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07-28-2009, 03:24 AM
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Not a Powder Blue Tang
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Here is a website by the author Robert Fenner on the Powder blue and other bad tang species. http://wetwebmedia.com/badacanthurusaq.htm and here about the powder blue http://wetwebmedia.com/powdbluetg.htm IME, go with the Powder Brown Acanthurus japonicus (not to be confused with a similar fish A. nigercans which has no orange on it.) The scopas and chocolate are good choices. Also consider the yellow and/or purple for colour, and the kole tangs. After your tank is up and running for 4 months add them all together. All tangs are ich magnets Immediately start feeding them nori soaked in garlic extract or Garlic Extreme with Selcon to ward of the likely possibility that ich will set in. The Kole tang requires film algae so keep one end of your glass uncleaned or make a pile of some smooth stones on the bottom. This pile also acts as a pod refuge. Your tank has the size (length to accommodate tangs) Both the Sailfish and Hippo grow very large. Picture a pie plate size fish in your tank. Thanks for asking for advice before you purchased them. Wayne Last edited by naesco; 07-28-2009 at 03:31 AM. 
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07-28-2009, 03:30 AM
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I have the following:
- Sohal Tang - more aggressive than most tangs, but does well in my 180 gallon - Blue Tang - Yellow Tang You will find tangs susceptable to ICH, but I have had good luck with the above. Powder Blues are very hard to keep so I don't recommend them
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07-28-2009, 04:13 AM
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Tang - Powder Blue
Tang - Powder Brown Choose one not both - PBs will fight (I have a Gold Rim or Powder Brown & its one of the most beautiful fish in all my tanks) Also have Powder Blue but it killed a much larger Powder Blue that I tried to introduce into a 210g. Tang - Naso Gets huge. Tang - Chocolate Tang - Hippo (Blue) Both nice fish. Hippos are icky & often get kinda blotchy with age if not fed enough seaweed/nori. Tang - Sailfin See note for Naso. Tang - Scopas Kinda plain-Jane but it has its own appeal.
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07-28-2009, 04:22 AM
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I had a Blue, Purple and PBT in my 120g for a while no prob, moved them to a 170 no prob until my PBT died a month or so later.
 I put my purple and blue in the same day and never see them fight. My purple is pretty aggressive to new tank mate though. I like blond naso's and browns too... As Naesco said PBT's are harder to keep and do tend to die for no reason (huge ich magnets), but they are not impossible. As well they are fairly active and aggressive to other tangs.
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07-28-2009, 02:39 PM
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I have a regal blue tang, yellow tang, and a large naso tang in my 180.
Mostly the rule of thumb is to make sure they are not the same color or shape. If you add them all at once u wont find them fighting over territory. However a friend of mine has 3 yellow tangs in one of his tanks, so all rules dont always apply.
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08-02-2009, 07:42 AM
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I have a powder blue (3)years a naso and a yellow in a 150 gallon.... never any problems..
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08-02-2009, 09:13 AM
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I used to have in a 125 g reef system (listed in the order of introduction):
- Purple tang (very hardy fish the starter of my tank) - 3* yellow tang (same size as the purple) - Clown tang (introduced very small) - Blue powder. All were good mates !
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