Tang police question?

Hippo tang more than 3 years old. Well fed and no ich in a fish that is notorious for coming down with ich and dying. Have a 100g to move him to when he gets too big. Hmm, not sure what I'm doing wrong.
 
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Yellow eyed kole tang/ Tomini tang/ forgetting the third. Tomini being the smallest. kept with non aggressive fish they do very well in a 75g.
 
Hippo tang more than 3 years old. Well fed and no ich in a fish that is notorious for coming down with ich and dying. Have a 100g to move him to when he gets too big. Hmm, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Since humans and fish can not communicate using spoken or written language then we have to use behavior in order to tell if a fish is happy. A tang that spends all day every day lying on its side under a rock (even if it comes out at feeding time) is not a tang that is behaving as a tang “should”. It is behaving like a very stressed tang, whether or not it has ever had ich. Why don’t you put it into your 100 gal tank and see if its behavior changes? (Keeping in mind of course that a 100 gallon tank is still going to be seen as waaaay too small for a hippo tang long term by almost everybody.)
 
We resecured a blue tang and have him in a 50 gallon 30x24 tank and will need to be moved soon. Try to keep with some of the suggestions above.
 
A white tail stays small and would be just fine. All these fish we keep would have a much larger range in the wild than what we keep them so the holier than thou attacking people on here seems way out of line and hypocritical. Do your research consider the need for upgrade and enjoy.
 
I find these larger fish (tangs and rabbitfish) to be exceptionally easy to catch in a trap. I use the Aqua Medic trap and as large aggressive feeders, they swim right in and I trap them with ease. They are also not fish that will be difficult to rehouse. Large healthy yellow tangs will always be in demand. I don't like when people buy FW fish that will grow huge and quickly outgrow their tanks because I don't think there is a large demand for those fish. Fish stores don't want them and neither do hobbyists. Thus, it's impossible to give them a reasonable life. But with yellow tangs, I think it's really easy both to catch them and relocate them, so I don't mind "renting" them for a while from the LFS. I've never had an LFS not jump at the opportunity to take back a yellow tang. That's just my opinion. I also own a 75. Other than aggression, I think you can easily get a couple years out of a tang in the 75 before relocating it.
 
I have a yellow eyed Kole tang in my 65. Only tang I’ll put in there but you will be fine with the smaller tangs. Live aquaria suggest 70 gallon for yellow eyed kole so I trust what they recommend and is normally where I go if I have a question on tank size for a fish.
 
Are there any range that would be ok for a 75 gallon tank 48” long 18 wide 20 deep. Like a bristle tooth or something
What about an African Squaretail? Anyone keep those? I think they’re the smallest of the tangs
 
The tomi would definitely be the choice if you housing it the smallest in the family they are very busy but they don’t get larger than 5” so it would be the safest in the family and they are truly beautiful fish
 
A hippo tang in a 29 gal tank really hurts my heart!

I still think we are all getting trolled. lol. I would have to see video to believe you could keep a 4'' tang in a 29 laying on its side all day and not get ich...
 

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