How many/type of tangs can I add safely?

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prickles

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Hello all, I'm in the process of building a new tank, pouring the heavily reinforced concrete tomorrow! I wanted to know what/how many tangs you think I can add...The catch is I REALLY don't want to lose my existing tangs.

I currently have
1 pbt
1 achilles
1 desardjini
1 chevron

I would like to add:
naso
chocolate
convict
blue
hippo
yellow

potentially several of some of them like the yellows or convicts.

in my limited knowledge, the ones I have currently are the more aggressive right and most likely to win if it comes to it?

the tank will be roughly 11x4x4 (1350g) with about 800g extra water plumbed in. No fish are (obviously) in the new tank yet, so stocking order can have some flexibility.

thanks!
 
I don't think you will have any issues with the list you have. And you can consider having multiples of some of them.

I have 9 yellows, 1 purple, 2 blue, and an Achilles and everyone gets along, with significantly smaller tank size that you are building.

Dave B
 
Perhaps.

My tank was 8'x3'x3', and the only tangs housed in it were a hepatus and a desjardini. They cohabitated for many years before they decided they didn't like each other and it was continually WWIII.

While you have almost triple the water capacity, I don't know that it translates to an exponentially larger number of tangs you can safely house. You might want to check in the large tank forum and see what people have successfully done on a long-term basis.

It sounds like an awesome project.
 
IME, you can't always predict aggression. I followed some tips from Humaguy's thread last time I added new fish and it made a big difference. I added a multicolor dwarf angel, an African flame back, and a bicolor to my 150. I was worried about aggression between the angels, but my Tomini tang wound up being the problem. The tips I followed were to turn the lights on only when I was in front of the tank and to feed frequently and heavily. It helped a lot.
 
I might also say that you have a great selection of tangs right now. I am looking forward to updates as you progress.
 
Wow.. That would be a sweet build to follow.. Do you have a build thread??

Am no tang expert...but that big a system has enough room for the tangs listed.. I would add them smaller either at the same time / or in the order of least aggressive..
 
That's going to be an amazing setup, love the dimensions! With the proper aquascape, flow, and feeding schedule, you can stock the tangs you listed and more if you wanted. Maybe do a group of convicts and/or yellows? Just make sure they all get quarantined!
 
Remember that tank size is only one parameter. 11' isn't that big for a fish as large as a tang. Again, I don't know what the results would be, but I certainly wouldn't want to state as fact that something will be successful.
 
fill it up, and enjoy!!!!tangs are social animals and do better in groups. put 2 yellow tangs in they will fight, put 6 or more and its all good!!!
 
In 1350gal tank your not gonna have any aggression issues with those fish. You could probably add a clown tang and still not have aggression issues lol
 
prickles said:
what would be your opinions on aggressive level/order of stocking?
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This depends, are you going to add the new tangs as adults or juvies? How large are the ones you have now? Are you planning to add them in groups or one by one? Ime tangs of similar sizes fare best with each other, but if adding a single fish an acclimation box is always a good idea.

I've done very well adding tangs in groups of 4-5 to an established hierarchy. There is less squabbling and individual aggression this way. Of course, you generally want to add smaller/less aggressive specimens first.
 
I should add I understand you "can" have aggression issues if you say run a school of yellows and try to add a purple later or something to that effect; but done right you can pretty well add any all tangs to that setup.
 
Achilles and PB are likely the most aggressive of the tangs you listed initially - in fact I'm a little surprised you can keep them together in a tank, I never could.
 
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