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Vapour1ze
11/17/2008, 05:32 PM
What kind of tangs would work? 90 gallon reef, 50g sump.

seapug
11/17/2008, 05:46 PM
Not to kill your attempt to start a helpful thread, but this topic is covered in quite a lot of detail here:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=739380

LobsterOfJustice
11/17/2008, 05:49 PM
Choose from the genera ctenochaetus and zebrasoma.

tbar
11/17/2008, 07:11 PM
Yellow or Kole would be good both are hardy.

Vapour1ze
11/17/2008, 09:16 PM
sweet, thanks sea pug, and thanks others :D

IFbettas
11/17/2008, 10:24 PM
A yellow tang would fit nicely. Or a ctenochaetus of some sort.

Vapour1ze
11/17/2008, 10:26 PM
what about a powder blue???

Vapour1ze
11/17/2008, 10:27 PM
or 2 yellows? or a yellow and a hippo?

EMV7904
11/17/2008, 10:34 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13767384#post13767384 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tehauthority
or 2 yellows? or a yellow and a hippo?

Neither of these would work in a 90. I had heard that you should never keep yellow tangs in a group of 2, that you should have a group of 3 or more at LEAST (in a much bigger tank than a 90) and tried this in a 220 awhile back. I had 3 and they beat the snot out of each other mercilessly. None of the 3 ever had nice looking fins, it was a shame. Had to seperate and ended up with just one...again in a 220.

The hippo is just going to be too big for a 90. As others suggested, stick with a bristletooth or just 1 yellow/purple/scopas (zebrasoma) et al.

EMV7904
11/17/2008, 10:36 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13767374#post13767374 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tehauthority
what about a powder blue???

Again, the 90 is going to be too small for a powder blue. Plus they are on the harder side to keep. You need to have extremely good clean aerated water...and a pbt can get aggressive with your other fish. More than likely, in a 90 (eventually) you will probably end up with a gorgeous dead fish and $$ down the drain. (the fish wouldn't fit down the drain...) ;)

Vapour1ze
11/17/2008, 11:10 PM
:lol: haha,, coo, maybe ill just go with a nice looking purple or yellow . :D