Adding tangs Question

Bullet

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I have had a yellow tang and an Achilles tang in my main tank together now for about 9 months now. Recently I bought a powder blue and a naso. They are in QT together now. I removed the yellow and Achilles from the main tank and put them in a separate tank today.

How long do you suppose I have to keep them out of the main tank before I add all of them in there together?

Should I put them all together in a "neutral tank" before adding them in the main tank or can I just add them all from their separate 2 tanks?
 
But how long should I keep the yellow and the Achilles out before adding them all? Do you suppose they will recognize they are home again and get territorial against the new two?
 
i would add them all together at night and leave the lights off over night. thats what i do it gives them a chance to find spots without fighting each other.
 
Again....How long should I keep them out before putting them all back in together...at the same time...at night?
 
I am a big tang fan, but please just keep in mind that 4 tangs will outgrow your 120 gallon tank real quick.
 
I have a 200 gallon tank which has been up for 4-5 months now. I am interested in adding some tangs and want to do them all at once. So, some questions:
1. how many could a tank this size support,
2. am I too soon?
3. will they feed on the algae I've got growing everywhere. I've had a foxface in for a month now. He started eating the algae but then quickly decided he preferred the formula I/II/shrimp cuisine and hasn't touched the algae since.... the mutt.... :)

Cheers!

~Pitt
 
the 200 can hold many fish but your tank will be outgrown real quick i have a 200gal tank with a Naso Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Sailfin, Purple Tang, Hippo Tang, Some sort of Misc. Tang, Magnificent Foxface, Imperator Angel, and a Chrysurus Angel none of which are real small but the naso is 8" the imp angel is like 6" and so is the hippo. its about time for an upgrade cause the vlamingii is growing quick. just one more note about adding them all together thats fine for a couple of fish but i dont know how well tanks can handle alot of tangs at once. here is apicture but the tank was just moved and didnt have anything but room light lighting it yet so dont be to critical.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j170/VSpeck/200gal.jpg
 
sorry to double post but i forgot to say the adding at night thing works the only two tangs i added together were the naso and the blue and they were the first two in the tank. after that i just started dripping the fish and turned the lights off by the time the fish was ready to go in all the others were in thier place and the new fish knew were not to make home. also sorry for the link here is the picture
200gal.jpg
 
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