Tank size for Tangs? An evaluation...

[StirCrazy]

Originally posted by naesco:

What do you disagree with Stircrazy?
What is the size of your tank?How long has it been up and running?
What species of tangs do you keep?
Thank you

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">this is what I mean.. it doesnt matter what I put you are going to blast it as being to small.. but it is a 92 gal tank with a yellow tang.

but you yourself are looking for corals for a brand new tank with out any regard for them.

Do I see anyone being a Anthias police? they are small and the min recomendation for them is 50 to 60 gal PER fish, but no one cares..

tangs are a nice fish but as with any type of fish they have different requirments for each type.. I can almost understand that you should warn people that traditionaly powder blues have a bad track record but I also have seen a large numbers of powder blues that are healthy and happy.. same goes for other types..

my main problem is that when some one does ask for help or advice the first thing the "tang Police" say is "do the right thing take it back to the store." "shame on you how could you" ect.. instead of trying to actualy help people.

Emily was a case and point.. she was scared to post about her tang because the first thing said would have been "thats what you get for a tang in a tank that small" or some garbage like that.

just to set the record strait .. I am not condoning a large tang in a 33 gal tank.. nor am I saying that you should have a min 180 gal tank , or 5 foot long tank befor you get a tang.. all I am trying to say is lets try to help people with out the garbage remarks, other wise people don't come back and we could be missing out on some other valuable experiance that they might have had.

Steve