adding Tangs all at once?
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thor32766
New member
yeah that would be your best bet. if you read about it,even on live aquaria, they will tell you to add tangs at the same time. i have 5 of them together and i added them at the same time. they have been together for over 2 yrs. its best because none of the fish would already have established their area. this is just from my experience.
Jeremy Blaze
Former Reef Addict
I'd say add them together. The yellow and the PB are both aggresive, and may be a problem, the naso may be a better choice than the pb.
If you went with the regal, naso, and yellow, you could add them in that order and probably be fine.
If you went with the regal, naso, and yellow, you could add them in that order and probably be fine.
VSpeck
Slash Smack Talker
i have 6 all in a 200 added at diffrent times. i would add the regal let it get established and then the naso then the yellow and pb together. that way the blue can get eating they can be hard to get established the naso wont cause trouble. then when you add the pb and yellow they can be added after other tangs and not be so agressive. jmo
TCU Reefer
Premium Member
Is your 180 established enough to withstand the singificant increase in bioload?
There is certianly nothing that works for everybody on this. My general rule is to add them when you can get healthy specimens that are eating well. If you get them all at once, it will work. If you get them a few, or one, at a time, then it will work too.
General health is more important than timing IMO.
General health is more important than timing IMO.
Well the regal tang has been put in the tank, surpringly found him at the LFS, small guy only 2 inches or so and needs to get fattened up. But so far he has seemed to adjust to the tank nicely. Started eating flakes immeditately. Going to be adding a yellow tang and I think the PB next week, going to keep them small as well so no tang is bigger then the other two.
