Tank size for Tangs? An evaluation...

[Bob I]

I will start by saying that a fish having a brain the size of a pea cannot be happy or unhappy. It can be comfortable or uncomfortable though. With that in mind I will say that I have kept tangs in a 36" tank. I found that a decent sized tang looked distinctly uncomfortable. I did keep a very small Regal Tang in a 36" tank. It did fine until it reached 3" in size. It then began to look uncomfortable. I then took it back to the LFS where it was placed in an eight foot tank. It looked better there. Those are my observations for what they are worth.

[ 19 September 2002, 10:05: Message edited by: Bob Ipema ]