YOUR Tang tank size

[gbroadbridge]

Do YOU keep your tangs in the right tank sizes? As someone who is stuck with a 75g 4 foot, I will never be able to permanently keep any of the tangs other than the bristletooths. I am looking forward to getting a small tang and housing it for a year until it outgrows my 75.

The 'right' tank size is an interesting debating point.

 

[Bbaz123456]

101"×101"×43" if you want to be exact

 

[squirrelbaffler]

Don’t waste swimming room with live rock mountains. Utilize the back and side glass for your rock work. My 90 has more swimming room than some 225’s I’ve seen around.

My Purple and Hippo are Happy, Happy, Happy in my goldfish bowl.

 

[seamonster]

It's worth noting that "recommended" sizes vary quite a bit internationally.
The recommended tank sizes for the larger tangs (in bold) from Danireef are 45G smaller on average.
Danireef is the most popular website in Italy about reefing, they collaborate quite a bit with reefs.com. Their article on the recommended tank sizes for tangs is also available in English, in case you're curious.

I think it's worth noting because it does seem often than there's no other point of view on the matter other than what is being recommended in the US.

	DaniReef	Liveaquaria	Reef2Reef
Yellow tang	80G / 300L	100G	80G
Purple tang	90G / 350L	125G	80G
Gem Tang	90G 350L
Convinct Tang	125G / 450L	125G	same as LA
Kole Tang	100G / 400L	70 G	80G
Chevron Tang	100G / 400L	180G	80G
Powder Brown Tang	100G / 400L	125G	same as LA
Achilles Tang	125/ 450L	180G	same as LA
Powder Blue Tang	130G / 500L	125G	same as LA
Blue Tang	130G / 500L	180G	same as LA
Orange shoulder tang	130G / 500L	180G	same as LA
Clown Tang	130G / 500L	250G	180G
Sohal tang	200G / 750L	250	200G

Hi, I would never consider keeping an Achilles tang in a tank smaller than 200 gallons orange tang needs the same too…. That tank size for a sohol is pushing it too but you might get away with it…

 

[Buckster]

I have a 180 with four tangs. Had six at one point. I know I can add more!

 

[Reefvision]

As someone with 6 tangs in my 210g, I feel they require suitable top/front open areas to cruise. If you have small ones you can go with a few but you need to watch out for aggressive behavior if tanks less than 55g — bigger is better always!

 

[paul barker]

I have a 6 foot 180 gallon tank with 4 tangs sail fin, purple Tang orange Tang and a clown Tang and that all Tangs that I will put in there I have a foxface 2 clowns and 6 other fish that's all the fish that the tank is going to have

 

[SlugSnorter]

I keep a few yellow and powder blue tangs inside my canister filter along with some rainbow parrotfish

 

[Reefvision]

Big canister filter aye!!! Lol jk

 

[kmclellan]

I’ve got ONE, a decent sized purple tang. 80gal he is my favorite fish. Happy, healthy and not aggressive to his tank mates, eats out of my hand and just hangs around with my storm clowns most of the time. I attribute my NSA scape to his happiness lots of swimming space open and swim throughs and I’ve got a low stock. Tang, two clowns mocha and black storm, flame hawk and a spotted jawfish.