Is this tank big enough for a Tang?

[fishypapas]

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/50458minibow-tang.jpg" />

Just thought everyone could use a smile.

too many of us get too attached to our own opinions and take it to heart when others disagree.

subjectivity is fine, as long as you dont let it get in the way of objectivity.

from everything that ive read, seen, and witnessed, the size of a particular tang is always a focal point, when it shouldnt be.

forget the size of a tang when deciding if it will "fit". consider its behavior. these type of fish are free swimmers, all they want to do is "just keep swimming, just keep swimming", so a spacious large tank is key.

a lion 3 times the size would be far happier in a 75 than a naso in a 120. (generalization people, to make a point).

so the next time you are buying any fish, consider what it likes to do, and if you can match that environment grab em.

in other words, if you have a 180g bare bottom tank, dont by a sand sifting goby just cuz its small and "fits".


fp

 

[metalman06]

It is a shame that you have that big fish in that little fish tank
I laughed when I saw that.

 

[PITSTOP]

You could squeeze a sohal in there easy...

 

[Maybaer]

Now that's funny and puts things into perspective!

 

[The Reefer91]

LMAO!!!!!!!! i laughed so hard i practically cried it seriously made me smile

 

[fishypapas]

Im glad you folks got a kick out of it!!

for a moment, i thought the "anit-jest" division of the tang police were gonna track me down

fortunately, a nudibranch is the head, so itll be a while before they come around

fp

 

[Brandon's Reef]

Yea I think the tank is big enough for the tang but if I were you I would take that goldfish in the bottom right out (I hear they get really big and they like ponds and lakes).

 

[Fonchy]

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[fishypapas]

hey pitstop, what a great idea. at first i thought you were kidding. But then i thought, WAIT, he probably meant juveniles!!! So off to the lfs i went.

so before everyone gets mad and calls the gestapo on me, realize that:

a. they are all happy
b. they all get along
c. the sohals are juveniles and small
d. i got them in an odd schooling number

donst everyone look happy

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/50458minobow-tangs.jpg" />

now i know as long as everyone is happy and small i could fit a few more in there. im thinking something odd or colorful. hmmmm.


fp

 

[fishypapas]

hey brandon,

that goldfish is a feeder for my soon to get lion. im trying to acclimate/gut load it so itll be a juicy treat for the fumanchu

fp

ps it gets along fine with the tangs

 

[nemo g]

nice fish crib!

nemo g

 

[wetWolger]

lol, go ahead and stick a foxface in there too....the tank should be wide enough to fit it ;-)

thanks for the smile

 

[Shoestring Reefer]

The tang will never grow bigger than the tank.

 

[tanker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6751061#post6751061 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishypapas
so before everyone gets mad and calls the gestapo on me, realize that:

a. they are all happy
b. they all get along
c. the sohals are juveniles and small
d. i got them in an odd schooling number

donst everyone look happy

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/50458minobow-tangs.jpg" />

now i know as long as everyone is happy and small i could fit a few more in there. im thinking something odd or colorful. hmmmm.


fp

Sohals get rough, I would not put that many with the yellow tang.

 

[tanker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6751061#post6751061 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishypapas
so before everyone gets mad and calls the gestapo on me, realize that:

a. they are all happy
b. they all get along
c. the sohals are juveniles and small
d. i got them in an odd schooling number

donst everyone look happy

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/50458minobow-tangs.jpg" />

now i know as long as everyone is happy and small i could fit a few more in there. im thinking something odd or colorful. hmmmm.


fp

Sohals get rough, I would not put that many with the yellow tang.

Nice..

 

[acroporid23]

wow i need one of those it would of been so much cheaper lol

 

[tkeracer619]

i'm thinking the tank would need about 5-10 lbs of live rock in there so it has something to pick on.

 

[nemo g]

thats probably what the "caulerpa" is there for, to "get picked on"

ive heard that 1 BIG tang can take about 8 mini sohals. at least thats what my lfs told me, so i think fishypapas is within tolerances.

nemo g
<img src="http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/116775nemog_av.jpg" />

 

[Fonchy]

Are you thinking about a in-tank skimmer.

 

[whiirly]

since it appears your doing a fish only whares the angle?