Naso Tang

[chesapeake]

I would like to add a naso tang to my tank id there anyspecial care with them?I heard there alittle harder to keep then other tangs??

[edsimmons]

Keep inmind that they get BIG

[nyvp]

I have two one blonde one regular nothing special needed other than space and food good tangs

[chesapeake]

so there about the same care level as a yellow tang?

[xxseawolf]

they are rated for a minimum of 180g tank. i wouldnt recommend them in a 120g. they can grow to about 18". it needs swim space and a 120g doesnt have it.

[nava405]

Naso tang is one of the hardest fish and easiest fish i ever have. and yes they a swimming and they eat alot. I don't know if just my Naso or not, but my Naso doesn't eat anything else but nori and micro algea.

[adambaron]

I have a 180 and was asking about them and I got a lot of opinions that even my tank would be to small.

[Asuran]

after a while a 180 will be small. my blond naso is about 5" long and its looking small already... :( my 2nd favorite after my Powder blue.

[chesapeake]

i was going to put it in a 125

[JamesJR]

I think after a while a 125 would be too small for any of the naso tangs.

[thor32766]

I have one in my 220 and hes seems to big for that, he is about 11" but his strides across my tank make it look small.

[chesapeake]

wow ok

[TonyOrlando]

I have one in my tank. He is awesome. He has a lot of personality and loves his nori. He also loves mysis shrimp. Yes i know, my tank is too small for him. When I first got into this hobby, i told the guy that owned the LFS my exact setup and he said that fish will be great for my size tank. What an ***! Well, im hopin that i can upgrade soon, cause he is going to get big and would hate to get rid of him. But overall so far so good.

[55semireef]

This is not really much of a debate except for where each of us would draw the line. I think a 200 gallon would be minimally sufficient for this animal. Really, though, these numbers are pretty arbitrary without considering the dimensions of the tank. I'll bet that there are 200 gallon tanks and 250 gallon tanks with the same length and width just different heights. As most people know, added height will not add much swimming room for this type of fish. I do wonder, sometimes, how someone comes to the conclusion that a 200 gallon will not work while a 250 gallon is acceptable. Is that extra 50 gallons really going to make that much of a difference to the fish after being caught from the ocean? And how do we know that is where to draw the line?

Just my two cents

[zimreef]

Well a 20g is too small, a 1000g is more than adequate, so the cutoff lies somewhere in between. Where that cutoff is, is as you say, pretty arbitrary and down to personal opinion.

So, say for argument's sake 300g is the cutoff - will it make much difference to that fish if it is moved to a 250g. No? OK put it in a 250g. Will it make much difference if that fish was then moved from a 250g to a 200g? No? OK move it to a 200g. Well what about a 175g? Then 150g? Get my point?

My opinion is that for a medium naso, a 6x2x2 tank looks cramped. A large naso just looks silly!

John

[chesapeake]

is there any macro algae that is harmfull to tangs? im not sure of the name of the algae i have one is red colored and the other type is a stringing green that grows very rapidly would thinking of feeding it to my yellow tang as supplimentry diet for her and a hippo tang

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10061909#post10061909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zimreef
Well a 20g is too small, a 1000g is more than adequate, so the cutoff lies somewhere in between. Where that cutoff is, is as you say, pretty arbitrary and down to personal opinion.

So, say for argument's sake 300g is the cutoff - will it make much difference to that fish if it is moved to a 250g. No? OK put it in a 250g. Will it make much difference if that fish was then moved from a 250g to a 200g? No? OK move it to a 200g. Well what about a 175g? Then 150g? Get my point?


Obviously a 20 gallon is too small and by our standards a 1000 gallon is more than adequate. But those are pretty extreme comparisons of volume so I am still not sure what you were trying to prove.

I was talking about the demensions of the tank, not the mere volume. If you say a 300 gallon is the cutoff than why would you put a Naso in something smaller and believe that it won't make that much of a difference? If a 300 gallon is the cutoff, that means you don't go any lower so I still don't see your point. ;)