Sohal and Purple Tang-together???

Reefnjunkie · Mar 21, 2010

I have a 75 gallon with a Purple Tang that has been there for over a year-
I was looking at a Sohal to add and what I find is "dont do it" but the LFS says no problems.
Its small (the Sohal) about 5 inches, the PT is about 4 inches.
I have a mixed reef;

Any opinions on whether it is a bad move?

kateater · Mar 21, 2010

no way 75 gallon is not big enough for a sohal and 5 inches is not small. If you value the purple tang dont do it.

JR's Reef · Mar 21, 2010

kateater said:
no way 75 gallon is not big enough for a sohal and 5 inches is not small. If you value the purple tang dont do it.

I agree. Sohal gets big and aggresive very fast

BrooksReef · Mar 21, 2010

I'm not the Tang Police, but a Sohal Tang needs a LOT of swimming room, and 75g isn't big enough.

Reefnjunkie · Mar 21, 2010

Thanks-not doing it, I figured as much-some of you may have replied on RC-Thanks again

For 85 bucks the sohal is steal-and yes its eating and healthy-LOL

chrisalmand · Mar 21, 2010

The sohal would kill the purple within a week. Then the Sohal would die of stress within 6 months due to no swimming room.

chrisalmand · Mar 21, 2010

BTW: Kudos for researching!

seafansar · Mar 21, 2010

Ummm...that's not what you said on a different forum. You said you got the Sohal. Hope you upgrade tanks in the future.

Nicks387 · Mar 21, 2010

I have a sohal that I got when he was just a baby. Now he is outgrowing the 300 ......So no sohal in a 75 regardless of the purple tang........

seafansar · Mar 21, 2010

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FaviaFreak · Mar 21, 2010

We have a Sohal in a 500 gallon and it could be bigger

rng_pw · Mar 21, 2010

Its not that the size of the sohal is the only problem. The other problem is that they love to swim a ton. a four foot tank would only stress the fish out no matter the size. Just my 2 cents.

Ricky,

Reefnjunkie · Mar 22, 2010

Thanks guys-Sorry for not posting back-This did not happen-I did not think it would work and everyone confirmed that-Thanks for the info!!!

MAKcorals · Mar 25, 2010

Way to do some research, glad to hear that you didn't end up doing it. It's sad to think that there are alot of people that don't take the time to research things like this and end up losing fish and wastin $$$.