Tang Experts needed!

[To(meany)Tang]

Hello everyone hope yal are having an awesome day. I had a quick question that hopefully the tang experts can chime in on.
I currently have a foxface, tomini tang, blue hippo tang, orange shoulder tang, and a gold rim tang in my 200 gallon FOWLR .. I plan to add coral in the near future. My question is how probable would it be for me to add a chocolate tang as my final fish? The largest currently is my foxface at 5 inches. No aggression between any fish so far... Thank you for your time

 

[JC1977]

While it could work I think you’re pushing your luck trying to put five tangs in a six foot tank.

 

[Zach B]

How long have the tangs been in your tank? It's always a risk adding another tang to be honest, even though they may not show aggression they are still territorial. Best of luck Sounds like an awesome tank

 

[To(meany)Tang]

Okay thank you for that.. my impulsive mind says yes but that's why I need reinforcement because I'm addicted lol

While it could work I think you’re pushing your luck trying to put five tangs in a six foot tank.

 

[demonclownfish]

Always try to variate body shape as well - that tends to reduce aggression. Pelagic swimmers/slow grazers/ fast vs slow all help.

 

[To(meany)Tang]

How long have the tangs been in your tank? It's always a risk adding another tang to be honest, even though they may not show aggression they are still territorial. Best of luck Sounds like an awesome tank

The tomini has been there for a few months.. I just added blue hippo at 1 inch..gold rim at 3 1/2. And orange shoulder at 4 inches. At the same time..they all QTed together minus the tomini.. there was minor aggression btw the orange and gold rim in the first week because they were sharing a 55 gallon. But I moved all 3 of them to my 200 with tomini and he accepted them and they are all happy. Blue hippo so small they don't even look at him..this 200 was setup 2months ago and I just added them 2 weeks ago

 

[death-by-reef]

Okay thank you for that.. my impulsive mind says yes but that's why I need reinforcement because I'm addicted lol

Ain’t we all

 

[To(meany)Tang]

Always try to variate body shape as well - that tends to reduce aggression. Pelagic swimmers/slow grazers/ fast vs slow all help.

Okay thank you.. so with my list having 4 acanthurus even though they are all small still will most likely lead to problems if I add more. This is a tough pill to swallow lol

 

[i cant think]

Hello everyone hope yal are having an awesome day. I had a quick question that hopefully the tang experts can chime in on.
I currently have a foxface, tomini tang, blue hippo tang, orange shoulder tang, and a gold rim tang in my 200 gallon FOWLR .. I plan to add coral in the near future. My question is how probable would it be for me to add a chocolate tang as my final fish? The largest currently is my foxface at 5 inches. No aggression between any fish so far... Thank you for your time

5 tangs in a 6’ tank as others have said will likely push your limit.
It will also likely fail as you want to introduce an Acanthurus to 2 already established Acanthurus species. Whilst both species are more mellow in terms of that genus and aggression, you’ll likely find both will become more nasty to another oval shaped tang.
The olivasceus may show the most aggression as he has the same body and fin shape.

 

[To(meany)Tang]

Ain’t we all

Yes sir.. I need a fish therapist. Lol

 

[To(meany)Tang]

5 tangs in a 6’ tank as others have said will likely push your limit.
It will also likely fail as you want to introduce an Acanthurus to 2 already established Acanthurus species. Whilst both species are more mellow in terms of that genus and aggression, you’ll likely find both will become more nasty to another oval shaped tang.
The olivasceus may show the most aggression as he has the same body and fin shape.

5 tangs in a 6’ tank as others have said will likely push your limit.
It will also likely fail as you want to introduce an Acanthurus to 2 already established Acanthurus species. Whilst both species are more mellow in terms of that genus and aggression, you’ll likely find both will become more nasty to another oval shaped tang.
The olivasceus may show the most aggression as he has the same body and fin shape.

Yes thankfully I've done enough research to come with the same conclusion. My only 2 factors I was hoping on was that other have had success with multiple tangs and also that the new mimic/chocolate would be so small that they don't bother him so he'll have his spot in the ranks and can coinhabit. But I definitely don't want to cause a disaster

 

[demonclownfish]

Pyramid butterflies are a reef safe, hardy, and colorful addition that may fill the void

 

[JC1977]

Another key thing to point out here is those fish are all small and will grow a lot and as they grow so does their aggression. So it may look great now but in a couple years maybe not so much especially if you try to add another acanthurus into the mix and they are by snd large the most aggressive family of tangs.

 

[To(meany)Tang]

Pyramid butterflies are a reef safe, hardy, and colorful addition that may fill the void

Loll I may be able to settle. Idk why I'm hearing everywhere that butterflies have a thin slime coat and die easy

 

[To(meany)Tang]

Another key thing to point out here is those fish are all small and will grow a lot and as they grow so does their aggression. So it may look great now but in a couple years maybe not so much especially if you try to add another acanthurus into the mix and they are by snd large the most aggressive family of tangs.

The more I hear the word acanthurus the more scared I'm getting lol. Okay I don't want anymore fish. Thank you JC lol

 

[demonclownfish]

Loll I may be able to settle. Idk why I'm hearing everywhere that butterflies have a thin slime coat and die easy

Not all butterflies are built the same, pyramids are in similar robustness to raccoons. Thick and strong, and reef safe!

 

[To(meany)Tang]

The squad!!

 

[i cant think]

Another key thing to point out here is those fish are all small and will grow a lot and as they grow so does their aggression. So it may look great now but in a couple years maybe not so much especially if you try to add another acanthurus into the mix and they are by snd large the most aggressive family of tangs.

I just wanted to point out that Acanthurus isn’t a family, the family is called Acanthuridae however Acanthurus is one of 6 genera in the tang family (Acanthuridae).
I definitely agree with though, tangs grow fast and so does their aggression, I have a CBB and scopas live together in harmony for 2 years then the scopas grew and snapped against the CBB.

Pyramid butterflies are a reef safe, hardy, and colorful addition that may fill the void

pyramid butterflies are still risky, you can’t say everything is 100% reef safe. I’ve seen pyramids go for fleshy LPS and I’ve even seen tangs of rouge for corals. The tangs currently in the tank likely won’t take well to butterflies and start to show aggression. Pyramid Butterflies may be hardy however that’s only if they’re in before the tangs and other aggressive fish of similar body shapes.

 

[demonclownfish]

I just wanted to point out that Acanthurus isn’t a family, the family is called Acanthuridae however Acanthurus is one of 6 genera in the tang family (Acanthuridae).
I definitely agree with though, tangs grow fast and so does their aggression, I have a CBB and scopas live together in harmony for 2 years then the scopas grew and snapped against the CBB.

pyramid butterflies are still risky, you can’t say everything is 100% reef safe. I’ve seen pyramids go for fleshy LPS and I’ve even seen tangs of rouge for corals. The tangs currently in the tank likely won’t take well to butterflies and start to show aggression. Pyramid Butterflies may be hardy however that’s only if they’re in before the tangs and other aggressive fish of similar body shapes.

Yeah I'm speaking in general. I've had a hippo tang go rogue and eat $400 in clams in a day. Pyramids seem to come in around 3-4" and based on his current tang sizes *should* be okay.

 

[i cant think]

Yeah I'm speaking in general. I've had a hippo tang go rogue and eat $400 in clams in a day. Pyramids seem to come in around 3-4" and based on his current tang sizes *should* be okay.

I want to know what pyramids you’ve been seeing!
All the ones that come in over here are 1-2”…