Regal blue tang in a 55 gallon aquarium short term?

[BigBlueTang]

Regal blue tang in a 55 gallon aquarium short term?

Pellets are extremely nutritionally dense compared to frozen. 5 pellets may not be enough, I can't speak for someone else's tank, but it's hard to compare against frozen for how high in protein, fat, etc. pellets are.

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I agree they are very dense.

However, he has a clown pair, YWG, and a Melanurus wrasse. The clown pair will easily take all 5 of those pellets. I would say at least 10-15..

Also, if he plans to add anthias, be prepared To triple that


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[EthanHawaii]

I agree they are very dense.

However, he has a clown pair, YWG, and a Melanurus wrasse. The clown pair will easily take all 5 of those pellets. I would say at least 10-15..

Also, if he plans to add anthias, be prepared To triple that


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Ok.

My wrasse actually eats most of the pellets!
I will up the pellets though.

 

[BigBlueTang]

Ok.



My wrasse actually eats most of the pellets!

I will up the pellets though.

Then feed the clowns more

I mean they're probably not starving but you're not doing any favors
Plus with an anthias your other fish will get pellets too which means you need to have enough for the anthias to get!


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[EthanHawaii]

Then feed the clowns more

I mean they're probably not starving but you're not doing any favors
Plus with an anthias your other fish will get pellets too which means you need to have enough for the anthias to get!


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Ok I see.

 

[EthanHawaii]

Pellets are extremely nutritionally dense compared to frozen. 5 pellets may not be enough, I can't speak for someone else's tank, but it's hard to compare against frozen for how high in protein, fat, etc. pellets are.

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Ok. I know someone that only feeds pellets to his fish and they are thriving!
But my YWG needs mysis because it wont eat anything els.

 

[lokmar]

I have a 120 (4'X2'X2') with a 4" yellow belly blue, a 6" Tomini, 2 O. Clowns, a 6 line, and a 4" 2 barred rabbit. I have to say this is about the minimum for the fish i currently have. If the rabbit and yellow belly blue put on another 2", I'll def. be buying a 5 or 6' tank. BTW, the rabbit was bought about 3" and has grown the quickest by far.

 

[BigBlueTang]

I have a 120 (4'X2'X2') with a 4" yellow belly blue, a 6" Tomini, 2 O. Clowns, a 6 line, and a 4" 2 barred rabbit. I have to say this is about the minimum for the fish i currently have. If the rabbit and yellow belly blue put on another 2", I'll def. be buying a 5 or 6' tank. BTW, the rabbit was bought about 3" and has grown the quickest by far.

Um. Good luck.

P. hepatus needs an 8' tank..


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[EthanHawaii]

I have a 120 (4'X2'X2') with a 4" yellow belly blue, a 6" Tomini, 2 O. Clowns, a 6 line, and a 4" 2 barred rabbit. I have to say this is about the minimum for the fish i currently have. If the rabbit and yellow belly blue put on another 2", I'll def. be buying a 5 or 6' tank. BTW, the rabbit was bought about 3" and has grown the quickest by far.

I would be getting that 6' tank sooner rather than later. IMO.

 

[lokmar]

I would be getting that 6' tank sooner rather than later. IMO.

It'll probably be next summer. I'm surprised from all I've read that this one hasnt grown faster although when I got it from Live Aquaria it was painfully thin. Its still 1.5" smaller then my fully grown Tomini. It eats well and has since filled out nicely. All the fish get a combo of Rod's vegetarian, Thera A+, and Docs eggs.

 

[BigBlueTang]

It'll probably be next summer. I'm surprised from all I've read that this one hasnt grown faster although when I got it from Live Aquaria it was painfully thin. Its still 1.5" smaller then my fully grown Tomini. It eats well and has since filled out nicely. All the fish get a combo of Rod's vegetarian, Thera A+, and Docs eggs.

Oof. Good luck. You'll probably need it..

