Tang Combinations

[curtcherry]

Need some advice. Getting ready to stock a 180 and will eventually add tangs.. Most likely last!

Here is what I am thinking but would like suggestions, advice or alternatives.

Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Powder Brown
Powder Blue
Lavender Tang

I understand the Powder Blue can be a bully? Any better suggestions? I am going for color.

[btb72]

I love purple tangs.

[ksicard]

I would skip the powder brown. There could be some issues in a 180 having both a powder blue and brown tang.

[curtcherry]

With having a blue tang should I skip the powder blue and do the powder brown? I am really after color variety.

[Dmorty217]

A powder blue won't do well long term in a 180, they will also get ultra aggressive

[Kremis]

My powder brown actually beat my yellow tang to death.. they can be very aggressive. I would avoid it altogether, and go for maybe blue tang, yellow tang, and lavender tang.

[BigBlueTang]

I would pass on a Hepatus tang in a 180. I feel like they need more room. Yellow and a lavender would be fine. I would recommend the bristletooth tangs. White tail bristletooths are showstoppers.

[kmbyrnes]

To me that seems like a lot of tangs in a 180.
But I concur that Powder Blue and Powder Brown will be a problem. Eventually you may find the Blue is just too aggressive for that size tank.
Yellow, lavender would look nice and a Bristle Tooth, Orange Shoulder or Kole will add some variety.

[johnike]

Here's my list if it will help...

Purple x2
Yellow x2
Convict
Tomini
Blue Hippo
Chevron
Desjardini Sailfin

[scooter31707]

No Hippo Tang (requires 8ft tank). I would not do the Powder Blue as they can become very aggressive with limited space. In that tank, I would do the Yellow Tang and the Lavendar Tang.

[brett559]

If I had a 180, I'd do this:
Yellow and purple (added same time), yellow belly blue, Chevron

[curtcherry]

How about this combination

Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Lavender Tang
Sailfin Tang

[kennytze]

I have a black and Sailfin in my 180 gallon mixed reef. They get along well with only an occasional stare down.

[scooter31707]

How about this combination

Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Lavender Tang
Sailfin Tang

I do not recommend all those Tangs in a 180. I would cut the Blue and Sailfin Tang. Maybe you could do the Yellow, Purple, and Lavender Tangs.

[Khazmodain]

How about this combination

Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Lavender Tang
Sailfin Tang

You're fine with a blue tang in a 6 foot 180g. However, I'm not sure you are okay with three zebrasomas... I have a feeling the purple would be awfully aggressive towards the yellow and sailfin.

[nereefpat]

Darn it, I was trying to stay out of this one.

Both sailfin species Z. velifer and Z. desjardinii get too large for a 180. 15" long, and also that tall.

I would do 3 from different genera: yellow, lavender, kole.

[sil40sx]

....if I have a 180 (and extra cash to spend)

Gem
Purple
Blue
Yellow

[nereefpat]

....if I have a 180 (and extra cash to spend)

Gem
Purple
Blue
Yellow

If I was going to spend that much on a gem tang, I would not risk it being beat to heck by a yellow or purple.

[sil40sx]

I have to make sure the Gem will be the biggest one. LOL

[ErosJN]

Here's my combination in a 210 display with 75 sump.
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160815_210326_zps0vomsdoj.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160815_210326_zps0vomsdoj.jpg.html)

[curtcherry]

Any issues with the powder brown being aggressive?

[ErosJN]

Yes. He showed aggressions to my atlantic blue tang and my purple tang. In one instance i had to place him in the sump for a few days and on the second instance the rockwork had to be redone. After doing these things the aggression stopped. Thats just my personal experience though, some browns may be model citizens and others may be evil lol.

[RDtrack]

Here's my combination in a 210 display with 75 sump.
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160815_210326_zps0vomsdoj.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160815_210326_zps0vomsdoj.jpg.html)


Is that a pair of purples with a desjardini? If so impressive.....and people worry about the powder brown being the aggressor in that bunch. You must have added them all together at the same time.

My experience has been that sailfins are beeped beeps. So I would only keep one in any tank. Even though I love them to death; especially purples.

[sil40sx]

Here's my combination in a 210 display with 75 sump.

Whoa! Very nice!!! :eek2:

[johnike]

Here's some crappy pics of mine.
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/johnike/240fish_zpspgb0h9ue.jpg (http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/johnike/media/240fish_zpspgb0h9ue.jpg.html)

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/johnike/received_1754551958150738_zpszuu5iire.jpeg (http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/johnike/media/received_1754551958150738_zpszuu5iire.jpeg.html)

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/johnike/received_1754551978150736_zpspgczruro.jpeg (http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/johnike/media/received_1754551978150736_zpspgczruro.jpeg.html)

[ErosJN]

Very nice aquarium John. What size is it? Thanks for the compliments guys. Actually, they were all introduced seperate! Ive had the most trouble with the brown in regards to adding tangs after it. Im a firm believer in if you feed them well they are not as aggressive/territorial because theres no shortage of food. The sailfin is actually super peaceful. The "jerk" of the tang group would be the Atlantic Blue Tang (the larger one that looks like a purple tang). I have tons of current and feed 2-3 sheets of nori a day plus frozen food. For Nori I use the walmart brand that you find in the Oriental isle... $2.50 for a 20 sheet pack! Ill post some more photos shortly... id love to see more peoples photos aswell:)

[ErosJN]

