Clown Tang

[Fin-up reefing]

I plan on getting a clown tang for my 220, once it gets to my house, but I’ve heard they are hard to keep.. has anyone had luck with these guys? Is there a specific size I should order? I know smaller tangs usually die off pretty quick.

 

[Mr. Limpid]

Clown tangs in my area has started showing up a lot in LFS. These a great looking tang, never had one but read up on them, the one thing I read was they need a lot of water movement and high oxygen in the water. I would add a extra power head or two and have them pointing at the surface. They are not as aggressive tang as others, but you need to know which tangs you want to keep an add them accordingly to their aggression. Also not tangs from the same family (body shape) tend to fight. I have keep i a 135 three tangs added in this order Hippo, Chevron and Powered Blue. In my new 180, plan is Naso, Desjardini and Powered Blue.

 

[Fin-up reefing]

Clown tangs in my area has started showing up a lot in LFS. These a great looking tang, never had one but read up on them, the one thing I read was they need a lot of water movement and high oxygen in the water. I would add a extra power head or two and have them pointing at the surface. They are not as aggressive tang as others, but you need to know which tangs you want to keep an add them accordingly to their aggression. Also not tangs from the same family (body shape) tend to fight. I have keep i a 135 three tangs added in this order Hippo, Chevron and Powered Blue. In my new 180, plan is Naso, Desjardini and Powered Blue.

Alright, thank you!

 

[eatbreakfast]

They do like high flow.

Young individuals have a very fast metabolism so they need to be fed frequently. They also commonly come in with internal parasites, so they need to be treated for that.

They are susceptible to external parasites, such as ich or velvet.

As they grow they become arguably the most aggressive tang species.