What kind of tangs are fit for a 75 gallon tank

Casey8 · #1 02-08-2012, 05:29 AM

I was hoping to get an already made mesh top to have a flasher wrasse in my tank, but it turned out the mesh top I was waiting for doesn't fit my top tank. My husband is not a handyman, neither am I, so I have to change to another plan. I would like to get a tang instead of a wrasse. The problem is I only have a 75 gallon tank and I am unable to upgrade to any tank that is bigger than what I have, because I live in a very small apartment. I really don't want to put him/her on trade/sell later with a reason like it is getting too big for my tank. I need someone who is currently having a tang that is living happily in a small tank (like mine) for a long time. Please kindly sharing your experience what kind of a tang you have and how long you have had it. No yellow tang for me.

Aquattro · #2 02-08-2012, 05:39 AM

Too bad, yellows are one of my favorites. A kole might work, or a scopas. You don't have a lot of selection if you can't upgrade or don't want to trade later. That's about all I'd put in. you could look for people selling tangs from their system that they've had a long time and appear to have stopped growing. I've seen a few that just seem to stay small. Even then though, the instinct of most tangs is to swim fast and far...

lpsreefer · #3 02-08-2012, 05:48 AM

any bristletooth tangs well be okay. mimic half black i have heard also.

marie · #4 02-08-2012, 05:52 AM

Putting a screen on your tank is easy, go to rona and get a window screen kit and then go to canadian tire and get a roll of plastic chicken wire. The instructions on how to make it are written on the screen kit, just use the plastic wire instead of the screen material that comes with the kit (chicken wire lets better light into your tank)

apexifd · #5 02-08-2012, 06:52 AM

theory is that fish will grow according to the size of the tank. this may not be true, but they may grow a lot slower after they reach the ideal size for the particular tank.

ensquire · #6 02-08-2012, 07:07 AM

check this out, It give you the best recommendations based on your size of tank.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/a...num=1&count=24

naesco · #7 02-08-2012, 10:31 AM

The answer quite honestly is none.
The reason is tangs are swimmers and require the larger longer six foot tanks that provide them with the room to do what they do best, swim. You can observe them constantly swimming to and fro in the larger tanks.

It is never a good idea t buy a tang with the idea that you will upgrade to meet its needs later. Unforeseen things like losing a job, a divorce or separation and a change of housing can doom your tang in a tiny tank despite your best intentions.

Esquire, live aquaria is an online fish seller. Their opinion on size is coloured by the fact that they are in the fish selling business and naturally want to sell as many as they can.

Apex, that may be theory but the rule is a stunted fish is a stressed fish. We as reefers have an obligation to provide the optimum conditions for all critters we remove from the sea.

Thanks for asking, before you buy.

Proteus · #8 02-08-2012, 12:14 PM

+1 on none

A stressed tang will also be a sick tang. I have a 6 foot tank and personally won't keep tangs. I love them but stress helps ich IMO which tangs are prone to. Leading to a tank full of dead fish and a stressed hobbiest

Skimmerking · #9 02-08-2012, 01:57 PM

Well Im going to jump in here I have a 8 footer and having a sailfin and a orange shoulder tang IMO my tank is too small. I have a kole and 3 yellows, my kole is 4-5 " tops and he/she is 10 years old. however hasnt greown where I have seen koles in the wild and in huge tanks and I was shocked on how long and big they were. Casey a brittletooth, tommi ,Kole, Chevron are all good ones. the yellows i have long the 8 footer too and they use it. My OST loves the longer tank and im looking at going to gift her to the aquarium in Winnipeg where she can have fun.

P.S hows the skimmer doing. if you need help making the screen let me know I can call you and discuss a no brainer on how to make it.

gobytron · #10 02-08-2012, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Titus99

+1 on none

A stressed tang will also be a sick tang. I have a 6 foot tank and personally won't keep tangs. I love them but stress helps ich IMO which tangs are prone to. Leading to a tank full of dead fish and a stressed hobbiest

Theyve done studies showing that a Tangs stress level is no different in a 50-75 gallon than it is in a 500 gallon tank.

the Tang police have it wrong.