Purple tang and ?

kuansreef · Mar 14, 2015

I am looking for other big fish to accompany my purple tang. Do you have a purple tang and other reef-safe big fish and they get along? what are they? Thanks in advance!

carl page · Mar 14, 2015

Foxface is a good choice ....

kuansreef · Mar 14, 2015

carl page said:
Foxface is a good choice ....

Thanks! Would Foxface eat snails or zoas?

carl page · Mar 14, 2015

Mine hasn't... They are a good addition and gets along with my yellow tang very well

Humblefish · Mar 14, 2015

Not trying to get all tang police on you, but the size of your tank would determine whether or not you can safely mix other tangs with it. I do agree a foxface would be a good choice.

Reefing Madness · Mar 14, 2015

Fox Face won't eat snails or corals.
What size tank? Might get more ideas from that.

kuansreef · Mar 14, 2015

I have 210g and only one purple. What about a naso blonde?

Reefing Madness · Mar 14, 2015

Yea, Naso would work.

eatbreakfast · Mar 14, 2015

Pyramid butterflies are cool.
As are heniochus butterflies.
The above mentioned tangs are nice.
Other large fish that would work dependent on other tankmates would include soldierfish and squirrelfish.
Marine bettas and blue devil plesiops .

Humblefish · Mar 15, 2015

Reefing Madness said:
Yea, Naso would work.

+1 You have a lot of options with a 210 gal. Foxface, Naso, flasher/fairy wrasses, a harem of anthias, Pyramid Butterfly, etc. Mixing tangs can get hairy sometimes, but if you take care to only add tangs from different genuses... that usually works in a big tank like yours.

gacolt · Mar 15, 2015

blonde naso is a good choice.great fish

bneufelder · Mar 15, 2015

I have a blue tang (larger than pt) and a kole tang (smaller than pt). He definitely leaves the blue alone. He is semi-aggressive to the kole but they went through QT together so that made them an easier combination.

NeuroticAquatics · Mar 16, 2015

I have a Magnificent Foxface, Blue Jaw Trigger, Longnose Hawk and Blonde Naso with mine. The Purple was added last and these three are always together. The Trigger keeps to himself. There are lots of other possibilities though. I have a 240g and plan to add a Harlequin Tusk, Lyretail Hogfish and some kind of Large Angel next.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg579/Todd_Huff/2015-02/06D99FCF-BA9D-4CA4-BD92-1A69EA12A4DC.jpg

carl page · Mar 16, 2015

Very nice choices

Z06-Hec · Mar 16, 2015

i had a Powder blue with my Purple, they did NOT get along... got rid of the powder blue....
I have angels with my purple... they chase each other but nothing crazy. Not exactly reef safe too... i cannot keep certain things but my hammers torches and frogs are fine.

gidenski · Mar 16, 2015

My purple didn't like anything with a similar shape. In order for me to get a sailfin in, I changed my aquascape (was doing so anyway) and took my purple to cozy up in a tank with his new tankmate @ the LFS post quarantine. After two days I brought them both home, watched them chase each other around for 2 hours and then things magically just settled.

+1 Naso, unless you really want to go through a hassle.