Is there a heniochus for a 75?

[Megatrev62]

Would love to get a species of heniochus for my tank, and am wondering if there is something suitable for a 75gal. Does anyone have experience. Have a chocolate tang and would this present a problem? Fish would be introduced as per bioload restriction ofcourse. Thanks for any and all input.

 

[Megatrev62]

Impossible? Not looking at reef at the moment.

 

[LisaD]

IMO, a heniochus, even by itself is too big and active for a 75 as an adult. With the tang, definitely not. I think this would be too cramped, and you would probably also see aggression due to crowding.

 

[Megatrev62]

Thanks. So heniochus need a minimum 6ft. tank.

 

[Bax]

I've kept the heniocus in my avatar in a 120, but only for about three years. At that point they're about 4-4.5" nose to tail. They need room to streak but they spend a tremendous amount of time picking at the rock which requires no space. So they need plenty of rock as well as open patches. This fish is currently in a 90 until I get the chance to catch it and place it in a 5' 100 I recently set up.

They will eventually grow to 6-7". They eat a TON! So, they poop a ton. Bioload wise, they are another tang. And they can turn on your zoas and fleshy LPS without warning. I suspect mine eats aptaisia too ... but IDK? But, I do not have any aps and I know they've been introduced on incomming corals.

Long term ... they get pretty big and need a bigger (180ish) tank.

All in all a beautiful fish in an SPS tank with the room.

 

[Megatrev62]

I was wondering if there are small species. The typical heni is big I know. Do they all get big? I thought there may be members that kept smaller species. Ill look on the net. Thanks