Purple/yellow tang.

[OrionN]

I understand the risks but a lot of the information is a guide and is not set in stone. Example I have a pair of breeding percula clowns and decided to add 2 more males since I liked the look of lots of clowns in large ritteri anemone. Against all the advice that the breeding pair will not tolerate the new ones, I tested it and was successful. No aggression. I would have intervened otherwise.


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IME, Breeding pair of Ocellaris and Percula will not tolerate additional mature pair with in sight. Adding juveniles may not be kill but abused. They are punching bags for the female and mature male. Because of this reason, I have not keep trio of Ocellaris, Percula or Pink shunk for many years. I have successfully keep group of them in the past with one female and one male, the rest juveniles in large natural host anemones (Magnifica and Gigantea)

I really agree with jamming 5 tangs, including a Sohal tang, in a cube is a worst than a bad idea.

 

[fe342185]

Thx Orion. I totally agree with your point although as I stated these ideas are not set in stone and is not permanent. With this hobby we all go through a lot of trial and error as well as success and failures. While I have ideas I also have a backup plan. I would never subject a fish in a tank and let it get abused/killed by another fish without intervening. This is why I am here seeking success stories. There may or may not be a systematic way to make this work and it can only be discovered if someone actually tries something new.

As for the clowns I added, they are doing great hosting in the same anemone and none are bullied, have bites or torn fins. May be luck and fish personality had something to do with it.

Luckily I have time, motivation, space and finances to allow me to perform such a test.

I agree with another poster stating the tank size is subjective at times. In the past I have kept a sohal, YT, hippo and Kole tang in a 180 and they were all bigger than the ones I have now. All did well together. I think the key to keeping multiple tangs in a tank may be timing of introduction as well as individual fish personality. The sohal I added is the largest tang in the tank and the least dominant at the moment. Things can change and I will adjust as needed.

There are probably many more multiple tang owners not saying out loud what they have in their small tank with success.

The best I can hope for is they all get along but if not go to plan B and determine who stays and who goes.


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[scooter31707]

So if you are set on during this anyway, then why did you ask for any advice or any opinions?

 

[fe342185]

I asked for success stories to determine if there are any common practices that led to success. Looking for a baseline for this experiment.


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[CHSUB]

interesting thoughts? imo, your fish selection is poor. i would remove the sohal and salfin, two fish that grow far to larger for a 150g, 3 foot cube. regardless of "success" stories, common sense should be used, imo.

 

[fe342185]

100% agree with the sohal and sailfin comment. They will definitely outgrow most home Aquariums. Until then I think it's okay to keep them even if for a relatively short time. The fish are showing no signs of aggression and sign of stress. All are eating well and are swimming all day. As I previously stated I will change the livestock if there are negative impacts to what I am doing.

I am not saying that my idea of mixing these tangs is 100% right. But I don't necessarily think it's insane nor is it impossible.




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