I'm warning you don't do it...
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Its a very simple thread, the op knows it is wrong to do what he is doing otherwise he wouldn't have started this thread in the first place, he would also listen to the 99.99999999999% of people telling him its wrong to do it, but instead he wants to justify what he is doing by waiting for the 1 person to tell him its ok, he shouldn't be allowed to keep any animal including fish if this is how he thinks.Man, this is a tough thread.
Unless you're putting the fish in a 10,000+ gallon tank you wont even come remotely close to mimicking open water. therefor, the size of the fish is the most relevant factor to the tank size. Providing plentiful grazing opportunity is 100% attainable in a 65 gallon with an appropriate amount of live rock. And I'm not talking about tangs in particular here.
Honestly it is nothing like that. I would compare more to your room, in the car you would have no food, no cooling, no water, and etc. You would probably die in that car, but even though it is harsh a yellow tang would be able to survive. (Though I am not suggesting OP does this.)Go lock yourself in your car for the next 6 months then report back on how it felt
The difference is chromis dont require a large amount of swimming room. Especially with tangs its not the fact that they grow large but the fact they require large swimming areas. Thats why you dont always see a gallon size but a 6 foot tank minimum for many tangs. Its for swimming room.Not a big fan of buying fish online, I haven't had much luck with that at all. The size of the fish is what determines the tank size it needs, yeah? Especially if its captive bred like you said before, so it doesn't know or need what a wild caught one does. So whats the difference between a captive bred fish that's less than two inches and a different captive bred fish that's slightly over two inches, say a damsel or chromis with multiple in the same tank? realistically, there isn't a difference, and there's no possible way to say any one fish is gonna grow at a certain rate or be a certain size full grown because it's common for other fish of the same species to. It's a crap shoot on each individual fish, which brings us to that factor. Every single fish has different requirements, preferences, and personality traits, again, with no possible way to predetermining what those are. Sure there are some necessities for different fish species, but even then those can be very altered and still work out just fine. I'm not trying to argue or be a dick, I'm just saying there are endless possibilities and not just one true way to run an aquarium.
I'm not getting it yet so you can toss out
I think that's the part people have the issue with
Let me clear a few things up for all the people who apparently can't manage to read and comprehend basic explanations. for starters, I already said, I believe 4 times, I'm not getting it yet so you can toss out that "He's not gonna listen to everybody anyways" nonsense, I ALREADY DID. Secondly, no the authorities won't do anything in regards to a fish living in a tank too small at the fish store. However, I feel as though if I have the option to take a fish very likely to die miserable and put him in a more comfortable situation, regardless of how much it's improving, that would be the logical thing to do, cause I care about the fish and its well being. If it's gonna die it can at the very least live out it's days a little more comfortable. As for the living in a car example let me put it this way, think of it as a dog locked in a hot car with the windows up on a hot day, that's all bad though right? Now imagine if a dog was locked in a car on a hot day but the windows where cracked, the dog had food and water, and maybe the AC is on, totally different story right? My tank is the car with AC, cracked windows, and water. And lastly, yes fish who are captive bred will most likely not be bothered by the lack of room vs wild caught fish. A captive bred fish doesn't know swimming a hundred miles a day is an option, never has. It lives in a tank, in many many cases a much smaller tank than the one you put it in. You'd be surprised how well all animals will adapt to the environment they are put in, and no I'm not talking about just yellow tangs or tangs or fish in particular. That is all I have to say, I already took the advice everybody gave me so this is over for me, feel free to talk amongst yourselves.