question about a tank

[spi4life]

I have found maybe an awesome deal on a 150g. the dimensions are 48"x24"x31" my question is would I be able to have powder tangs in this? I was wondering due to the fact that the tank is only 48in long. I have a 55 that is that long but the width is double. what are your thoughts?

Thanks

[papagimp]

I personally would not recommend a powder tang, most if not all would require at the bare minimum, a 6ft tank. They prefer lot's o' swimming space and being cramped in anything smaller wouldn't do em much good. More than 6ft would be even better.

[Shooter7]

LFS here had some beautiful powder blues in awhile back. They were good sized and thick, I wanted one for my 4' long 120. I watched them swimming about actively, then went home and tried to picture one of them in my tank. I couldn't do it. The tank they were in was a 10' long 650g at the LFS, which of course dwarfed my 120g.

On the other hand, I've seen many tanks this size with PBT's in them, so ultimately up to you.

[lpsluver]

And besides the PBT are the worst of all of the tangs for Ich potential. Add an Ich magnet to a smaller than desirable tank and you can probably guess the probable outcome.