newb question about tangs

[Dyepes]

My tank is 72 gallons and I bought a hippo last year when I started it because I was suckered by the same sales pitch the poster has started.

I now know for a fact that I will have to get rid of him, and the sailfin and yellow as well. Yes isnt that crazy, three tangs in a tank under 80 gallons, pretty sick. I am sure I can keep the hippo and yellow for at least another two years, but the Sailfin is getting quite large, and will probably have to be gone sometime next year.

they are feed well and my tank is designed with open space and private dwellings. But it is just not the kind of tank to keep tangs of this species, and I believe that is what the poster wants to prevent from occuring with his research.

 

[Chipie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13056776#post13056776 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sean48183
Who to say my rusty angel that is 5 years old would not have been eaten by an eel 4 years ago. Or died from an oil spill. In some ways our tanks might be better than their natural enviroments.

Good point, nature can be very cruel and a lot of fish and animals die in awefull ways. For exemple, i found an injured bird(cedar waxwing) a few years ago. It had a broken wing and would never be able to fly so i kept it. It lived 10 years when it's life expectancy in the wild was about 5 if i remember well.

So again, good point

 

[Chipie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13058102#post13058102 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dyepes
My tank is 72 gallons and I bought a hippo last year when I started it because I was suckered by the same sales pitch the poster has started.

I now know for a fact that I will have to get rid of him, and the sailfin and yellow as well. Yes isnt that crazy, three tangs in a tank under 80 gallons, pretty sick. I am sure I can keep the hippo and yellow for at least another two years, but the Sailfin is getting quite large, and will probably have to be gone sometime next year.

they are feed well and my tank is designed with open space and private dwellings. But it is just not the kind of tank to keep tangs of this species, and I believe that is what the poster wants to prevent from occuring with his research.

Yes Dyepes this is exactly what i'm trying to have my LFS guy understand and stop selling Blue Hippo tangs and Naso tangs to just whoever finds them cute. Has i said before, he argues that tangs only grow when in extremely large tanks.

I'm glad you took the time to answer this. I'm sure a lot of people are in the same situation and are scared of answering for fear of being juged. I'm sure i'm not the only one who has a lfs that only care about selling.
Thanks for your input Oh and by the way i'm a
SHE LOL

 

[Dyepes]

Sorry about that. I did not read the title under your name

 

[kevin1234]

I bought my 2 hippos at the size of a dollar now they are at least 10 inches each and are more than happy , it took them a year to grow that big in my 265g and I know they aren't finished growing ...

 

[marinelife]

My hippo was the size of a quarter 13 years ago, now it is around 12" My other two that are not as old are slowly getting up there in size.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has several 15-18" Hippo Tangs