more yellow tang help

[r0bin]

I was wondering what everyone thought of this email I sent to Wet Web Media?


Hello from Roanoke, VA

Hello from Toronto, ON.

I have a Clarkii clown, Bi-Color Blenny and an aggressive purple psuedo in my 75 gal. Could you give me some ideas about other fish that would get along?

I would look into chromis and cardinals.

I was thinking of getting a Dwarf angel and a Yellow Tang, but the LFS told me the Tang might get ick if the pseudo picks on it to much, which I found strange since the Tang should be the last added to my tank.

Regardless of other inhabitants, a Yellow Tang grows FAR too large for your tank. As for the dwarf angel, I suggest a Centropyge argi, or Centropyge loricula, if you go the angel route. Please do not acquire an angel if you do not have a large amount of live rock.

Should I remove the Psuedo from my tank?

Perhaps remove all inhabitants to quarantine (after new addition is sufficiently QT'd), re-arrange the rockwork, add them all to the tank at the same time, and keep the lights of for a day or so.

Will the Dwarf angel, Tang, and pseudo get along?

NO Tangs, but yes the others will likely fare well. Do keep your eyes on them though, as you never really know until they are together. Best of luck. Lisa.


Do you guys agree with this information? Some of it is comflicting with what I have gotten on here.

 

[davocean]

There's always conflicting info on this site.
I always go by my own feeling after getting several opinions, and always look at who's giving this advice and time/exp. in the hobby.
I also check their gallery to see what their idea of succes is.
I'm amazed that sometimes someone has 1000's of posts yet their tank looks awful!
YT will be fine in your 75.
Years from now he could get a little big and you may need to make an adjustment, but we're talking like at least 3-4 years IMO.

 

[mthedude]

My yellow tang did great in my 55, keep everything on the peaceful side and they'll do great. His only competition was a damsel that would always steal his food but I had him for close to 3 years with no problems, didn't get too big either. I highly doubt your fish could give a YT ick if it isn't already present in your system so that concept seems a little ridiculous to me.

 

[jedi31]

Hi there.. I currently have a purple tang in my 90 gallon reef tank and he is doing fine for about 4 months now. My tank is somewhat bigger but as long as your Yellow Tang is the only tang in the 75 I say go for it. If you feed the tang a variety of foods soak in vitamins daily the chances of picking up ick is greatly reduced. I feed my purple tang algae sheets, a variety of pellets from New Life Spectrum Marine (great Stuff) , mysis soaked in zoe and selcon. His color that has developed over the last few months is amazing and someday when I get a digital camera I will post pics. Yellows and Purple tangs are very territoral but they are great active fish IMO. Go for the yellow tang in the 75. In time he will become the boss of the tank.

Mike

 

[r0bin]

jedi31

I really appreciate your post, it was very helpful.

 

[r0bin]

Also is there anything I can start adding ahead of time before I get the tang to my water that would help. Like garlic or vitamins. I know you normally add these things to there food, but sometimes they say on the directions add to water.

 

[ericbye]

I just got a 50 long and was lookin in to getting a tang, maybe a small blue one, how long would it be before my tank is too small?

 

[jedi31]

Robin,

Your very welcome. About adding to the water I never add the vitamins to the water. I either soak it in the foods or target feed the corals with it. You can start feeding your other fish the vitamins now before the tang comes. Just be careful choosing a tang. Yellow tangs are pretty easy to come by so choose one that is eating well at the LFS. Maybe the LFS can hold the tang you choose for a week or so. I did this with my Purple Tang and he started eating the day I bought him home. Good luck if you choose to buy a Yellow Tang.

 

[r0bin]

jedi31

The fish store I choose to buy from is about an hour away b/c they have the healthiest stock. Do you think the tang would be ok on that car ride, as far as stress? Also they have about 3 very healthy looking yellow tangs. They have had all of them for about 2-3 months. What do you think?

 

[spoiledcats]

I have a fish store that I go to that is over 2 hours away from my home, and I've never had a problem with livestock suffering. They do put oxygen in the bag, so just tell your store you have an hours drive and they can shoot some oxygen in there. Also if the fish have been in the store for 2 or 3 months and look healthy they probably are.

 

[jedi31]

Yes, like the other poster said an hour would not be a problem. I have bought all my fish and most of my corals from a place 2 hours away and it was never a problem. Just tell them how far you live and they should provide you with a larger bag of water with oxygen.

Mike

 

[jedi31]

Spoiled Cats, what part of Lehigh Valley do you live in? I live in Bethlehem. Do you buy your fish from That Fish Place?

 

[spoiledcats]

jedi31-

That's so funny. I live in Bethlehem too. Yes, I go to ThatFishPlace in Lancaster. But have you tried Something Fishy in Northampton? I've gotten some stuff there too. And Shear Heaven on MacArthur Road.

 

[jedi31]

Yes, I like Shear Heaven a lot but I never tried Something Fishy I will have to check that one out. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[spoiledcats]

Just a heads up, Something Fishy is only open on the weekends from 10 AM to 5PM I think, so don't waste your time going there during the week.

 

[r0bin]

thanks you guys for both of your help. one more question would you guys def quarantine this fish given the circumstances or do you think it would be ok to put it straight in to reduce stress?

 

[jedi31]

I don't quarantine my fish but many people will think this is not a good way to introduce fish. Most books and other people on this site reccomend to quarantine. I feel that if the fish hasn't broken out with ick at the LFS for a few months and if your current fish never had ick it's a good chance that ick is not present in your system. But being that you are very concerned about ick and if you do have an extra quarantine tank that has good quality water than go ahead and use it. I feel excellent water quality a very good diet and a smaller bio load helps keep that ick away. Plus Yellow Tangs are not like Powder Blue tangs or Hippo Tangs, you look at those fish the wrong way and they get ick.

 

[spoiledcats]

I have not quarantined my fish, but I can't recommend you don't because I know that you really should. I have a yellow tang, hippo tang, goby, orchid dottyback, clown and cleaner wrasse in a 90 gallon (no tang police please). My bioload is not great as all my fish except the tangs are small. As I've said before, I only had one outbreak of ich in 6 years and that wasn't bad. I agree with jedi31 that if your fish are healthy and your bioload is not too great ich will not be a problem. My tangs are especially fat and healthy due to a varied diet and vitamins. I'm sure if the fish you are talking about have been in the store for 2-3 months already and look good, they are probably healthy. The absolute safest way to introduce them, however is to quarantine.