Tang compatibility

[ShimmyUK]

What are the chances of a Mimic Tang (Acanthurus pyroferus) and a Blue eyed tang (Ctenochaetus binotatus) getting on?

 

[jcdeng]

I think if you have a big enough tank and you add them at the same time they should be alrite given that they are both on the docile side of all tangs

 

[Sacohen]

What size is your tank?
I've always heard that you should not put 2 of the same shape together.
I don't even think putting them in at the same time will help.
You can put 3 or more.

Some people have said to re-arrange the rocks or to do it at night when the lights are off, but I've never had luck with these suggestions.

 

[ShimmyUK]

Its for a friends 4x2x2.

I thought with one being Acanthurus and the other Ctenochaetus, they would maybe be ok :/

 

[Sacohen]

That's about a 120 gallon tank, correct?
That's a lot of room so they may be OK together.

 

[fragmatic]

I think it is a gamble... I give it 50/50.

 

[sanchoy]

The only tang that was a terror was the sohal. Any sohal over 12 inches in less then 700 gallon tanks become killers.

In reef tanks they will chase fish and break corals easily.


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