Achilles

[tony varrell]

Ok who is crazy enough to keep an achilles and power brown together? Experiences please

 

[BrianD]

Hopefully, very few people. Of course, there are always people who think they are pioneers by keeping incompatible species with extremely high mortality in the same conditions as all the other people who have tried and failed.

 

[dones20]

well i am one of these few people i keept a 4 inch achilles in a XH120 along with a hippo sohal a powder blue a chevron and a naso for almost 6 yrs and all were extremely fat and healthy all were around the same size except the naso he was a little bigger i also had alot of live rock and coral in there the rock work was kinda 3 dimensional so that they can have plenty of hiding spots. Can it be done yes is it recomended no but then again neither is keepin a regal angel or emperor angel in a reef tank but do people do it yes so its all just a mater of how confident you are with your fish and there everyday behavior

 

[Peter Eichler]

Not a good idea and I'm not sure why anyone would want to try it...

 

[Nuuze]

I was planning on getting an achilles about 3" from a local reefer. I currently have a itty bitty blue tang that is about 1 1/2", an orange shoulder tang that is about 2-3" and a Vlamingi Tang that is about 2-3". Is there anything I should be wooried about?

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12964516#post12964516 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nuuze
I was planning on getting an achilles about 3" from a local reefer. I currently have a itty bitty blue tang that is about 1 1/2", an orange shoulder tang that is about 2-3" and a Vlamingi Tang that is about 2-3". Is there anything I should be wooried about?

Yes, the Vlamingi will get too large for your aquarium unless you have a one at least twice the size of the one in your sig.

 

[Nuuze]

Yes, I am aware the Vlamingi will eventually outgrow.

But will the achilles be a problem with the tangs I currently have?

 

[tony varrell]

My display is 300 gallons. I wonder if the size of the display will increase my odds for success?

 

[BrianD]

My tank is 8x3x3 and I wouldn't consider it.

 

[BrianD]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12964686#post12964686 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nuuze
Yes, I am aware the Vlamingi will eventually outgrow.

But will the achilles be a problem with the tangs I currently have?

Make stocking decisions based on the adult size of the fish, not "itty bitty". Your tank is overstocked as it is, I wouldn't consider an Achilles.

 

[BrianD]

Not to mention the fact that the odds of keeping an Achilles successfully are very low in the best of circumstances.

I can never understand why people want to put such delicate species in small, crowded tanks. The odds are heavily stacked against them already.