Tang Police or Tang Nazis?

[daniella3d]

A lot of people will always do a lot of stupid things regardless of what they read or are being told. I don,t see how this article would advocate to a newby to buy a naso tang and put it in a 20 gallons especialy that they state the opposite mentioning that they are the exception needing lots of room.

wierd you got the opposite idea from it.

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

A couple of things that seem obvious to me:
> When we're talking about whether a yellow or Kole tang would be happiest in a 90 gallon or a 150 gallon, I agree we're splitting hairs. The trouble with studies like this is that a newbie to the hobby will see this and figure the LFS was right when they were told they could put a Naso tang in their 20 gallon.

[mr.wilson]

I don't know how the whole tang police thing started. I have never seen any evidence of tangs being stressed in a reef tank, due to spacial limitations. The other claim that I don't understand is that tangs need high water flow.

Marine fish do best in smaller tanks (1-20 gallons) with respect to wholesale and retail facilities. Retailers that use large holding tanks (30-150 gallons) cause more fish injuries, fish-to-fish disease transmission, aggression, and trauma as they are netted.

The reef structure design is more important than the actual tank size. I agree, wrasse can cover a lot more territory in a short time tan any other fish. They have well developed swim bladders so they can dart up and down as well.