bristletooth tang

[dmh41532]

I have a 65 gallon reef. Currently, I have a pair of oscellaris clowns, a royal gramma basslet, and three blue/geen chromis. I would like to add another fish to it. My wife likes tangs, and most sources I've read list the minimum tank size for the fish at 55-75 gallons. Is this a good minimum?

 

[Mike&Terry]

I would stay away from the larger species like the Chevron and look for a small, healthy specimen.

Do you have a sand bed? They do better long term in a well established tank with a sand bed. Bristletooth tangs are detrivores and in the wild they eat detritus, diatoms, algae, and other organics from rocks and sand substrate. In the home aquarium, supplementing their diet with quality meaty foods, spirulina, nori and quality pellets (like Spectrum) will help.

 

[haleyf1024]

For a 65 I recommend staying with a kole, tomini, or squaretail. Obviously only getting one tang for the tank, I think one of those should be okay. You can always rehome it if it gets too big or stressed in the smaller tank and get a baby again. Good luck!

 

[dmh41532]

We are looking at a either a kole or tomini tang, however if they will do best in an established tank we may wait since it has only been running four months.

 

[haleyf1024]

I would venture to say you would be fine getting one now if you want as long as your parameters are all good and stable. Just have seaweed/nori sheets available to him (:

 

[steve&mari]

Had a kole tang in our old 65 n he was happy n healthy. God bless....Steve

 

[dmh41532]

I actually have seaweed sheets now, on occasion I have to supplement food for my snails. Everything appears to be stable. Steve, how long did you have your kole tang?

 

[steve&mari]

Few years before I lost everything to cancer n being away for treatment. Just getting a new setup going a 40b rimless to get back into the hobby. God bless.....Steve