REEF TANGS! How many tangs do you have in your reef?

[Reeferfrank]

Just the one yellow tang in my 90. His name is Gillbert and the only one of my fish with a name. He dances around my tank like he's listening to footloose on a loop.

I’ve got 4 in my 150 purple,yellow eye kole,yellow mimic
and a hippo

 

[revenant]

I have one sailfin which is likely going to outgrow my 100 (60x18x20) so I will need to catch her sometime... I have a lot of LR and nice hiding places - loads of space in front and decent space in back of the rock.. I think she will just get too large and turning will be difficult. I have had her for about 6 months. She and the foxface have grown a lot in since I put them in late September 2020.

 

[Reeferfrank]

And luckily no fights

 

[dzolot]

Here’s my tang gang in my 150 gallon!
- yellow
- chevron
- gem
- purple

 

[mech63s]

In my 180:
1x Purple Tang
1x Sailfin Tang
1x Orange Shoulder tang
1x Clown Tang
1x Vlamingi Tang

All added at different times. All get along and play together well.

 

[Aardvark1134]

Just started building my new 360Gallon. I am planning on 3 tangs.

 

[weamdog]

Have 4 on my 220g. Yellow (so old was a freebie), powder blue, hippo and purple.

 

[SeahawkMom]

I have one small one in my 35 gallon. I've kept just one for many years. I try to purchase the smallest one I can find, and keep for as long as I can, and then rehome them when they grow too big.

 

[atomic081]

6 yellow tangs
2 hippo tangs
2 sailfin tangs
1 purple
1 tomini
1 mimic
1 naso
1 powdered blue
1 unicorn
1 sohal
1 Achilles
1 Kole

800g

 

[jpas]

I have one of each:

Yellow - Purple - Sohal - Hippo - Sailfin - Naso

They are all around 6" or larger in my 425g.

I have tried to add a few more yellow tangs a couple of times, but my Purple tang turns into a monster and kills them. For the most part they all get along now.

 

[McPuff]

I've got 5 - Lieutenant, pyroferus (chocolate/mimic), scopas, Naso, and a 2 spot bristletooth. And the foxface is pretty darn close. :0)

 

[Miken05]

1 yellow tang , Olaf , he's been with us 8 years .
75 gallon

 

[ReefRondo]

I have a powder blue, kole, sailfin and a scopas in my 1000L. I did have a regal and a purple too but there was daily carnage so I removed them.

 

[Squidward]

I have 11 Tangs in my 300g. Fowleri, Achilles, Blonde Naso, Purple, Powder Blue, Hippo, white tail bristletooth, convict, Lavendar (x3)

 

[Sinestro30]

I’m surprised how few powder blues are out there. I have a yellow and plan to get a powder blue. That’s it though.

 

[Sinestro30]

I’m surprised how few powder blues are out there. I have a yellow tang but want a powder blue also. But that’s all.

 

[r.garrett]

I have two tanks 300g DD with hippo, desjardini sailfin, two yellows, and purple and large angle fish; and the other tank another small hippo and orange shoulder tang

 

[PedroYoung]

Yellows have been fussing, but are settling back down. This video was from day 3 after adding them.

 

[Bill Hogan]

180 with just a couple small corals. 1 vlamingi, 1 Lt, 2 yellows, 1 blue hippo, 1 flame so 6. As you can see, they aren't hurting for food lol.

How is your Lieutenant tang with its tankmates? Is it as aggressive as the Orange-Shoulder is said to be?

 

[kingjoe]

I currently have 5 tangs in a 150 gallon.
1 Purple
1 Powder Chocolate
1 Orange Striped Kole
1 Half Black & White
1 Chocolate Minic

I've been debating about getting an Achilles or Yellow Bellied Blue Tang.

When I added the orange striped and black/ white, I tried adding a convic too but it didn't ship well. It was a battle with the 3 established tangs. I don't know if I want to go through that again adding more tangs. I think my tank is too small to add anymore. Agree/disagree?

Might be best to stay with what you have- five might be about the aggression/competition limit for a 150. Six may be feasible if they were all brought through quarantine together and added at the same time (or maybe three now, three later), but a new face in the midst of five established ones might end very badly for the newcomer. And you run the risk of disease and infection if the fighting gets bad. I'm setting up a 180 right now, and though there's about 11 tangs that I want, I'm going to go with three, maybe four. If you really want another, perhaps you could try using an acclimation box for a few days when you introduce him, along with a few mirrors around your tank. It may also help to feed your established tangs very heavily if introducing another one; sending them into a food coma on seaweed may mellow them a bit.