Three tangs which I really want in my 450 tank in development are a Clown Tang, an Orange Shoulder Tang, and a Sohal. Woudl these three in an 8 foot tank be crazy aggressive or would they be okay in that amount of space ??? I aslo want lost of fairy wrasses, flasher wrasses, and cardinals.
Tangs in 450
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marrone
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You would have plenty of space to keep those 3 tangs together problem would be that first the Clown Tangs are tough to keep and don't usually do well. Second would be that both the Clown and Sohal tangs are very aggressive and most likey there would be a problem between them. The Orange Shoulder should be fine with either of those 2 tangs.
Instead of both the Clown or Sohal keep one and look at the Naso, Sail Fin to be the 3rd tang in the tank, also don't forget about the Rabbit Fish/Fox face group.
Instead of both the Clown or Sohal keep one and look at the Naso, Sail Fin to be the 3rd tang in the tank, also don't forget about the Rabbit Fish/Fox face group.
I had a beautiful clown tang for over two years, I had to sell him because he was crazy aggressive. If you put it with a Sohal tang, it would be a fight to the death in my opinion. Both of those tangs are very aggressive and I would stay away from them. They are beautiful, but I like a lot of fish and would hate to see the other fish harassed to death.
Jens Kallmeyer
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HI
If you have ever seen a Sohal in his natural environment (Red Sea) you would not want this guy in you tank. They get HUGE and attack divers. It is one of the most beautiful fishes, no doubt, but also one of the nastiest ones. Haven't had any diving incidents with the Clown tang (but had one for diner, not bad!), but they grow huge and become nasty as well. Both are not on my personal list of tangs, no matter how large my tank will be.
Orange shoulders are much more pieceful IMO
Happy Reefkeeping
Jens
If you have ever seen a Sohal in his natural environment (Red Sea) you would not want this guy in you tank. They get HUGE and attack divers. It is one of the most beautiful fishes, no doubt, but also one of the nastiest ones. Haven't had any diving incidents with the Clown tang (but had one for diner, not bad!), but they grow huge and become nasty as well. Both are not on my personal list of tangs, no matter how large my tank will be.
Orange shoulders are much more pieceful IMO
Happy Reefkeeping
Jens
HIDDENREEF
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Anyone have any pics of full grown Orange Shouldered tanks ??? In there unnatural environment of course .......
Too bad your so far away.
I currently house a 13" vlamingi, 12" male Naso, 10" female Naso and a 9" sail fin tang in my 400 G tank. They have all grown up with each other and are doing great. Even though I have a large tank, I want to get rid of the Vlamingi and sailfin as I'm slowly turning the tank into a full blown reef and don't think there will be enough room for them all to swim around.
They do however swim with each other now. It's just that I also have a 8" pink tale trigger and a 7" rabbit fish in the tank as well. I want to also get rid of the rabbit as to keep my population of LARGE fish down to just the three.
I also have wrases, royal grama's, anthia's, mandrins' in the tank and the larger fish do not bother them.
If your going with large fish, I'd try and keep it to about 3 or 4 show size if you also want to keep corals in there.
I currently house a 13" vlamingi, 12" male Naso, 10" female Naso and a 9" sail fin tang in my 400 G tank. They have all grown up with each other and are doing great. Even though I have a large tank, I want to get rid of the Vlamingi and sailfin as I'm slowly turning the tank into a full blown reef and don't think there will be enough room for them all to swim around.
They do however swim with each other now. It's just that I also have a 8" pink tale trigger and a 7" rabbit fish in the tank as well. I want to also get rid of the rabbit as to keep my population of LARGE fish down to just the three.
I also have wrases, royal grama's, anthia's, mandrins' in the tank and the larger fish do not bother them.
If your going with large fish, I'd try and keep it to about 3 or 4 show size if you also want to keep corals in there.
I think if you get your tangs at a small size, in their juinival stage, and let them grow up together, you may have a better chance at keeping them together.
emember though that ever fish, like us, is an individual. There are some generic thoughts about each but they still have their own personaility. I also beleive that you can condition a fish over the years to be more predictable. Just be prepaired to remove them if the need arises.
Good luck with them.
emember though that ever fish, like us, is an individual. There are some generic thoughts about each but they still have their own personaility. I also beleive that you can condition a fish over the years to be more predictable. Just be prepaired to remove them if the need arises.
Good luck with them.
