more than about 8 mos to a year in captivity. Of course, if you keep them in a stressful environment, your problems will only worsen.

Sorry if that wasn't your idea of HELPFUL advice.
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Good luck!
 

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Not so sure.. Everywhere I have read about people having success with more then one tang all say always have more then 2. 2 is the number to avoid at all means. If they are right, I say IF they are right, his 3 should do good. But I have absolutly no experience in that matter
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It has been my experience that PB's freak out at EVERYTHING. A long time ago I had a two year old PB that I got when it was tiny. One day I carried a mirror by the tank, the PB saw itself, freaked out and was dead two days later. Never again for me...nope, no way. I do wish you luck though! Please keep us informed either way, it would be good information for the rest of us.
 

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Hey don't worry about it, you can always get more if they croak... just like you're doing this time
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. I thought we were suppose to learn from experience
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OK, here's some HELPFUL advice:

1: buy two pieces of acrylic, same size as the cross-section of your tank.

2: Insert into tank dividing it into thirds.

3: Put one fish in each section.

4: Now you have 3 tangs in 50 gallon tank for each one.

5: When these ones die, come back and ask for more "helpful" advice, return to LFS, buy 3 more tangs

6: Repeat as needed
 

skeeter1

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I would hope administrators of this site would consider limiting the post of those that don't understand "HELPFUL", the likes of dbman & sawcjack00. maybe their vocabulary has not developed to the level. Maybe we can all pray for them.
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skeeter, I see you got the same answers to your question on Reef Central as you did here, don't forget to notify the administrators there too.
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skeeter1,
I think that you may have more luck without the Powder Blue. I know it's a beautiful fish but very difficult to keep. I think that if you get the smallest blue and yellow and another, maybe a Chevron tang, you can find you'll have better luck. I have personally kept both a Blue and Chevron together for over a year with no problems.

Try to ignore the "helpful" advice from those that have taken the moral high ground on keeping Tangs.
 

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I don't think you'll have any problems keeping the three of those together, but you may experience some problems keeping the powder blue healthy. I have 2 pacific blues and 2 yellows in my 125 and have never had any problems with them. Tangs usually seem to fight amongst fish that are their own shape. The shapes in the 3 fish you mentioned are all dissimilar. A yellow will fight with another yellow (I don't know why mine get along so well, they're inseperable), a black, a scopus, etc. I've never known the pacific blues to be much of a threat to each other or other tangs their own shape, they'll square off once in a while, but it is never more than a nip here or a showing of how dominant they are. I don't know that powder blues do really well in a reef environment since they seem to be more of an open water tang than one that darts in and out of the rock like the pacific blues or the yellows, which kind of hover around. Powder blues are normally in large roaming schools on the open reef, and most reef tanks don't have the "open" reef they seem to like. If you can keep it happy, great, they are incredibly beautiful fish, but like I said, I don't think you'll have problems with them fighting each other any more than you will with any other kind of fish. Just don't add an achilles or a powder brown, or a gold rim or something with the same shape, or even a kole, I think that they would fight each other, although again, the koles occupy a different niche in the reef ecosystem than the powder blue, so despite similar body shape, they might get along with a lot of posturing.
 

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You said hit me again so I will.
I think you are irresponsibly and should seriously consider another hobby.
As for advice please see the unanimous advice that you should not proceed from members of reef central so why are you asking for that same advice here my friend?(the answers to his same questions that they gave him were not to proceed)
I believe the adminstrators of this board share the same concerns that the adminstrators of reef central share.
 

davelin315

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I think I remember a thread when I joined this bb a few weeks ago regarding tangs and somebody's inability to keep them. But, I still stand by what I said, there shouldn't be a problem keeping them together, just don't be irresponsible about it (as everyone has already said). I would suggest avoiding the powder blue for the aforementioned reasons, but the others should not be a problem. As far as succumbing to ich, your reef should be at an equilibrium where the ich is present (it always will be, it is in mine) but dormant because of proper water parameters, healthy fish, and overall healthy mini ecosystem. Therefore, if your fish are getting ich, and not beating it right away, then there is probably a problem with your tank that is not stress related. You should not be losing fish to ich in a reef.
 

skeeter1

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thanks to all that replied, well most anyway. as my post on Reef central states "shared knowledge is what I was seeking" and to all that provided HELPFUL advice, THANKS
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I am going to pass on the Powder Blue and try a small yellow and a small blue hippo. Again thanks

NAESCO, You would gain more respect if you would provide your Bullentin Board Police credentials, I posted on both sites in order to acquire the most HELPFUL advice I could. AS FAR AS UNANIMOUS, Look up the definition FRIEND, many replies were very positive and helpful. It's Irresponsible critics like you who keep us all smiling
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cheese Sandwich:
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Yes, but by written accounts I have risen from my tomb, as Cheese Sandwich, to walk the Earth again!</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Theres somethig you do not see every day, A born again sandwich
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Thank you, I'll be here all week!!!!!!!
 

davelin315

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HEY CHEESE!

Does that mean you were milk before, and you curdled into cheese while in the tomb? You could get a pretty cool name from that, kind of like Prince. You could be known as "the cheese sandwich formerly known as tall glass of milk".

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naesco

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I really honestly and truely wanted to give you the best advice I could but after I read your second message requesting the administrator to block opinions that you did not agree with, I decided to to flame you as you had requested.
I am happy that you made the decision you did. Quarantine the tangs, do the garlic regimen(nori soaked in garlic extract) for a couple of weeks even though they do not show signs of ich and choose your tangs carefully. They should be eating voraciously at the LFS, look alert (interested in you), be fat (no thin areas) and be totally free from tears, bloches, spots, or redness.
Put them in the tank with the lights off for at least one day and don't bug them by constantly checking them out.
They should settle down after a few days and
I wish you good luck. If you do have some problems, those of us who have had success with tangs will be more than willing to help you.
 
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Guy:
<STRONG>One day I carried a mirror by the tank, the PB saw itself, freaked out and was dead two days later.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Almost happened to me when I walked up to the bathroom mirror one morning...
 
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SteveNichols:
<STRONG>Mathguy,
I thought you were dead.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, but by written accounts I have risen from my tomb, as Cheese Sandwich, to walk the Earth again!
 

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