tang tank size
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RichConley
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Even in a tank that big, a full grown vlamingii will have trouble turning around. These are fish that get 10-15 POUNDS. Theyre freakin huge, and are really not suitable for home aquariums.
If you can throw a 5k gallon aquarium up, cool. If not, I'd stay away.
yoboyjdizz
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Personally i think that thread is not much help and little outdated as for tank size's for most tangs out there.
DrBDC
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That thread is only 6 months old!
The whole purpose of it being there, AND stickied, is to stop trolls from trying to start arguments in threads that they are going to put a tang in too small of a tank like a 29. Tang's haven't gotten smaller in the last 6 months or 20 years for that matter. It has nothing to do with filtration and water quality. It's swimming room. Tangs are open water swimmers.
yoboyjdizz
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I was talking about the information given from Scott W. Michaels marine fishes book written about five years ago. all i was saying is that i would rather ask others for their personally experience on here then say hey scotts says its ok to put a naso in a 135 gallon tank. But im not trying to have and argument with you was just saying their is better sources out there for him/her to get information about tangs and their space requirements.
yoboyjdizz
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If your really into tangs clarki i would just get as big of tank you can afford right now.. 55 is fine for either kole or yellow but bigger is always better.
Clarkii3
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ok heres what i have for my 55g so far, this is an fowlr
1 yellow or kole tang (can't decide)
1 coral beauty
would like 2-3 more decent size fish and call it stocked. would like some type of wrasse, etc. any ideas? yellows are very beautiful fish, never seen a kole tang in person, are they that colorful?
some specs about the tank:
i will be ordeing about 45lbs of LR and try to make as much swimming room as possible, im either going to do just enough sand to cover the bottom or go BB with lots of flow. i will be running a CSS 65 on the tank with a seio. i wish i could afford a large tank, but i still need to buy a car and such and im getting a great deal on the 55g, tank/stand for $100.
1 yellow or kole tang (can't decide)
1 coral beauty
would like 2-3 more decent size fish and call it stocked. would like some type of wrasse, etc. any ideas? yellows are very beautiful fish, never seen a kole tang in person, are they that colorful?
some specs about the tank:
i will be ordeing about 45lbs of LR and try to make as much swimming room as possible, im either going to do just enough sand to cover the bottom or go BB with lots of flow. i will be running a CSS 65 on the tank with a seio. i wish i could afford a large tank, but i still need to buy a car and such and im getting a great deal on the 55g, tank/stand for $100.
DrBDC
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The yellow def. stands out. The kole is a deep purple with horizontal lines and the yellow eye crest. You really need to try and see one in person to get a good idea though (and a healthy well colored one). As they swim the lines show much better than any pic I ever saw. I didn't really want one until I saw one in person even though I looked at a lot of pics. Personality wise, he is great.
Sure nasos get big, but 99.99% of aquarists will never keep them long enough/or feed them well enough to get them to 10-15 pounds.
You will find that they grow really fast to about 6", then growth is considerably slower.
When I saw this thread, I first thought "here we go again".
Tangs are a million dollar question.
As a very rough guide.
Zebrasoma, ctenochaetus sp min 4' length
Paracnthus, naso sp min 5' length
Acanthurus sp min 6' length.
IMO
Min 20"x20" other dimensions.
You will find that they grow really fast to about 6", then growth is considerably slower.
When I saw this thread, I first thought "here we go again".
Tangs are a million dollar question.
As a very rough guide.
Zebrasoma, ctenochaetus sp min 4' length
Paracnthus, naso sp min 5' length
Acanthurus sp min 6' length.
IMO
Min 20"x20" other dimensions.
RichConley
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Massman, the reason that the growth slows down at 6" in most tanks is because they are starting to feel the effects of cramped quarters. In large tanks they dont slow down.
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