Dinner plate tangs

[daniella3d]

I don,t think that a hippo tang kept in a 30 gallons will ever become large. I saw one kept in a 38 gallons and it was only like not even 3 inches tail incluede and it was more than 2 year old.

I know that with discus it is very easy to stunt them. If they don't eat enough in the first year they will remain like 2 or 3" at max instead of 8" to 10". Sometimes a well developing fish catch a disease and stop eating for like 3 to 4 weeks and that's enough for that discus to remain small all of its life.

Originally Posted by mark

so just how long does it take a Tang to out grow a tank?

See often "your tanks too small, those fish grow the size of dinner plates", but doubt my Purple (had about 8 years) and the Regal (~4 years) are much bigger than 5".