Orangeshoulder tang for me?

StephLionfish

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I have a 210 gallon reef. ( Well, I'm taking the "reef" out of it ). So far the only thing in the tank is a true Percula clownfish and a Banggai Cardinalfish. I've been looking into buying an Orangeshoulder tang for months now. A 210 isn't too small for an adult Orangeshoulder, right? Are they any more difficult than the average tang to take care of?
 
They are very hardy and non aggressive have one in my 400 fowlr system and eats everything in sight one of my favorite tangs
 
They are excellent tangs! Very personable almost like a Naso Tang. And are quite hardy. I miss mines though. Died of velvet couple years ago. For some reason collection point or not...mines stayed yellow even at 6-8" range... weird?

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+1 to above, it is my favorite mid-sized tang
OST is the perfect cleanup crew for a FOWLR tank, eats everything!
 
I think you'd be fine with one in your tank. I really like them.

FYI, the ones from Hawaii seem to be more gray when older, and the ones from the fiji area and around there are more yellow. I much prefer the Hawaiian look.

Here's a picture I took of a Hawaii orange shoulder about 2 months ago....

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And here is one from 2 years ago while I was snorkeling...

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I have a juvi orange shoulder in my 90g and will be a fish i keep for a long time, Def an interesting personality and hasn't been aggressive towards anything.
 
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