Replacing Blue Tang

[himynameis]

I got this 4 inch Blue Tang with the IM 100 tank this year and he was in rough shape (See my prev posts, he had flukes then ich, malnourished, torn fins, super thin). In time, with good water quality and feeding, some other treatment, help from folks here, he healed up and now is healthy/active/plump/bright/no torn fins. Probably about 5.5-6 inches long now, growing quick!

I knew it would only be a matter of time before having to rehome, I think the time is sooner than later. So I’m posting here to see what people recommend as a replacement. I’m not sure that I want another blue tang and have to rehome again due to size.

Here is my stock list:
Blue tang
Tomini tang
Yellow tang
Six line wrasse
Pair of clowns
Bicolor blenny
Fire goby

Attached some photos of the blue tang. I plan to sell to my lfs but if anyone has interest locally (puget sound area, WA), let me know!

Look forward to seeing some recommendations. Thank you.

 

[BryanM]

congrats on nursing him back to health!

 

[himynameis]

Considering a yellow eye kole tang or a white tail tang.

 

[czternasto]

Considering a yellow eye kole tang or a white tail tang.

I think tomini are on the smaller side and better for tanks not as large as we would like to have .

I just got a powder blue and gold rim powder brown. My scopa is mad he isn’t the biggest and baddest. My hippo couldnt Care less and my normally super docile yellow eye bristletooth is even finding his fins. They just have to make it work as far as the pecking order over the next week. They’re getting along very well I think all considered -adding the new guys at the same time is really diffusing the aggression well and after the first of the year I’m upgrading. I have a 265 gallon sitting in the garage I got from a breakdown for free that’s been killing me to not have set up. I know the tangs are not made for a 90 gallon but I knew getting the original crowd of tangs I was going to have to upgrade eventually. ( I did get all of them very small originally) can’t believe how big they have gotten over just a year and a half.

I wish you luck. whatever you choose.

 

[himynameis]

I think tomini are on the smaller side and better for tanks not as large as we would like to have .

I just got a powder blue and gold rim powder brown. My scopa is mad he isn’t the biggest and baddest. My hippo couldnt Care less and my normally super docile yellow eye bristletooth is even finding his fins. They just have to make it work as far as the pecking order over the next week. They’re getting along very well I think all considered -adding the new guys at the same time is really diffusing the aggression well and after the first of the year I’m upgrading. I have a 265 gallon sitting in the garage I got from a breakdown for free that’s been killing me to not have set up. I know the tangs are not made for a 90 gallon but I knew getting the original crowd of tangs I was going to have to upgrade eventually. ( I did get all of them very small originally) can’t believe how big they have gotten over just a year and a half.

I wish you luck. whatever you choose.

My Blue hippo sold! I don’t have plans to upgrade so this is as big as I’m going for the foreseeable future. Though my tank is an internal overflow that was converted to an external, which gave it a few extra inches of width, it’s still too small for big tangs like the hippo.

I do have a Tomini tang who’s been great, but the tank now feels empty without a third tang. And ever since selling the hippo tang, I notice that the yellow tang has been chasing Tomini tang a bit more frequently than before. Really leaning toward the white tail bristletooth tang, seems my lfs gets them in stock every few weeks and I love their colors. Size would work well in the current tank.