Adding more tangs of the same species

[Mr_Knightley]

Hey all. I have a 125g lightly stocked FOWLR aquarium that currently houses a 4 inch chocolate tang and a foxface (and other non-grazers). The chocolate tang has been in the tank for about 6 years, and used to live with a scopas and sailfin tang before I lost those two to disease.

I would really love to add more chocolates to have 3 tangs again. I've heard that adding multiple at once can help ease the aggression, but I also know that Acanthurus are quite territorial fish so it could be risky. I recently scrambled up the rockwork while treating some bubble algae, so I feel like the time to act is upon me if I want to try since there's some new turf to claim.

So what are your thoughts? Worth a shot or too much trouble? I'd happily get a different set of tangs if the conspecifics don't end up working out, but a little mini school (or as close as I can get in such a tank) would be awesome :)

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Well nevermind, upon further research it appears they are naturally solitary. I don't know how that one slipped past my initial round of googling, but I'm glad I found it now and not later!