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Originally Posted by foreveringlass
Thanks for all the wonderful pics! I have to live vicariously through all of you. I am new and have a 44 gallon. The LFS told me it was room enough for the hippo and yellow tang I wanted. After much research I discovered they are not the smartest people at my LFS.  So until I upgrade, Thank you for the pics!
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Thank-you for doing research and realizing tangs need a big tank to be happy in.
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Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses
what is the smallest tang you can get?
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Originally Posted by kien
I have seen fish stores sell hippo tangs that are the size of a loonie. They don't stay that small for long though!!
Tangs in general will grow pretty big. I don't know what the smallest species is though.. Perhaps one of the mimic tangs?
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Kole tangs, Scopas tangs and yellow tangs are the smaller type of tangs and you can find them loonie sized in the store however ones that small have about a 30% chance of living for more then a few weeks. Keep in mind that if you get a small one that lives, within 3-4 months you will need a minimum of a 90g tank for them to live happily in.