This is the Atlantic Blue Tang, he still has his subadult colors but when he's mature he'll be a deep blue color.
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/20160830_200619_zpslca4k8aa.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160830_200619_zpslca4k8aa.jpg.html)

Naso with sailfin, probably the 2 most peaceful tangs of the group.
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160726_165818_zpsmrxvgdsq.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160726_165818_zpsmrxvgdsq.jpg.html)

Hippo, brown, and yellow grubbing on some Nori
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/20160830_174601_zpsywcajogc.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160830_174601_zpsywcajogc.jpg.html)

The newest addition to the tangs is the Purple Tang, he's been with me for about a month. The brown beat him up when introduced so I had to drastically reaquascape to what you see now. After aquascaping the brown completely left him alone.
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/20160830_174903_zpsfwrtkxvy.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160830_174903_zpsfwrtkxvy.jpg.html)

Lastly, heres a photo of the full setup
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg550/erosnunez/Mobile%20Uploads/20160809_171155_zpsxiflyiou.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/erosnunez/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160809_171155_zpsxiflyiou.jpg.html)

[johnike]

Very nice aquarium John. What size is it? Thanks for the compliments guys. Actually, they were all introduced seperate! Ive had the most trouble with the brown in regards to adding tangs after it. Im a firm believer in if you feed them well they are not as aggressive/territorial because theres no shortage of food. The sailfin is actually super peaceful. The "jerk" of the tang group would be the Atlantic Blue Tang (the larger one that looks like a purple tang). I have tons of current and feed 2-3 sheets of nori a day plus frozen food. For Nori I use the walmart brand that you find in the Oriental isle... $2.50 for a 20 sheet pack! Ill post some more photos shortly... id love to see more peoples photos aswell:)

8x2x2 240.
And thank you. :)

[curtcherry]

Based on what has been offered up so far on this thread (obviously opinions vary)...

Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Sailfin Tang
Kole Tang
Naso Tang

How does that suit you all?

[scooter31707]

IMO, Naso, Blue (Hippo), and Salifin (borderline) needs a 8ft tank. That's too many Tangs for a 180.

[curtcherry]

Doing 4 tangs okay? Or should I keep odd numbers?

[ErosJN]

Im not 100% sure because ive never kept track of odds/evens but i believe that may be more towards keeping the same type for example a purple tang and yellow tang.. in that case you may want odds to disperse aggressions

[robert s b.]

Purple Tang x 2
Yellow Tang x 3
Sailfin Tang
Mimic Tang
Blue Regal Tang
Freckle Maculiceps Tang
Fowleri Tang
Achilles Tang just added 2 weeks ago

All the tangs get along

The rest
Springeri Damsel x 4
Ringtail Cardinals x 3
Quoyi Parrotfish
Blue Throat Trigger
Clown Fish x 2
Blue Chromis x 2
Lawn Mower
Borbonius Anthias
Goldflake Angel
Queen Angel
Regal Angel
Golden Dwarf Angel
Melanarus Wrasse
Solor Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse


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[1jwampler]

The 5 hippos, 4 yellow, 1 sailfin, 1 purple and 1 clown have been in this 150G for about 6 mos, had a 5 yellow (6" plus) had to take him out he was aggressive. As long as you have filtration to keep up with the mess they make, and are prepared to remove them, if they get aggressive, or too big for the tank, not sure there is too much. My fish are all fat, and over fed, the NO3 RX keeps NO3 @ < 2.5ppm, the GFO keeps PO4 < .25 (currently at .06).


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[codydemmel4]

i have a powder blue, yellow tang, purple tang, blue eye kole tang and an emporer angelfish in my 180 gallon

[curtcherry]

And? All is good?

[Sandman182]

My experience over the years is pretty much spot on with others when they state the issues encountered with Powder Blue and Powder Brown tangs in the same tank. I downsized from a 300 gallon years ago that contained a Powder Blue, Powder Brown( like an idiot I just had to have it) and an Achiles tang. I would never do Powder tangs Blue or Brown ever again. I really agree with others who state that having the number of tangs you would like in a 180 is pushing it as well. I think you would be fine though with 2 smaller tangs like a Purple and maybe a Yellow Eye. As you are probably aware, tangs are heavy grazers so plan accordingly and best of luck.

[BigBlueTang]

Purple Tang x 2
Yellow Tang x 3
Sailfin Tang
Mimic Tang
Blue Regal Tang
Freckle Maculiceps Tang
Fowleri Tang
Achilles Tang just added 2 weeks ago

All the tangs get along

The rest
Springeri Damsel x 4
Ringtail Cardinals x 3
Quoyi Parrotfish
Blue Throat Trigger
Clown Fish x 2
Blue Chromis x 2
Lawn Mower
Borbonius Anthias
Goldflake Angel
Queen Angel
Regal Angel
Golden Dwarf Angel
Melanarus Wrasse
Solor Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse




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Dang. Pics or it didn't happen ;)
Kidding, but I would really love to see pictures.

[BigBlueTang]

The 5 hippos, 4 yellow, 1 sailfin, 1 purple and 1 clown have been in this 150G for about 6 mos, had a 5 yellow (6" plus) had to take him out he was aggressive. As long as you have filtration to keep up with the mess they make, and are prepared to remove them, if they get aggressive, or too big for the tank, not sure there is too much. My fish are all fat, and over fed, the NO3 RX keeps NO3 @ < 2.5ppm, the GFO keeps PO4 < .25 (currently at .06).





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Come on man...

5 hippos?! 4 yellows?! 150?!


:headwally:

[Aggiefish12]

Lookin good!


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