How fast did your Tang grow?

[PiggyPuffin]

In guestimated inches per year, how fast did your Tang grow? Please mention the species as well as the rate.

 

[ndrwater]

I have several species of tangs in my tank. From Naso to purple and yellow. They have probably doubled in size in the last 5 years

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

1" per week.

 

[Jesterrace]

No idea, my 4 inch Yellow Tang turned into a butthead after a month and I had to give it the boot. I'm sure he would've been a joy in my 90 gallon tank had he gotten full size.

 

[PiggyPuffin]

I want to get a small baby purple Tang and I'm curious how fast they grow.

 

[Dragon52]

My Regal went from 1" to 4" in a yr but my Chevron has only gone from 1.5 to 3" in that same time

 

[ReefReady9]

My blue hippo grew about 2" in one year. He's about 4" now. A desjardini sailfin I had grew about the same in a year.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

My Powder Blue went from 2” to about 4” in a year or so.

 

[Nilo]

Yellow Eye Kole 2" in 6 months

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

1" per week.

I guess pretty soon he won’t be turning in the tank!!!

 

[User1]

Lt. Tang here. Purchased last May '18 and I would say it was around 3" in size. Today it is pushing 6 to 7" easy in about 10 months. I do not know how old it is but I purchased it from live aquaria. It was on the smaller side and is pretty friendly. Mover and shaker for sure always looking for a bite to eat.

Upon first purchase I was putting in the small sheets of nori from two little fishes. They are pretty small I guess compared to the fuller sheets we can buy from the market. Anyway it was eating one a day. I would rotate between green and red/purple. I thought it was starving so added a 2nd sheet. Mistake - it ate that too. Ok, took a step back and now back to a single sheet and it is just as happy. Big. Plump. Full body. Large. It is friendly. Doesn't bother anyone. Tail is starting to show signs of a streamer or just the wide c cup style with some tips. Pretty fish. Loves to dig and move sand around.

Grows fast. Lives in a 210 tank and I feel it is too small for him/her.

 

[Thomashtom]

Dussemeri 3 inches in 1 year

 

[Katrina71]

The Tang police have been alerted...lol

 

[Jvesche20]

I want to get a small baby purple Tang and I'm curious how fast they grow.

what size tank do you have and what other kinds of tangs do you have? My tangs I feel like they dont grow but thats also because I stare at them every day My purple tang is about 2.5-3 inches and I tried to add a small black eye kole tang and I walked away for about 30 mins came back and the kole's fins were destroyed. I just spent 2 hours taking apart my aquascape and trying to capture the fish. Hes only 1" so he could hide in every cave that existed in my tank

 

[JAWS 32]

I have a yellow tail (Purple) tang, who, when I got him about 3 years ago, he was a little bigger than a half dollar. Now he is about 4 inches or so. Great fish, as long as you have enough space for him. Good luck

 

[PiggyPuffin]

Looks like the consensus was ~2" per year? So, given an adult max size of ~10" that means most tangs would be fully grown in 4-5 years.

 

[nereefpat]

They grow really quickly when young, ime. A small one can reach the 3-4" mark within a year or so. Then after they get about 1/2 their max size, the growth is slow the rest of the way.

What's the tank size? A young purple will grow fast, and they can be quite mean in smaller tanks.

 

[PiggyPuffin]

I would expect so. Animals with bones certainly grow at a faster rate when juvenile, then completely stop growing upon maturity. But do fish? They don't have bones, but rather cartilage, so the growth profile may be different. My clowns are sexually mature but haven't stopped growing...they have certainly slowed down in growth. I got them as 1" babies, they must of hit 2" by 6 months, but I think they've slowed down now.

 

[madweazl]

Our yellow tang went from about 1.5" to 3.5-4" in two years. He is a butthole in a 75g.

 

[Oshengems]

My blue hippo went from quarter size to about ~3-4” in less than 8 months, my chocolate tang went from ~2” to about the same size ~4 during the same time. I was hoping the initial growth would be slower to keep them to move to my next project but the looked and started swimming differently they looked stressed