I was hoping to get some advice from anyone with experience with unicornfish. I've been obsessed with the fish ever since I got to see one in the wild. I'm looking at setting up a mixed tank specifically with housing a naso brevirostris in mind. I'm well aware of the fish's adult size and want to make sure any tank can properly accommodate it. The tank I have in mind is 84"x36"x36" to be housed in my basement. Unfortunately, I built a mockup and there's no way I can get anything larger into the basement without cutting into the drywall of my stairs and there's no way I would stick a tank that large on anything less than a concrete slab so whatever tank I get has to fit down those stairs.
The tank should easily hold 450 gallons which is larger than most sites suggest but I honestly don't trust the info they have. A number of them say that you can house a unicornfish in a 200 gallon tank which sounds straight up wrong. I don't even know how it's supposed to do a U turn with less than 3 feet of tank depth. I just want to make sure I'm able to provide an adequate environment for such a unique fish. Any thoughts?
The tank should easily hold 450 gallons which is larger than most sites suggest but I honestly don't trust the info they have. A number of them say that you can house a unicornfish in a 200 gallon tank which sounds straight up wrong. I don't even know how it's supposed to do a U turn with less than 3 feet of tank depth. I just want to make sure I'm able to provide an adequate environment for such a unique fish. Any thoughts?