Multi Tang QT Strategy

[Ross B Reef'n]

The first habitents of my wife and I's aquarium are about 2-3 months out from now. We are planning for a Blond Naso, Sailfin, and Blue eye tang. The sailfin is still in debate between a yellow tang, but is in the lead.

Our fish room will have two permanent 20g long QT setups. One for fish, and one for coral. Since corals won't be introduced until much later, both could be used for fish QT.

Would it be best to setup a third QT and place each of them in their own QT tank?

Or would it be best to put them all in the same QT and oversee their interaction from the get-go?

All will be juveniles.

 

[Raptor777]

The first habitents of my wife and I's aquarium are about 2-3 months out from now. We are planning for a Blond Naso, Sailfin, and Blue eye tang. The sailfin is still in debate between a yellow tang, but is in the lead.

Our fish room will have two permanent 20g long QT setups. One for fish, and one for coral. Since corals won't be introduced until much later, both could be used for fish QT.

Would it be best to setup a third QT and place each of them in their own QT tank?

Or would it be best to put them all in the same QT and oversee their interaction from the get-go?

All will be juveniles.

i say one tank as long as filtration is okay. Also add them at the same time to avoid aggression. Just monitor ammonia in a QT with multiple fish

 

[LiveWire]

If it were me and I had the room to setup 3 20 gallon systems I would setup 3 and place them all in separate tanks. A 20 gallon tank will cause a tang a bit of stress on its own but putting 3 in the same 20 gallon tank would amplify that stress. If you place each one in its own tank and put a 3-4" pvc elbow or tee in each tank that would be your best option to reduce stress IMO.

 

[Ross B Reef'n]

Having two coral QT's doesn't sound like a bad idea either... one for sps, one for LPS. I could adjust par accordingly for each one. The ceiling is 10ft tall in the fish room, so I could stack.

 

[Ross B Reef'n]

I think the opportunity to interact with each one individually would be missed if they all were in the same QT.

 

[4FordFamily]

I use larger QT tanks for tang batches, they tend to get along better this way. I use 40B sometimes but generally 55 gallon tanks.

What size tank? Naso need an 8 foot tank as adults IMO. Sailfin often eventually outgrow 6 foot tanks as well. Juvenile naso are quite difficult to get feeding initially and are quite prone to disease.

I hope this helps!

 

[Ross B Reef'n]

I use larger QT tanks for tang batches, they tend to get along better this way. I use 40B sometimes but generally 55 gallon tanks.

What size tank? Naso need an 8 foot tank as adults IMO. Sailfin often eventually outgrow 6 foot tanks as well. Juvenile naso are quite difficult to get feeding initially and are quite prone to disease.

I hope this helps!

Our tank is 44x36x26 170g. Don't tell my wife this yet, but there's a wall behind the couch in the bonus room directly above the fish room where the 96" long, ~250g, is going to go. Shhh!!!