Neptune777
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Thanks!
I have more tank shots in my build thread here:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1264946
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Thanks!
I have more tank shots in my build thread here:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1264946
dca22anderson
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Neptune - Love the tiki action and the tangs are awesome too!
Ugly Tang
Ugly Tang
I have a 29g
Yellow Tang-Sunny
Had for about 4 years
I'm not posting a photo because it is very ugly. The spaz likes to go through swim throughs and has mangled his dorsal fin which is now all knarly. His antics have also caused him to wear away some of the scales above his gills. He started this shortly after we bought him. At first I thought it was Lateral Line Disease, but I understand that a fish would succumb to that disease rather quickly and he has been like this for 4 years. Never-the-less he is our mangles spaz!
Ugly Tang
I have a 29g
Yellow Tang-Sunny
Had for about 4 years
I'm not posting a photo because it is very ugly. The spaz likes to go through swim throughs and has mangled his dorsal fin which is now all knarly. His antics have also caused him to wear away some of the scales above his gills. He started this shortly after we bought him. At first I thought it was Lateral Line Disease, but I understand that a fish would succumb to that disease rather quickly and he has been like this for 4 years. Never-the-less he is our mangles spaz!
Reeftanks6
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wow havent seen this thread in a little while but man are these pictures great. All of your guys tangs are beautiful. Punky34 what size tank do you have.
Size of the tank in my experience, which is considerable with Tangs, doesn't matter as much as rock and FLOW.
Tangs need a place to swim and a place to hide.
Unintentionally at first, I kept a YTB in a 25 successfully for 4years. Bought about 1-1/2 inches with plans to upgrade to a 110 at the time... well those plans kept getting pushed back, but I kept that tank with rock, all except the very front, so I would need to buy less when time for the upgrade finally came. I did however put a MJ 900 in the front and halfway down, creating a swimming lane for him. And he loved it!
Seriously, occasionally I would forget to turn that PH back on after cleaning/feeding, etc, and he would go over to the PH and thump the glass with his body/tail until I would turn it back on. And the only time he ever got sick was when it was off for several hours at a time.
He loved his swim machine. And he loved all the rock. Put him in a 75 with a normal amount of rock for that tank--80 pounds--and he hid for weeks... until I made a PH give him a swim lane again.
I've applied the same idea to tangs we've had in the store not doing as well at first.... give them more places to hide and more current to swim in and they do better--like clock work.
Finally, IMO, the best way to be successful with a small tank and tangs is to start with a realy small tang--I imagine they miss the great open blue a lot less because they hardly swim openly in it til they get bigger.
It can definitely be done in a healthy way.... and yes, obviously at some point their growth would dictate a larger tank.
Tangs need a place to swim and a place to hide.
Unintentionally at first, I kept a YTB in a 25 successfully for 4years. Bought about 1-1/2 inches with plans to upgrade to a 110 at the time... well those plans kept getting pushed back, but I kept that tank with rock, all except the very front, so I would need to buy less when time for the upgrade finally came. I did however put a MJ 900 in the front and halfway down, creating a swimming lane for him. And he loved it!
Seriously, occasionally I would forget to turn that PH back on after cleaning/feeding, etc, and he would go over to the PH and thump the glass with his body/tail until I would turn it back on. And the only time he ever got sick was when it was off for several hours at a time.
He loved his swim machine. And he loved all the rock. Put him in a 75 with a normal amount of rock for that tank--80 pounds--and he hid for weeks... until I made a PH give him a swim lane again.
I've applied the same idea to tangs we've had in the store not doing as well at first.... give them more places to hide and more current to swim in and they do better--like clock work.
Finally, IMO, the best way to be successful with a small tank and tangs is to start with a realy small tang--I imagine they miss the great open blue a lot less because they hardly swim openly in it til they get bigger.
It can definitely be done in a healthy way.... and yes, obviously at some point their growth would dictate a larger tank.
