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I'm sorry but I've heard the "tangs swim MILES a day in the ocean so you better make sure they are in a 6ft tank!" Argument so many times and frankly it just sounds so stupid to me, I mean how on earth is a 6ft tank going to make all the difference (vs 4ft) for a fish that swims "miles"?
Don't get me wrong, I think tangs do need large tanks, but I also think some of the smaller tangs are fine in a 4ft tank if their larger cousins are fine in a 6.
Its ok because swimming back and forth across a 6ft tank only takes 880 laps to go a mile but a 4ft tank takes 1,320 laps. Those extra 440 laps really stress the fish out.