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I am hoping to get a 120 gal tank very soon for my powder blue tang and am wondering what would be good tankmates for him. I was looking at possibly a lionfish,triggerfish,some lyretail anthias,a couple dwarf angels and an eel. What would make a good combination out of these fish? I'm looking for good personality and color. If there are any other fish combinations that are cool let me know. TIA

I would skip the trigger & probably the lionfish. The trigger may one day decide to eat the tang or at least bite it & lionfish are carnivores that poop a lot so keeping the water quality high for an ick-magnet like a powder blue would be challenging. I would think that a nice quiet tank of non-aggressive fish would suit the pb best or else it'll stress out & get icky or worse. After all, isn't the pb supposed to be the center-piece fish in this new tank?

JMO

Anthony

what kind of fish would you suggest?

Are you planning this mainly as a fish tank or a reef tank with a few reef-safe fish? Your original post made it look like a fish-only setup. Your ultimate goal will play a big part in which fish we can suggest for this new 120g tank.

Some possible suggestions are -

Reef: fairy or flasher wrasse, bicolour blenny, anthias, a small school of bangai cardinals, marine comet (although these are shrimp eaters), a cherub or other dwarf angel, jawfish, heniochus (banner fish), maybe another tang but different family (ie. small yellow or purple tang if your PB is friendly but adding tangs together is an iffy proposition usually).

Mainly Fish: hawkfish (generally non-shrimp-safe), raccoon butterfly (if small & eating already), juv. angelfish (personally love the Queen, Blue, and Flagfin), or Lemon-peel/Flame angel (to contrast the PB)

JMO,

Anthony

OK, who's next?

For the eel I say go with a Snowflake Moray. They stay sorta small. They also have great colouring and have a great personality. They eat almost everything that they can get their mouths around. Never had any of the other fish so I dont know alot about them. FOWLR setups are the way to go.

Matt

I am looking at fowlr. I thought that tangs and lions were compatible. My pb seems very calm. He hasn't been the least bit aggresive to anything. Are all pb's aggresive or just the larger ones?

PBs are generally not very aggressive, except tangs tend to not get along with other tangs (at least for the first week). Lions and large tangs are compatible, just be sure your water quality stays high since any large carnivore will add greatly to the tank's bioload & PBs are sensitive to poor water quality and stress (ie. Ick magnets).

Anthony

I would really love to have a hippo tang is there any way to do that? I can add fish in any order to help success as I have yet to set up the larger tank(actually I haven't found one yet)

I've got a 120g, 4'x2'x2, not for sale btw, and I think it would be too small for a tang. JMO, though.

a 120 too small for a tang? Seriously?