Monstrigity
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I would like to see some posts from people with tangs over 10 years in captivity. It would be interesting to know what size tanks they are being kept in, diet, ect... That would give a true guideline for proper tank size and success. Someone with 2 years keeping tangs can only speculate on ideal husbandry, but a guy with a 15 year old hippo tang can really give some good insight that is proven and backed up by experience.
I know there is some people out there with old tangs. LETS SEE EM'
I know there is some people out there with old tangs. LETS SEE EM'
Aquarist007
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12042074#post12042074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 32flavors
Size of the tank in my experience, which is considerable with Tangs, doesn't matter as much as rock and FLOW.
Tangs need a place to swim and a place to hide.
Unintentionally at first, I kept a YTB in a 25 successfully for 4years. Bought about 1-1/2 inches with plans to upgrade to a 110 at the time... well those plans kept getting pushed back, but I kept that tank with rock, all except the very front, so I would need to buy less when time for the upgrade finally came. I did however put a MJ 900 in the front and halfway down, creating a swimming lane for him. And he loved it!
Seriously, occasionally I would forget to turn that PH back on after cleaning/feeding, etc, and he would go over to the PH and thump the glass with his body/tail until I would turn it back on. And the only time he ever got sick was when it was off for several hours at a time.
He loved his swim machine. And he loved all the rock. Put him in a 75 with a normal amount of rock for that tank--80 pounds--and he hid for weeks... until I made a PH give him a swim lane again.
I've applied the same idea to tangs we've had in the store not doing as well at first.... give them more places to hide and more current to swim in and they do better--like clock work.
Finally, IMO, the best way to be successful with a small tank and tangs is to start with a realy small tang--I imagine they miss the great open blue a lot less because they hardly swim openly in it til they get bigger.
It can definitely be done in a healthy way.... and yes, obviously at some point their growth would dictate a larger tank.
very well stated--and I agree with the flow thing
I have a flow rate over 50 times the tank vol in gph and it is the tangs that love it the most. They love to have the flow rate push them down towards the bottom and swim back against the current
kind of like a hamster in an exercise wheel
No, of course not--in fact, I said "obviously at some point their growth would dictate a larger tank," and I didn't even get into personalities and sensitivities of certain species... BUT almost any tang if small enough could be maintained for a while in a 40, yes, Achilles and PBT would obviously require diligent tank care but yes. In fact, I know of a man who kept a PBT in a 29 for years without incident until a power failure while he was on vacation. I wouldn't recommend it--but the fish never got sick and literally ate out of his hand. Much can be done with tangs in relatively small tanks for a period of time, until growth necessitates an upgrade.
In the mean time... rock and current makes for happy tangs.
In the mean time... rock and current makes for happy tangs.
kar93
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Oh well yeah the size of tangs when they mature would lead to an upgrade or selling the tang.
Does anybody know the growth rate of yellow tangs because my LFS has a tiny one and i want it so bad, i cant buy it now as im having a bit of trouble with my tank ATM but he will be for my 45gal and now after reading what 32flavors and Capn Hylinur have said i now that a yellow would be fine for a while. They also have a tiny PBT.
If you know could you tell me the growth of the PBT and the Yellow?
Thanks - Sorry if that sounds a bit confusing.
Does anybody know the growth rate of yellow tangs because my LFS has a tiny one and i want it so bad, i cant buy it now as im having a bit of trouble with my tank ATM but he will be for my 45gal and now after reading what 32flavors and Capn Hylinur have said i now that a yellow would be fine for a while. They also have a tiny PBT.
If you know could you tell me the growth of the PBT and the Yellow?
Thanks - Sorry if that sounds a bit confusing.
Over the years of me keeping tangs. I have found that in a small tank they won't grow as fast. Sure that may be good for people with small tanks, but it can't be good for the fish. They need the room to grow well. They will survive in a small tank but IMO they won't thrive.
Reeftanks6
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Great statements guys.
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