I'm pretty harsh on tank sizes. I don't understand how people just completely disregard minimum requirements...
LA does say 180 gallons.
20~30 gallons doesn't matter to me. But pushing that is a problem..


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[EthanHawaii]

It'll probably be next summer. I'm surprised from all I've read that this one hasnt grown faster although when I got it from Live Aquaria it was painfully thin. Its still 1.5" smaller then my fully grown Tomini. It eats well and has since filled out nicely. All the fish get a combo of Rod's vegetarian, Thera A+, and Docs eggs.

At least Your feeding them really good food!

 

[EthanHawaii]

Oof. Good luck. You'll probably need it..

I'm pretty harsh on tank sizes. I don't understand how people just completely disregard minimum requirements...
LA does say 180 gallons.
20~30 gallons doesn't matter to me. But pushing that is a problem..


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I agree.

 

[lokmar]

Back from the dead, but I thought I'd update. I intended to purchase a bigger tank this summer. It didnt happen.

The rabbit fish is bigger then the blue now by quite a bit. The blue slashed the rabbit once about a year ago. Healed fine. After that, I saw the blue with white spots from getting stung a few times for about 2 months after that. Since summer, I havent seen any evidence of bad behavior.

I've paid for a custom built 5 foot by 30" by 25 high tank. I plan on doing the same PVC substructure for the live rock that I have in the 120 but with at least 1, 4" elbow for the rabbit fish, most likely 1 for the tang too, and broken into 2 separate structures. The blue tang goes into a 2 1/2" elbow for the night, close to lights out and has done so since I first bought it.

I still feed these fish the Thera A+ pellets and Rods Herb. All of them are doing great. The only aggressive fish in the tank is the flame tang. He likes to chase the orange spot goby for some reason. Not all the time, but just some occasional outbursts when passing by him.

My new tank and stand should be here in 3 weeks. For the record, I'm not advocating for keeping larger fish in a 4' tank. I agree that larger is better. The reason for posting is just my own personal experience and recognition that as the fish grow, a larger tank should be purchased.

Of course, I've read plenty of accounts of fish fighting in larger tanks. Building a layout as I have with tubing "caves" that are able to be claimed seems to have defused the aggression problem for me, for now.

 

[UncleSalt]

Back from the dead, but I thought I'd update. I intended to purchase a bigger tank this summer. It didnt happen.

The rabbit fish is bigger then the blue now by quite a bit. The blue slashed the rabbit once about a year ago. Healed fine. After that, I saw the blue with white spots from getting stung a few times for about 2 months after that. Since summer, I havent seen any evidence of bad behavior.

I've paid for a custom built 5 foot by 30" by 25 high tank. I plan on doing the same PVC substructure for the live rock that I have in the 120 but with at least 1, 4" elbow for the rabbit fish, most likely 1 for the tang too, and broken into 2 separate structures. The blue tang goes into a 2 1/2" elbow for the night, close to lights out and has done so since I first bought it.

I still feed these fish the Thera A+ pellets and Rods Herb. All of them are doing great. The only aggressive fish in the tank is the flame tang. He likes to chase the orange spot goby for some reason. Not all the time, but just some occasional outbursts when passing by him.

My new tank and stand should be here in 3 weeks. For the record, I'm not advocating for keeping larger fish in a 4' tank. I agree that larger is better. The reason for posting is just my own personal experience and recognition that as the fish grow, a larger tank should be purchased.

Of course, I've read plenty of accounts of fish fighting in larger tanks. Building a layout as I have with tubing "caves" that are able to be claimed seems to have defused the aggression problem for me, for now.

I wouldn't expect your aggression to go away in a 5' tank. You need an 8'.

 

[lokmar]

I wouldn't expect your aggression to go away in a 5' tank. You need an 8'.

I've had the flame tang for years. I started with a 3' 56 gal. tank. The flame tang was aggressive to gobies then, but again, only occasionally. Doubling the size to a 120 didnt change his attitude. I dont expect another 80 gallons to make a difference with him either when the tank shows up mid Jan. Adding another 100 gallons to that probably wont matter.