Purple and Yellow Tang Cohabitation

[Gizmo]

I've been tossing around the idea for a while. How are these two tangs for living togeather? Anyone doing this right now?

[Gools]

how big of a tank are you going to be putting them in? Any other tangs, or large fish in the system?

[Delphinus]

There is always an exception it seems, but generally speaking, unless it's a very large system, you can expect to have problems when you mix similar shaped tangs (i.e., same genus, in this case Zebrasoma) in the same tank.

[mark]

What size of system would be considered large enough?

[Raf]

I would think the longer the tank the better, so a 6 foot IMO....with plenty of rockwork to give each fish ample space to avoid oneanother.

[Gools]

IMO a 180 or large. I would either add them at the same time, or if one is already in the tank, then the other being put in should be large then the one already in there.

[Cap'n]

I wouldn't do it. Over time the purple is going to outgrow the yellow while also becoming more territorial. I would expect you would eventually need to remove one of the tangs.