curtcherry
Member
Any issues with the powder brown being aggressive?
Tang Combinations
- Thread starter curtcherry
- Start date
ErosJN
New member
Yes. He showed aggressions to my atlantic blue tang and my purple tang. In one instance i had to place him in the sump for a few days and on the second instance the rockwork had to be redone. After doing these things the aggression stopped. Thats just my personal experience though, some browns may be model citizens and others may be evil lol.
RDtrack
New member
Here's my combination in a 210 display with 75 sump.
Is that a pair of purples with a desjardini? If so impressive.....and people worry about the powder brown being the aggressor in that bunch. You must have added them all together at the same time.
My experience has been that sailfins are beeped beeps. So I would only keep one in any tank. Even though I love them to death; especially purples.
sil40sx
Member
Whoa! Very nice!!! :eek2:
ErosJN
New member
Very nice aquarium John. What size is it? Thanks for the compliments guys. Actually, they were all introduced seperate! Ive had the most trouble with the brown in regards to adding tangs after it. Im a firm believer in if you feed them well they are not as aggressive/territorial because theres no shortage of food. The sailfin is actually super peaceful. The "jerk" of the tang group would be the Atlantic Blue Tang (the larger one that looks like a purple tang). I have tons of current and feed 2-3 sheets of nori a day plus frozen food. For Nori I use the walmart brand that you find in the Oriental isle... $2.50 for a 20 sheet pack! Ill post some more photos shortly... id love to see more peoples photos aswell
ErosJN
New member
This is the Atlantic Blue Tang, he still has his subadult colors but when he's mature he'll be a deep blue color.
Naso with sailfin, probably the 2 most peaceful tangs of the group.
Hippo, brown, and yellow grubbing on some Nori
The newest addition to the tangs is the Purple Tang, he's been with me for about a month. The brown beat him up when introduced so I had to drastically reaquascape to what you see now. After aquascaping the brown completely left him alone.
Lastly, heres a photo of the full setup
Naso with sailfin, probably the 2 most peaceful tangs of the group.
Hippo, brown, and yellow grubbing on some Nori
The newest addition to the tangs is the Purple Tang, he's been with me for about a month. The brown beat him up when introduced so I had to drastically reaquascape to what you see now. After aquascaping the brown completely left him alone.
Lastly, heres a photo of the full setup
Very nice aquarium John. What size is it? Thanks for the compliments guys. Actually, they were all introduced seperate! Ive had the most trouble with the brown in regards to adding tangs after it. Im a firm believer in if you feed them well they are not as aggressive/territorial because theres no shortage of food. The sailfin is actually super peaceful. The "jerk" of the tang group would be the Atlantic Blue Tang (the larger one that looks like a purple tang). I have tons of current and feed 2-3 sheets of nori a day plus frozen food. For Nori I use the walmart brand that you find in the Oriental isle... $2.50 for a 20 sheet pack! Ill post some more photos shortly... id love to see more peoples photos aswell
8x2x2 240.
And thank you.
curtcherry
Member
Based on what has been offered up so far on this thread (obviously opinions vary)...
Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Sailfin Tang
Kole Tang
Naso Tang
How does that suit you all?
Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Sailfin Tang
Kole Tang
Naso Tang
How does that suit you all?
scooter31707
New member
IMO, Naso, Blue (Hippo), and Salifin (borderline) needs a 8ft tank. That's too many Tangs for a 180.
curtcherry
Member
Doing 4 tangs okay? Or should I keep odd numbers?
robert s b.
Active member
Purple Tang x 2
Yellow Tang x 3
Sailfin Tang
Mimic Tang
Blue Regal Tang
Freckle Maculiceps Tang
Fowleri Tang
Achilles Tang just added 2 weeks ago
All the tangs get along
The rest
Springeri Damsel x 4
Ringtail Cardinals x 3
Quoyi Parrotfish
Blue Throat Trigger
Clown Fish x 2
Blue Chromis x 2
Lawn Mower
Borbonius Anthias
Goldflake Angel
Queen Angel
Regal Angel
Golden Dwarf Angel
Melanarus Wrasse
Solor Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk
Yellow Tang x 3
Sailfin Tang
Mimic Tang
Blue Regal Tang
Freckle Maculiceps Tang
Fowleri Tang
Achilles Tang just added 2 weeks ago
All the tangs get along
The rest
Springeri Damsel x 4
Ringtail Cardinals x 3
Quoyi Parrotfish
Blue Throat Trigger
Clown Fish x 2
Blue Chromis x 2
Lawn Mower
Borbonius Anthias
Goldflake Angel
Queen Angel
Regal Angel
Golden Dwarf Angel
Melanarus Wrasse
Solor Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk
Tang Combinations
The 5 hippos, 4 yellow, 1 sailfin, 1 purple and 1 clown have been in this 150G for about 6 mos, had a 5 yellow (6" plus) had to take him out he was aggressive. As long as you have filtration to keep up with the mess they make, and are prepared to remove them, if they get aggressive, or too big for the tank, not sure there is too much. My fish are all fat, and over fed, the NO3 RX keeps NO3 @ < 2.5ppm, the GFO keeps PO4 < .25 (currently at .06).
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
The 5 hippos, 4 yellow, 1 sailfin, 1 purple and 1 clown have been in this 150G for about 6 mos, had a 5 yellow (6" plus) had to take him out he was aggressive. As long as you have filtration to keep up with the mess they make, and are prepared to remove them, if they get aggressive, or too big for the tank, not sure there is too much. My fish are all fat, and over fed, the NO3 RX keeps NO3 @ < 2.5ppm, the GFO keeps PO4 < .25 (currently at .06).
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
codydemmel4
Active member
i have a powder blue, yellow tang, purple tang, blue eye kole tang and an emporer angelfish in my 180 gallon
curtcherry
Member
And? All is good?
Sandman182
Member
My experience over the years is pretty much spot on with others when they state the issues encountered with Powder Blue and Powder Brown tangs in the same tank. I downsized from a 300 gallon years ago that contained a Powder Blue, Powder Brown( like an idiot I just had to have it) and an Achiles tang. I would never do Powder tangs Blue or Brown ever again. I really agree with others who state that having the number of tangs you would like in a 180 is pushing it as well. I think you would be fine though with 2 smaller tangs like a Purple and maybe a Yellow Eye. As you are probably aware, tangs are heavy grazers so plan accordingly and best of luck.
Last edited:
BigBlueTang
Active member
BigBlueTang
Active member
Aggiefish12
New member
Lookin good!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Similar threads
