Congratulations on all points here... the good month at work and the beautiful new gems (pun intended) and the extra adds. My wife and I are very thankful for your information on Tangs!! Keep up the good work and best of luck.I thought I would share my two new additions...
This will be interesting. I had a very good month at work and decided to treat myself to something I said I’d never purchase. A gem tang.
I found this beautiful male Achilles tang on divers den with streamers and a giant teardrop. It has the appearance of a large male 7-8 inches but it’s onky 4.5!
I suspect he will be a terror, but it’s a handsome fish. Hopefully these rampant infections in the hobby don’t dust this batch!
@HotRocks no pressure bro (he has been quarantining my fish recently we switched it up haha)
). Can the Tangs be added at the same time with the Coral Beauty and the 2 Clownfish or should they be held out until the smaller fish have found a home?
Hello, thanks for the kind words in the previous postTerrific article! We've jumped in with both feet.
System: 90 gal DT, with a 29 gal addition plumbed together into one sump. Tanks have been up since Jan 1. No corals added yet but hope to go SPS & LPS.
QT System: (1) 20 gal tank & (4) 7 gal tanks with HOB filters
Just purchased from Live Aquaria today:
- 1 White Cheek Tang (3 - 4 in)
- 1 Kole Tang (3.25 - 4.25 in)
- 1 Blue Hippo (2 - 3 in)
- 1 Coral Beauty Angelfish (2.5 - 4 in)
- 1 Clownfish (1 - 2 in)
Already have 1 - Medium sized Clownfish and 1 - bonded pair of Clownfish. They're all that we have left after recovery from a bad case of Fin Rot developed after Brooklynella devastated our tank. We're starting again after being FALLOW for more than 77 days. Currently using 3 Black Mollies as test to make sure DT system is free of danger. Currently 5 days into a two week testing phase and praying for no problems.
All of the new tangs will be put through a 4 - 6 week QT using Seachem's Cupramine in a 20 gal tank.
The Coral Beauty and the Clownfish will be in a separate 7 gal QT with Chloroquine Phosphate if I can get it here in time if not, Cupramine.
We would like to eventually add a Six Line Wrasse, Bartlett's Anthias and an Engineer Goby to the tank as well but didn't have enough QT space to handle them all at one time.
As far as fish, this will make up the full contents of this tank until our planned upgrade to a 250+ in two years.
Questions:
1. Will the three tangs be OK together in a 20 gal QT tank with separate PVC elbows for 6 to 10 weeks?
2. The plan is to add all the fish into the 90 gal DT at one time (excluding the original pair of bonded clownfish who are going into the 29 gal side tank because clownfish are jerks and can't get along
3. Can the Wrasse and Anthias be safely added at a later time or will the Tangs likely decimate them?
4. Is there enough hiding space for the Hippo in the attached aquascape?
Thank you for all your input.
Yes, that's a big help and thanks for the quick response.Hello, thanks for the kind words in the previous post
1) A 90 isn’t a very suitable tank for a hippo tang, he will quickly outgrow it. You probably would be OK for a year or so but they can grow quickly.
2) the two bristlooth tangs may not tolerate each other, that’s a risk particularly in a 4 foot tank.
3) I wouldn’t add all fish at once I would do in batches starting with harsher fish (not tangs) such as the clowns. This is a lot of shock to add to a tank all at once I’d wait 15 days between additions and dose bacteria in a bottle following the three tangs being added.
4) tangs and wrasse generally play nice
5) the coral beauty might be seen as competition for food by the tangs (because it is) but generally tangs don’t bother them.
I hope this helps!
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A white cheek can be pretty aggressive but size wise I would say due to their lower activity level as a bristlooth you may well be fine. I think you could do a yellow, purple, or scopas with a bristlooth and be OK.Yes, that's a big help and thanks for the quick response.
You've made a very strong case over many posts going back quite a long time... (27 pages worth of postings is a lot of material from everyone but very very helpful). I think I'll call LA to cancel part of my order since they're not shipping out until tomorrow. The Hippo will definitely have to wait a few years
I really love the look of the White Cheek but according to LA, only the Kole Yellow Eye is rated for our size tank. If we only get one of the tangs, do you think that I could get away with it being the White Cheek for 2 years?
Also, will one tang be a bully to all the other fish if he is the ONLY tang and I follow your previous advice by adding him last?
Thank you!!! As soon as we get the tang in the system, I'll post a pic just so you get to see our efforts to do this right. I'm still learning and my wife has joined me in the love of the aquatic life so we want to do what's best for our new pets. This info sharing source has been exactly what we needed. I think we'll start supporting R2R too because between your experience and the people in the disease forum, it's been well worth the cost.
Sounds good, glad to help! Please keep us updated!
What else is in the 140?
Hmm, what I kept seeing 125 as the mark for them. So far I have a pair of clowns, a watchman/shrimp pair, lawnmower blenny, royal gramma, and 6 small chromis, and the kole. Would adding more opening going fish such as a group of anthias help or should I be considering something like a foxface or other non-aggressive but larger fish?
6 foot is the key, IMO a 125 is too tight for them to turn around and swim comfortably amongst rock. But nonetheless I’m not sure at this point additions would help. How the is the Kole holding up?
I'm at just over 5' so hopefully I sqeak by.
What size tank? Any other tangs? What other fish?
135 gallon. Two chromis, one flame angel, two cardinals, one dottyback and one yellow tail damsel. No other tangs
The larger space that’s possible to defend an area without much distraction is your problem. I’d recommend an acclimation box to try re-introducing.
