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![]() 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. |
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![]() +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 |
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![]() 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.
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the Tang police have it wrong. |
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![]() Ideally, there is no such thing as a tang suitable for a 75g tank. However, people are determined, so there are a few that have been suggested that would do ok. I've had some of these in a 75g, and they did not appear to require therapy.
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. |
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![]() I'm not sure why some people single out Tangs for their aquarium suitability. When it comes down to it no fish is really suitable for an aquarium. I doubt they can tell the difference between a 50 and a 500 gallon when they're use to an ocean.
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I've had various tangs in a 75g, and honestly, they were no more stressed in there than in my current 180.
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![]() I agree. My flame wrasse travelled the glass for a week. But now more than comfy. I wunder if the lack of predetors and a constant food sorce helps them climatize to tank life
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![]() Well said. I agree 100%.
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