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It would all depend on the size of the adult fish you plan on putting in there, not so much how many.
Tangs? As is plural? Your tank would only be big enough for one, as in a Yellow Eye, Yellow, Tomini,Two Spot, Squaretail, Blennys would be fine, Clowns would be fine.
Yellow Tang & Sailfin Tangs require bigger tanks, I'd not put them in there.
But yes, you could have a decent amount of fish in your tank.
But yes, you could have a decent amount of fish in your tank.
The ones listed in bold print. And Im sorry I misseed typed last post, you could keep a Yellow Tang in that tank, my apologies.
The 120 opens up your ability to keep the bigger tangs.
Hippo
Sailfin
Scopus
Convict
Powder Blue
Powder Brown
Purple
White Cheek
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jdl513
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A rule of thumb for me I try to keep only fish that can be expected to grow to no more than 1/3rd the width of the display.
This gives them room to move more freely in all three dimensions rather than having to do laps if the tank it too narrow.
I will admit I have fish that will grow to larger than 1/3rd the width of my current display but I have a 30" wide custom under construction.
This gives them room to move more freely in all three dimensions rather than having to do laps if the tank it too narrow.
I will admit I have fish that will grow to larger than 1/3rd the width of my current display but I have a 30" wide custom under construction.
AH, I wouldn't put any but the small tangs into that tank, you don't have the length of the tank, you have the height, and they swim back and forth, not up and down.
Yellow Eye, Yellow, Tomini,Two Spot, Squaretail, Mimic
TJ's Reef
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IMHO Bio-load is a balancing act in Reeftanks and can be successfully done from one extreme to the other as long as it is balanced. Meaning little LR + a few Fish + few Corals or many Frags/small starts only =BALANCE - to - significant amount of LR or combined live substrate + many Fish + many Coral or mature colonies = BALANCE.
For a 75g Display if given a substantial Live substrate and added volume of large Sump/Fuge with adequate mechanical filtration you can certainly keep and run a fairly high bio-load system. As for the Tangs being housed within I all agree with above comments in a Yellow and Kole/Tomini pair would do fine. IF certain to go larger in future also having otherTangs introduced as small juveniles to grow up with peers can be done.
Pics below of my old 75g DT with high flow 40g refugium and HOB Skimmer. First pic of early in its days and second one about 1 year in and third pic 2 years in which includes three Tangs with a total of 16 or 17 Fish and abundance of Corals. Darn pics loaded in wrong order so 1 & 2 are switched
Cheers, Todd
For a 75g Display if given a substantial Live substrate and added volume of large Sump/Fuge with adequate mechanical filtration you can certainly keep and run a fairly high bio-load system. As for the Tangs being housed within I all agree with above comments in a Yellow and Kole/Tomini pair would do fine. IF certain to go larger in future also having otherTangs introduced as small juveniles to grow up with peers can be done.
Pics below of my old 75g DT with high flow 40g refugium and HOB Skimmer. First pic of early in its days and second one about 1 year in and third pic 2 years in which includes three Tangs with a total of 16 or 17 Fish and abundance of Corals. Darn pics loaded in wrong order so 1 & 2 are switched
Cheers, Todd
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You could also add White tail bristletooth to the smaller tang list (C. flavicauda).
I have 10 fish in my 75 gallon: foxface, 2 clowns, 2 anthias, 2 dwarf angels, leopard wrasse, midas blenny, mandarin. It's all about adding everything slowly so you give your system time to catch up with the increased bioload. Your feeding schedule will also play a big part in your maintenance
