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Originally Posted by shrimpchips
While I don't approve of people who keep large tangs in tiny tanks, I also don't usually agree with the self-proclaimed-holier-than-thou tang police folks.
And REALLY folks? Did anyone actually look through the article? That tank is a 36 x 18 x 18, and that Yellow tang has got to be no more than 4" snout to tail. It's definitely not an adult tang in a typical 30g tank. Look at the pictures - it definitely has swimming room.
Also, not to rain on your parades, but you'd think a guy with 22+ years of aquarium experience wouldn't willy nilly stick a tang in a tiny tank. He seems good at keeping fish too - a 16 year old clown and a 4 year old mandarin. Maybe, just maybe, he knows what he's doing?
FWIW, Nano-reef also featured a tank with a yellow tang sometime last year I think.
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well put.
This tank looks exceedingly healthy and the guy mentions the tang is 5 years old and shares the space with very few other inhabitants.
I think this is probably a well looked after fish and that you can (and should)really do whatever you want to in your own aquarium without worrying about other people getting emotionally involved.
Without knowing the aquarist and being familliar with their aquatic methodgy judging in this way is a slippery slope for any aquarist to be on.
In reality, what we all do is pretty selfish and any way you look at it, we are taking organisms out of their preferred natural environment and putting them into one of our own construction for our own pleasure....
It doesnt matter how incredible your tank is, it's still just a 30 gallon compared to the ocean so to single out any one individual for an action that we are all guilty of but is preceived to be worse for some reason is hypocritical.