The Tang Family

[dkcrx]

A couple of pics. Can you find all 12?

[parkinsn]

Sure can!! Does your Atlantic Blue, or should i say yellow, always hang out with your Yellow tangs like that? What size is that tank it looks really nice

[dkcrx]

Originally Posted by parkinsn

Sure can!! Does your Atlantic Blue, or should i say yellow, always hang out with your Yellow tangs like that? What size is that tank it looks really nice

Only some times, just got lucky and had the camera out, it's a 300Gal
4X5ft

[fishoholic]

Wow 12 tangs in a 300g, that's a lot, and I always thought my 7 tangs in my 230g was really pushing it. It seems like they all get along though and look healthy, and to me that's the important part.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Very nice! Good looking fish.

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Wow 12 tangs in a 300g, that's a lot, and I always thought my 7 tangs in my 230g was really pushing it. It seems like they all get along though, and to me that's the important part.

Whats the dimensions of your 230? Are yours getting along well? What species?

Sorry off topic but I am looking for options for my tank. I think if I were to try to add more tangs (I have 3) to my 200 (72"x30") that I will add a few at once this time. I tried a Powder Brown not too long ago and that didn't go well. I have been told by a few people to try 5 or 6 instead of 4 to help with aggression. Don't really want so many though. We'll see...

Just looking for advice from both if you since you guys seem to be having success

[Marlin65]

Oh my don't tell anyone you have less than 6' long you will get flamed.
Love you dimensions and your tank looks great my two cents.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Very nice! Good looking fish.



Whats the dimensions of your 230? Are yours getting along well? What species?

Sorry off topic but I am looking for options for my tank. I think if I were to try to add more tangs (I have 3) to my 200 (72"x30") that I will add a few at once this time. I tried a Powder Brown not too long ago and that didn't go well. I have been told by a few people to try 5 or 6 instead of 4 to help with aggression. Don't really want so many though. We'll see...

Just looking for advice from both if you since you guys seem to be having success

My 230g is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide and 3 feet high. None to very little aggression between my tangs. So are you ready for the list...ok here goes:

(all sizes are approx. guesses of how big they are right now)

Salfin tang -9/10"

Sohal tang -7/8"

Naso tang - 7/8"

Regal/Hippo - 7/8"

Valmingi - 5-6"

Yellow tang - 5"

Clown tang - 4"

There are pictures of all of them in my 230g reef pic.'s in my signature. The Salfin, Naso, Yellow, and Regal were added all together to the 230g from my 120g at the same time in Jan 2008. The Clown tang was added around March 2008, the Sohal was added Aug. 2008 and the Valmingi was added Dec. 2008 as a very small 1-2" tang, he's not so small anymore but I knew that he'd grow fast. They are all healthy, fat and well fed.

[dkcrx]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Very nice! Good looking fish.



Whats the dimensions of your 230? Are yours getting along well? What species?

Sorry off topic but I am looking for options for my tank. I think if I were to try to add more tangs (I have 3) to my 200 (72"x30") that I will add a few at once this time. I tried a Powder Brown not too long ago and that didn't go well. I have been told by a few people to try 5 or 6 instead of 4 to help with aggression. Don't really want so many though. We'll see...

Just looking for advice from both if you since you guys seem to be having success

Thats how I got my count up, last go I added 4 new guys and they all got allong swimingly, now I can add 1 at a time and no probs.

[es355lucille]

Beautiful family you have there! So whats the secret to keeping the peace.....did you get the majority of them when they were smaller? or add a couple at a time? Please let us know as I have seen quite a few people that have had problems adding one fish at a time into a mature group like this.

Thanks
Brad

Originally Posted by dkcrx

A couple of pics. Can you find all 12?

[dkcrx]

Originally Posted by es355lucille

Beautiful family you have there! So whats the secret to keeping the peace.....did you get the majority of them when they were smaller? or add a couple at a time? Please let us know as I have seen quite a few people that have had problems adding one fish at a time into a mature group like this.

Thanks
Brad

The adding of a few at a time works well when you have a few already but time seems to be the most important, I have had the 5 bigger ones for 7-8 years and since the tank upgrade last year I traded 2 of the old crew and have added all the smaller ones. Seems once you pass the 5-7 mark they all school together, loosing the color Prejudice. Who would of thought raceism existed in the reef lol.