Tank sizes for tangs: Help us create a list!

dwilliams87 · Sep 17, 2013

robbrouse said:
I'm asking a serious question, According to this list it seems like it would be doable. Don't want to do it if it's not advisable.

I apologize for my response, this topic is just so policed, there is no telling what answer you would get. Some say, no tang in anything under a 180, 120, 110, 75, 55, and so on. Just be responsible.

KZ1986 · Sep 18, 2013

I agree with Aquaph8. I have a Yellow Tang in my 75 gallon tank (48.5" x 18 1/2" x 21 3/8") and she is happy (bright yellow and not white line) but she does rule the tank. I would say my tank is the smallest a Yellow Tang should be housed in and I am considering a larger home for her

dallas reefer · Nov 22, 2013

Vampire
Regal
Scopas
Some white looking tang

Is what I have in my 175. And the next comment is what I got kicked off of RC for.

They all love each other.

no fighting. (As of yet) for 2 years if having them.

Like people said earlier... be Responsible with what you put, IN what you put it in.

And my regal was the size of a quarter. Even got stuck on a power head in the first week.

Longnose Hawkfish · Dec 20, 2013

Just reading through this thread, and I take it no tang would be fine in a 60g cube 24x24x24? Thanks!

Aquaph8 · Dec 21, 2013

Longnose Hawkfish said:
Just reading through this thread, and I take it no tang would be fine in a 60g cube 24x24x24? Thanks!

No, lots of better choices for that size tank.

Longnose Hawkfish · Dec 21, 2013

What would be some cool ideas?

Aquaph8 · Dec 21, 2013

Check out some of the gobies and cardinals and maybe even a small blenny.

Longnose Hawkfish · Dec 21, 2013

Ok thanks!

would there be any wrasses that would work?

Reefing Madness · Dec 21, 2013

Longnose Hawkfish · Dec 21, 2013

Could I have a mckosker wrasse with two females of the same kind?

Aquaph8 · Dec 21, 2013

I'd stick to maybe a single Mccoskers or a possum in a tank that short. I wouldn't add a cirrhilabrus or Macropharyngodon species.

cbswindle · Jan 12, 2014

I have a 120g reef tank with a 30 gallon sump. I have 125 lbs live rock and a mixture of t5 and led lighting. My question is, I have a sailfin tang, 4 clowns, and a lubbock's wrasse. I'd like to add another tang, what's the best choice based on compatibility and reef safety! Thanks! Excited to be a newbie on here!!

Railcar79 · Jan 13, 2014

Some may disagree with this, but tang size directly proportional to tank size. Sure hippos get big, but mine is in a 4 foot tank, fat and happy, and has been for quite some time. She is maybe 4 inches.