Mixing tangs

[Noah Hemingway]

Would these 4 tangs cohabitate well in my 5 foot reef?
1 Yellow eye kole tang
1 purple tang
1 convict tang
1 chocolate tang

Could I also have a tomini or would I be pushing it?

Thanks - Noah

 

[EagleEric]

I would think you would be good as long as you have plenty of hiding spots.

I have a Sailfin, yellow, blue hippo, and had a chocolate.
About to add a Tomini today.
Smallest of the tangs so will wait till lights out and fish go to their spots so the new fish can explore and find a spot of its own.

Also...
I would suggest getting a fish trap!
You can either catch the bully fish until you can get away the new addition,.or catch the fish being picked on.

 

[Noah Hemingway]

I would think you would be good as long as you have plenty of hiding spots.

I have a Sailfin, yellow, blue hippo, and had a chocolate.
About to add a Tomini today.
Smallest of the tangs so will wait till lights out and fish go to their spots so the new fish can explore and find a spot of its own.

Also...
I would suggest getting a fish trap!
You can either catch the bully fish until you can get away the new addition,.or catch the fish being picked on.

Think I will add 2 first and then 3 a few months later

 

[EagleEric]

Fish trap is always a good idea. Even if homemade. Many DIY projects out there.

 

[EagleEric]

 

[EagleEric]

Like the door type better.

 

[Rubberfrog]

Can we get the edited version where the trap springs?

 

[Timfish]

Probably, but keep in mind individual personality trumps any online recxommendation and you alwyas need to be ready to rehome a fish. ALso keep in mind tangs take roughly 5 years to mature so don't become complacent just because you' haven had any problems for 2, 3 or 4 years. This article obn steriotypy behaviour is also good for helping to determine if a fish needs to be rehomed:

Stereotypies as animal welfare indicators

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www.zawec.org

 

[Grigs]

You may well be just fine. Start with the least aggressive tangs first. I have a PBT, Chocolate, Blond Naso, PT, Yellow Eye Kole and Desjardini in a 6 ft and they play very nicely together. There is often a train of tangs playing "follow the leader" through and around the caves that I built into the scape. Expect aggression early on and feed generously and you will increase your chances. If you plan to add shy fish (such as a CBB) add them first or they will be impossible to add successfully later.

 

[ca1ore]

Didn’t you ask this exact same question ina different thread! Could have sworn I responded.

 

[ZoWhat]

Would these 4 tangs cohabitate well in my 5 foot reef?
1 Yellow eye kole tang
1 purple tang
1 convict tang
1 chocolate tang

Could I also have a tomini or would I be pushing it?

Thanks - Noah

Tang compatibility almost always comes down to bodyshape. Similar or near-exact bodyshapes will most likely turn on one another .... either right away or eventually

 

[Noah Hemingway]

Didn’t you ask this exact same question ina different thread! Could have sworn I responded.

I made a similar thread

 

[Rmckoy]

I have a yellow tang , yellow belly hippo tang , sailfin , orange shoulder and a mata tang in a 6’

adding the last one being the smallest was the sailfin which I thought it wasn’t going to work .
the yellow was pretty hard for the first 2 days but they’re all follow the leader friends now .

 

[Rubberfrog]

I have a yellow tang , yellow belly hippo tang , sailfin , orange shoulder and a mata tang in a 6’

adding the last one being the smallest was the sailfin which I thought it wasn’t going to work .
the yellow was pretty hard for the first 2 days but they’re all follow the leader friends now .

Same experience I had

 

[ca1ore]

I made a similar thread

My 'answer' is there then .....

 

[40g Nano]

I would just do 3 of them for a 5 foot tank

I’m doing 2 for my 90, and more passive ones
(Chocolate and tomini, and one spot foxface maybe)

 

[stanleo]

If you are going to do it and I think you could I would add them all together. If you put two in and then wait a couple months, there is more chance the first two will already have established territories and bully the final additions.

My yellow attacked a powder brown I added to death over night. I tried again, this time with an acclimation box and a mirror that is always on the tank and so far so good.

 

[Rmckoy]

Same experience I had

I wanted to add a chocolate but worried it won’t last .
I didn’t think a yellow tang was so aggressive

the foxface is next in line for most aggressive

 

[Rmckoy]

The mirror or printed picture of the aggressor helps .

 

[Rmckoy]

Rearranging rocks to make all new territory , lights off , all are said to be effective ways to curb aggression towards new additions