Powder blue tang

[Dave1993]

Anyone has success with them in a 75-90 gallon tank share you're experiences

 

[nereefpat]

My experience with them in smaller tanks, even 6' 125 gallons, is that they "pace" and become very aggressive.

 

[Jekyl]

Should be in a tank twice that size

 

[Dave1993]

Should be in a tank twice that size

Looking for experiences not someone that probs has 0 experience with tangs and got his info offline don't mean to sound harsh but not really a helpful comment

 

[lagatbezan]

I have one in my 300g and he is constantly swimming all over the tank non stop. They are extremely active and honestly sometimes I feel like he needs more room but that’s all he is getting for now lol.

 

[Smirkish]

I have over 130 gallons and my LFS owner refused to sell me one. He has two at his store for sale. Even in the massive frag tanks he has they are still the most aggressive fish in there. We are talking about several 100’s of gallons. They beat the crap out of everything...from a foxface twice the size of the powder, even the huge sailfin he has. The one he has in a smaller tank paces like mentioned above. His main issue with me getting one was the amount of tangs I have already, though. I assume a lot of it would depend on how your tank was laid out (provide lots of swim ways, runs, etc) and what else you stock.

 

[Dave1993]

I have over 130 gallons and my LFS owner refused to sell me one. He has two at his store for sale. Even in the massive frag tanks he has they are still the most aggressive fish in there. We are talking about several 100’s of gallons. They beat the crap out of everything...from a foxface twice the size of the powder, even the huge sailfin he has. The one he has in a smaller tank paces like mentioned above. His main issue with me getting one was the amount of tangs I have already, though. I assume a lot of it would depend on how your tank was laid out (provide lots of swim ways, runs, etc) and what else you stock.

Midas blenny purple tang lemonpeel angelfish plenty of swimming room in my tank

 

[Jekyl]

Looking for experiences not someone that probs has 0 experience with tangs and got his info offline don't mean to sound harsh but not really a helpful comment

In other words not the answer you wanted to hear.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Looking for experiences not someone that probs has 0 experience with tangs and got his info offline don't mean to sound harsh but not really a helpful comment

Sounds like you're actually wanting someone to tell you what you want to hear, not the truth.

 

[Dave1993]

In other words not the answer you wanted to hear.

I asked for experiences with the fish in 75-90 gallon not some ****** telling me what i can already read online

 

[Dave1993]

In other words not the answer you wanted to hear.

i looked through you're posts and you seem to comment alot on tangs when you have none you're self 0 experience

 

[Jekyl]

K

 

[Dave1993]

Well buddy you just contradicted you're self as yellow tangs require 100 gallon tank and that myfriend is a 90 gallon 4ft tank

 

[Dave1993]

Also that's a yellow not a powder blue so why are you even commenting on this thread the only useful post on this thread was from nereefpat rest of you trying to get postcount up or something?

 

[dhnguyen]

I wouldn't do it. I had a PBT in my 125g and like others have mentioned, he was the most aggressive fish in the tank and constantly pacing around. He'd beat the crap out of anything I added to the tank.

 

[Smirkish]

@Jekyl was only relaying a simple fact. And it was useful information. Even my tangs will outgrow my tank. I have been extremely lucky to not have any aggression. Powder blues are more territorial than other tangs, too.

Having a smaller tank is asking for issues that wouldn’t occur in a large setup. I don’t have any experience with powder blues, personally. I am relaying information I have acquired from someone with experience and my own observations of the fish in his store, as well as info I learned online. Jekyl was likely doing the same thing...

 

[Dave1993]

And going by his logic he should have a 100 gallon 5ft tank for his yellow tang but he has a 90gallon 4ft tank but hey its working for him hence why i was asking for experiences not info that i can read myself online

 

[JAKos]

Well buddy you just contradicted you're self as yellow tangs require 100 gallon tank and that myfriend is a 90 gallon 4ft tank

Some tangs require more tank size as they get bigger and need more swimming speed, there's a good thread about tank sizes for most tang genus's but i can't find it so here's another decent one. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-sizes-for-tangs-help-us-create-a-list.82891/

 

[dhnguyen]

BTW I gave the PBT to my buddy who had a 1000g tank and even in that tank he was still very aggressive for a while. Up until my buddy added a large Atlantic blue tang LOL

I wouldn't even attempt another PBT unless I had at least 300g at this point.

 

[dhnguyen]

Some tangs require more tank size as they get bigger and need more swimming speed, there's a good thread about tank sizes for most tang genus's but i can't find it so here's another decent one. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-sizes-for-tangs-help-us-create-a-list.82891/

That thread had a lot of wrong info.
Ex. a standard 125g is a 6 footer not 5

And I disagree about 125g being sufficient for a PBT.