Is this too many tangs for a 225?

[Mr. Brooks]

Tank is 6' long by 2' wide. LOTS of open space, LOTS of flow 14,000 GPH turnover.

Large male Blonde Naso
Small/medium Yellow
Small/medium Purple
Medium Achilles
Small Blue
Very small Chevron

I have a school of 18 small Anthias, 3 small wrasses, 2 Dartfish, a Flameback Angel and a Royal Gramma.

Would you call this overstocked for an SPS tank?

Skimmer is a Deltec AP851.

[Mr. Brooks]

The medium Achilles, small Blue and very small Chevron would be new additions. Tank is ich free at this point.

[Mr. Brooks]

Anyone?

[Ehaze]

I'de say your fine :) any pics?

[mcrist]

In the long term, you have too many tangs when they all reach adult size.

[john rochon]

personally, I say to many. blond will grow fast.

[Juruense]

I would say between zero and one would be ideal.

[ladyonyx]

Without the blonde, you would probably be fine. That one's a little iffy though due to adult size and aggressiveness. But you already have that one along with 2 other tangs right? Hmmm...I wouldn't add 3 more tangs to the picture; 1 for sure, maybe 2...

[fufu]

I have 1/3 of the fish you have in my 200 gallon. I feel your tank is too overcrowded. I have 3 tangs so I try to aim for 50 gallon per tang.

[Mr. Brooks]

Here's some full tank shots:

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There's no aggression in my tank right now.

I'm definitely going to get a tiny Chevron.

It's a toss up between a Powder Blue and an Achilles at this point.

[Toddrtrex]

IMO, the Naso won't work long term, and the Achilles is borderline.


Many many years okay, I held a full grown Naso for a friend while he moved. This was back when I had a 55, seeing how quickly it could go 4 feet was shocking. And the wave that it created was pretty neat, although messy. I personally would never put one in anything less then a 10 foot long tank.

[MrRyanT]

I would agree that the Naso definitely gets too big to keep in a 6' tank long term. IMO if you remove both the Naso and the Achilles then you would be ok keeping the others. If you want to keep the Achilles then I feel you shouldn't add any more fish and as stated I feel the Naso should be removed regardless.