Sailfin Tang

[CAbercrombie]

Got a sailfin yesterday and its currently in aclimation box only other tang I have is a hippo that is a model citizen. Tsnk is 100gallon i know not big enough upgrading to a 72inch 100gallon in next 6 months. Im not worried about the hippo, ive heard sailfins can be aggressive. The sailfin is a good bit smaller than the hippo. Hes been in box for 18hrs now when should i release. The other fish are 2 clowns (pretty good size) leapord wrass, lime green wrass, valentni puffer, 2 fire gobys, 1 chromis he killed others, and 2 fat mollies in tank. Tank has absolutely no aggression issues at the moment.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I could be wrong, but I feel like a sailfin and a hippo in a 100g is overcrowding. That is two larger tangs in a not-so-large space.

 

[TheSaltyCPA]

Tang police here. Gumbie is right. That’s too small of an aquarium for those two fish. :(

 

[CAbercrombie]

I could be wrong, but I feel like a sailfin and a hippo in a 100g is overcrowding. That is two larger tangs in a not-so-large space.

Sail is 3.5 inches hippo is 4 like i said upgrading to 180gal soon.

 

[CAbercrombie]

Tang police here. Gumbie is right. That’s too small of an aquarium for those two fish. :(

Sail is 3.5 inches hippo is 4 like i said upgrading to 180gal soon.

 

[Rob A]

Always upgrade first to the larger tank then start thinking about what is going to go in there. It seems that almost all the "larger tank in 6 months" and "planing to re-home to my buddies larger tank" never happens

 

[MikeReefs]

Anyway to answer your question 3-7 days

 

[Uncle99]

I’d let him out.
It’s time to reset hierarchy.
It’s either going to work or not.
This is a 8” Sailfin with 8” blue….they don’t pay much attention to each other.

 

[exnisstech]

I moved out of my 180g to a 7ft 330g because the tangs were looking cramped. TBH I wish i could have gone larger.

 

[CAbercrombie]

I’d let him out.
It’s time to reset hierarchy.
It’s either going to work or not.
This is a 8” Sailfin with 8” blue….they don’t pay much attention to each other.

Hes been in aclimation for 3 days now and doesn't care about any other fish hippo couldn't care less about him either. I now have tank sectioned off with screen and still no aggression from anywhere. May release after lights out.

 

[Uncle99]

Hes been in aclimation for 3 days now and doesn't care about any other fish hippo couldn't care less about him either. I now have tank sectioned off with screen and still no aggression from anywhere. May release after lights out.

How did that work?

 

[BryanM]

My sailfin and blue hippo get along just fine.

 

[Waters]

Sail is 3.5 inches hippo is 4 like i said upgrading to 180gal soon.

For what its worth, your original post said you were upgrading to a 100 lol.

 

[Rob A]

For what its worth, your original post said you were upgrading to a 100 lol.

They never upgrade 99.9 percent of the time and the fish are stressed until they finally die

 

[nicisareefer]

The worst thing is seeing those images of hippo tangs in a 30 gallon