My Recent Purchase ~~ Yellow Tang Review

[xabbasx7]

Just wanted to review a recent purchase.

Yellow Tang
-Like this fish a lot. Seems like a hardy fish that will stay alive. Last fish was a yellow coris wrasse that had jumped in sand bed and never came back out; so the tang was a nice replacement. I now have 2 clownfish, 1 bangaii, a yellow tang, and a mandarin goby in my 65 gallon. All peaceful and great fish.

Pros: Seems like a hardy fish, and eats algae! Has been chomping away at my glass, rocks, frag disks, anywhere it saw algae I guess. Great looking fish and one of my favorites.

What's your favorite fish?

 

[RayL]

I have a feeling you will get a few messages in this post about your tank being too small for a yellow tang but that is your choice.
To answer your question, my favourite is my Helfrichi goby

 

[heatdissipation]

Yeah, definitely to small of a tank for that tang. Sorry, but that fish needs a lot bigger tank. At least twice the size you have.

 

[small alien]

I have a feeling you will get a few messages in this post about your tank being too small for a yellow tang but that is your choice.
To answer your question, my favourite is my Helfrichi goby

The thing about this issue is, it's not our choice. These are living creatures with some reasonable level of awareness. If you collect lamps, then it's your choice. This hobby brings with it additional responsibilities because there is life involved.

To the op, you'd be surprised how big a full grown yellow is. Too big for a 3 foot tank long term. Perhaps okay for a while depending on its size. Sorry to harsh your mellow. :clown:

 

[Dmorty217]

Yeah if you want the fish to be happy, healthy and thrive in your tank a 65g isn't the tank. It may work now because the yellow is small but the bigger he gets the more aggressive toward other tank mates he will be. From the list of fish you have with him, he will be the bully and will surely kill any new fish added after him( I would not suggest adding anything else to your 65g.

My favorite fish is my Achilles tang

 

[sasharotty]

Ditto on the tank being too small for a yt. But how long has the coris been missing? I bought a melanarus who also went into the sand after qting and wasn't seen for I believe almost 7 weeks. Then before the lights came on I saw him out only too be harrased and beaten up by my b/w clowns. He shot back into the sand after only 5 min of being out. I've removed the clowns and he's now out every day. So my guess is someone's beating him up stressing him out and that's why your not seeing him. I thought everyone was peacefulin my tank as well cause I never saw the clowns harass any tankmates. My guess is you will see him out and someone pestering him.