Tang question.

[Ishai Thatcher]

Hey y’all, I’m planning to get my tang gang for my 120 gallon mixed reef im setting up. They are gonna be in qt for at least a month or more before going into the main display.
I was thinking of getting- one purple tang, one tomini, one powder blue, and calling it quits there. Does this sound like a nice algae gang? With minimal aggression? I’m gonna add the purple tang last cause in my experience they are the meanest.
Other fish in the tank will all be peaceful—-clowns, anthias, chromis, wrasse, blennies and gobies, cardinal fish, mandarins, and one watanabei angelfish.

how does this sound?

 

[Dave1993]

powder blue meanest but all depends on the fish at the end of the day

 

[Ishai Thatcher]

powder blue meanest but all depends on the fish at the end of the day

Good to know, haven’t had em before I’ll put him in last then, tomini will go first. Thanks!

 

[OrionN]

IME, Powder Blue tang will be too large for a 120 gal tank. 5 or 6 foot tank that is about 30 inches wide would fit him better. If you really want to keep a purple and a PBT in a 120 gal, he likely be stressed and will be a Ich magnet.
If I cannot talk you out of it, In a 120 I would put small Purple and PBT at is about the same size in together, after have a Tomini that is larger or at least not smaller than either of the the Purple or the PBT. Plenty of food is a given. Well fed fish will be less aggressive.
Good luck

 

[Ishai Thatcher]

IME, Powder Blue tang will be too large for a 120 gal tank. 5 or 6 foot tank that is about 30 inches wide would fit him better. If you really want to keep a purple and a PBT in a 120 gal, he likely be stressed and will be a Ich magnet.
If I cannot talk you out of it, In a 120 I would put small Purple and PBT at is about the same size in together, after have a Tomini that is larger or at least not smaller than either of the the Purple or the PBT. Plenty of food is a given. Well fed fish will be less aggressive.
Good luck

I’m gonna be feeding every 2 hours on a dosing pump, shouldn’t be a problem with food. My aquascape is super minimal too so there will be a lot of swim room. And as it relates to the ich, I’m quarantining/treating all fish, coral and inverts before they go in, tank should be disease and pest free. I’ll do more research about the powder blue, maybe I won’t get one if it won’t be happy in a tank that small. Thanks for the info man!

 

[Ishai Thatcher]

IME, Powder Blue tang will be too large for a 120 gal tank. 5 or 6 foot tank that is about 30 inches wide would fit him better. If you really want to keep a purple and a PBT in a 120 gal, he likely be stressed and will be a Ich magnet.
If I cannot talk you out of it, In a 120 I would put small Purple and PBT at is about the same size in together, after have a Tomini that is larger or at least not smaller than either of the the Purple or the PBT. Plenty of food is a given. Well fed fish will be less aggressive.
Good luck

Will definitely take your advice about getting similar sized fish and adding them at the same time if I even decide to get a PBT. I’m definitely not attached to getting that fish in particular, just think it’s really pretty.