Tangs for beginner? - Page 2

Tanglover531 · 04/23/2014, 07:57 PM

Yah not two of the same I was just wondering if there was a different species that could fit in a 75

Tanglover531 · 04/23/2014, 08:02 PM

Yah not two koles I was looking for a different species

Crooked Reef · 04/23/2014, 08:57 PM

I love my Midas blenny. Beautiful gold color and his body moves like an eel.

HumbleFish · 04/24/2014, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by thenewguy997

Does this include the white tail bristletooth tang? Its rare, i really want one for my 75 :/

Yup

But I would probably limit yourself to just one tang in a 75.

Pigpen17 · 04/24/2014, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Crooked Reef

I love my Midas blenny. Beautiful gold color and his body moves like an eel.

+1 on that. Love my Midas Blenny. And IF I had a 75, I would tankmate it with a Two Spot Bristletooth Tang. Very cool looking fish.

Tanglover531 · 04/24/2014, 08:12 AM

Yes it's a very pretty

3dees · 04/24/2014, 10:26 AM

I have a four foot 120 gal. and I won't even think of adding any tang. they are easily stressed and prone to ich. they need room and lots of it. there are so many choices of beautiful fish that are far less trouble. I love tangs but imo anything less than six feet is just a crap shoot. yes, some can be kept in a 75, but look in the disease section and most problems are with tangs.

thenewguy997 · 04/24/2014, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by HumbleFish

Yup

But I would probably limit yourself to just one tang in a 75.

I agree

bjwoody15 · 04/24/2014, 03:16 PM

Kole tang would work. Had one in 90 gallon.

Pigpen17 · 04/27/2014, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 3dees

I have a four foot 120 gal. and I won't even think of adding any tang. they are easily stressed and prone to ich. they need room and lots of it. there are so many choices of beautiful fish that are far less trouble. I love tangs but imo anything less than six feet is just a crap shoot. yes, some can be kept in a 75, but look in the disease section and most problems are with tangs.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but it is not completely accurate to throw all Tangs into one category. Some are relentless swimmers and get huge, while others are not. I kept a Pacific Blue and a Yellow in the same tank. It was a obvious within a year that the Blue needed more room that I had. It never stopped swimming back and forth and back and forth. Relentless. The Yellow on the other hand was more of a curious swimmer. I have observed, but not kept the Bristol Tooths, and they seem like even more curious swimmers. Not needing the huge swim track of the Blues and such, but more into caves, arches and the like. Still, the larger the tank the better, but I think a four foot tank would be fine for some Tangs, and not for others.

foundnemo11 · 04/27/2014, 02:13 PM

I have hippo and yellow eyed kole in my 75 they do great . they swim together and hang out all day no problems

I got the hippo when it was the size of a dime

Tanglover531 · 04/27/2014, 02:37 PM

ok cool i asked a guy at a fish store if it would be alright and he was saying it would

Pigpen17 · 04/27/2014, 09:26 PM

I would say you will get to a point the Pacific Blue will be cramped I that tank. My Blue was my favorite fish, and it got to a point I had to admit I was not taking care of his needs.

devimik · 04/27/2014, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Tanglover531

ok cool i asked a guy at a fish store if it would be alright and he was saying it would

Many guys in fish stores will tell you anything to sell fish. I have a 90g with a Kole Tang. My tank's the same length as yours and is just enough length for the Kole to swim back and forth, but I would never put in another Tang, nor anything other than a Bristletooth. They really do need more room, length not gallons.

Tanglover531 · 04/28/2014, 09:52 AM

He did say it would out grow it in like a year to six months

MMacro · 04/28/2014, 11:14 AM

None

MMacro · 04/28/2014, 11:18 AM

Honestly, I wouldn't keep ANY tang in a 75 gallon. I used to have a juvenile yellow tang and even though he was small he still seemed cramped.

foundnemo11 · 05/01/2014, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tanglover531

ok cool i asked a guy at a fish store if it would be alright and he was saying it would

Personally I wouldn't take a fish stores word on it without researching it first.. Some are good about it but some people don't know what they are talking about or will sell u anything.

Halo_003 · 05/01/2014, 06:22 AM

For reference on LFS guys, one of the guys at mine(granted the rest are all reasonable) tried to sell me a Picasso Trigger for my 10G, he said it'd be fine for a couple years.

