Bob Weigant
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I have 2 clowns in my reef and almost everytime it comes after my hand when I’m in the tank
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I say... but the fish, but get a bigger tank first.
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I’m getting a room ready for a big tank too. I need to tile the floor, I want to put drains in the floor in case there ever are any overflows and reinforce the floor. Getting ready for a tank is as much work as having a tank.
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Tangs are one of the fish most people like to jump on other people about for little reason. Nobody gets jumped on for putting a baby clown triggerfish in a 30 gallon even though it will outgrow it faster than any other fish and really are ocean-going fish and swim even more than a reef-going tang. The key is to move the fish when they outgrow the aquarium.
I have had many tangs and have kept them in everything from a Fluval Evo 13.5 (captive raised from Biota and received at 0.75 inches long and kept to 1.5 inches) up to a 500-gallon aquarium with many tangs of various types which I have had for 10+ years and never had an issue with them. The key is to move them when they outgrow the tank. Tangs grow quickly from 0 inches to 2.5 inches in about eight months or so but after 2.5-3 inches they really seem to slow down. After that, the growth could only be an inch a year max and 0.5 inches or less per year after 4+ years.
I plan to keep a tang in my 3.8 gallons at some point lol. I have experience raising clownfish and love baby fish and would love to get a tang from Biota at 0.25 inches long or maybe less and grow it out
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For your tank I would get a Biota Yello Tang as they come very small and request the smallest available. At 0.75 inches size, you could keep it for a year max then sell it or give it away or get a larger aquarium.
https://biotaaquariums.com/store/
https://biotapalau.com/
I have had many tangs and have kept them in everything from a Fluval Evo 13.5 (captive raised from Biota and received at 0.75 inches long and kept to 1.5 inches) up to a 500-gallon aquarium with many tangs of various types which I have had for 10+ years and never had an issue with them. The key is to move them when they outgrow the tank. Tangs grow quickly from 0 inches to 2.5 inches in about eight months or so but after 2.5-3 inches they really seem to slow down. After that, the growth could only be an inch a year max and 0.5 inches or less per year after 4+ years.
I plan to keep a tang in my 3.8 gallons at some point lol. I have experience raising clownfish and love baby fish and would love to get a tang from Biota at 0.25 inches long or maybe less and grow it out
.For your tank I would get a Biota Yello Tang as they come very small and request the smallest available. At 0.75 inches size, you could keep it for a year max then sell it or give it away or get a larger aquarium
. https://biotaaquariums.com/store/
https://biotapalau.com/
No jokeI’m getting a room ready for a big tank too. I need to tile the floor, I want to put drains in the floor in case there ever are any overflows and reinforce the floor. Getting ready for a tank is as much work as having a tank.