Some of them see it as I'd you buy a small fish and it gets big, you're likely to bring it back and they give you 50% store credit for it. Its a win-win for the store. All that said, IMO I personally would rather have a group of small, active fish like anthias or a wrasse of some sort.

Comedy Fish · 05/01/2014, 07:32 AM

Please don't put a hippo tang in a 75. I have a tank 2x as big as yours and my hippo looks huge in there, albeit she is 7 years old.

04/23/2014, 07:57 PM	#26
Tanglover531 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 107	Yah not two of the same I was just wondering if there was a different species that could fit in a 75 __________________ Genesis 1:20-21 God created fish,and he saw that they were awesome

04/23/2014, 08:02 PM	#27
Tanglover531 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 107	Yah not two koles I was looking for a different species __________________ Genesis 1:20-21 God created fish,and he saw that they were awesome

04/23/2014, 08:57 PM	#28
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	I love my Midas blenny. Beautiful gold color and his body moves like an eel. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

04/24/2014, 08:12 AM	#31
Tanglover531 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 107	Yes it's a very pretty __________________ Genesis 1:20-21 God created fish,and he saw that they were awesome

04/27/2014, 02:13 PM	#36
foundnemo11 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 839	I have hippo and yellow eyed kole in my 75 they do great . they swim together and hang out all day no problems I got the hippo when it was the size of a dime __________________ I am a compulsive liar, and a millionaire. Current Tank Info: 75 gallon mixed reef, mostly sps, bubble magnus skimmer nac5, Reefbreeders Photon48, hippo tang, kole tang, 2 clownfish, 3 chromis, 1 cleaner wrasse, 1 cleaner shrimp, crabs/snails

04/24/2014, 10:26 AM	#32
3dees Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 793	I have a four foot 120 gal. and I won't even think of adding any tang. they are easily stressed and prone to ich. they need room and lots of it. there are so many choices of beautiful fish that are far less trouble. I love tangs but imo anything less than six feet is just a crap shoot. yes, some can be kept in a 75, but look in the disease section and most problems are with tangs.

04/24/2014, 03:16 PM	#34
bjwoody15 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 60	Kole tang would work. Had one in 90 gallon.

04/27/2014, 02:37 PM	#37
Tanglover531 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 107	ok cool i asked a guy at a fish store if it would be alright and he was saying it would __________________ Genesis 1:20-21 God created fish,and he saw that they were awesome

04/27/2014, 09:26 PM	#38
Pigpen17 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tacoma, Wa. Posts: 1,006	I would say you will get to a point the Pacific Blue will be cramped I that tank. My Blue was my favorite fish, and it got to a point I had to admit I was not taking care of his needs. __________________ Never trust a man with a castle in his tank. 56g Column \|Aquamaxx HOB-1 Skimmer \|Reef Breeders Photon 24 LED \|850gph Koralia (X2) \| Maxspect Gyre XF130

04/28/2014, 09:52 AM	#40
Tanglover531 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 107	He did say it would out grow it in like a year to six months __________________ Genesis 1:20-21 God created fish,and he saw that they were awesome

04/28/2014, 11:14 AM	#41
MMacro Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,442	None __________________ 155 Mixed Reef (48x31x24)

04/28/2014, 11:18 AM	#42
MMacro Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,442	Honestly, I wouldn't keep ANY tang in a 75 gallon. I used to have a juvenile yellow tang and even though he was small he still seemed cramped. __________________ 155 Mixed Reef (48x31x24)

05/01/2014, 06:22 AM	#44
Halo_003 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: FL, USA Posts: 156	For reference on LFS guys, one of the guys at mine(granted the rest are all reasonable) tried to sell me a Picasso Trigger for my 10G, he said it'd be fine for a couple years. Some of them see it as I'd you buy a small fish and it gets big, you're likely to bring it back and they give you 50% store credit for it. Its a win-win for the store. All that said, IMO I personally would rather have a group of small, active fish like anthias or a wrasse of some sort.

05/01/2014, 07:32 AM	#45
Comedy Fish Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 111	Please don't put a hippo tang in a 75. I have a tank 2x as big as yours and my hippo looks huge in there, albeit she is 7 years old.