Tangs in small quarantine tank

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JackiesTank

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I have a 700ish display tank with 25 fish. Want to finish it out with tangs. My concern is that it's recommended to add all tangs together and they need lots of space, but my quarantine aquarium is only 100 gallons.

How many tangs can I put in the 700? I was hoping for a lot....5 yellow tangs, cole yellow eye, powder blue, powder brown, naso, whitecheek, orange shoulder, clown. I have 2 small hippos already. (Do I definitely not want any of these? I don't NEED any particular one. They are just what's available from live aquaria. I don't want to get from my LFS again. They don't have a warranty and we've had lots of bad advice from them causing issues.)

Now, is it okay to have all the tangs in quarantine in 100 gallons for a month? It's way smaller than what's reccomended, but obviously they aren't going to grow in there. Or is it safer to quarantine them in 2 batches and not introduce them all to the display tank at once.

Help please!
 
JackiesTank said:
I have a 700ish display tank with 25 fish. Want to finish it out with tangs. My concern is that it's recommended to add all tangs together and they need lots of space, but my quarantine aquarium is only 100 gallons.

How many tangs can I put in the 700? I was hoping for a lot....5 yellow tangs, cole yellow eye, powder blue, powder brown, naso, whitecheek, orange shoulder, clown. I have 2 small hippos already. (Do I definitely not want any of these? I don't NEED any particular one. They are just what's available from live aquaria. I don't want to get from my LFS again. They don't have a warranty and we've had lots of bad advice from them causing issues.)

Now, is it okay to have all the tangs in quarantine in 100 gallons for a month? It's way smaller than what's reccomended, but obviously they aren't going to grow in there. Or is it safer to quarantine them in 2 batches and not introduce them all to the display tank at once.

Help please!
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Sorry, can't help you, but I wouldn't mind seeing that tank!
 
From my experience of introducing multiple tangs at different times, I would start with depending if you already have a particular tang at the QT to float the freshly bought tang wether it being a yellow or cole eye, or naso...etc. just so it would get used to the environment because in the future they would be added altogether to the 700ish DT. Ofcourse after acclimating the tangs whether by drip or float method, you have to mix them altogether at the QT.

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Heres how i did my introduction of multiple tangs in my 16 gal. I started with a blue tang so it becomes the most dominant fish, then waited for 3 months before adding a sailfin tang, though my sailfin is a bit larger when I bought it, im glad it didnt become aggressive not until when I decide to add a lemon peel yellow tang that it started to become the most dominant of the entire tank but after a few days passed they became friends. My secret was to do a meet and greet during acclimation.
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Also to add was that I fed them all seaweed/nori, and I have the ocean nutrition spirulina flakes. I've read how if you feed tangs seaweed veggies; it reduces their aggression.

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Obvious troll or just oblivious? Can't tell.....

OP, I would add them in waves of the same family genus. No experience in this, but it kinda makes sense right?
 
Timy10110, I don't know if you are a troll or uninformed, but the original poster needs to ignore your comments.
 
Omg no.
I have a 45 gallon and was petrified to put a tiny 1.5" yellow tang in.
I have a 250 established for when he gets too big big geeze definitely not that many tangs in a 16 gallon

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I ended up ordering a powder blue, powder brown, white cheek, naso, blonde naso, sailfin, cole yellow eye, and a blue eye that will be here tomorrow. Next month I'll do 7-9 yellow tangs. Thanks!
 
i was never part of the tang police, but here they will have a real reason to speak up. just in general. that isnt good for the fish. the hippo tang needs 180g or better and at full grown will most likely be 3/4 the length of your 16g. obviously its not gonna live that long to get that big cause the tank will either crash by then or it jumps or stresses to death...now the sailfin tang is even worse. that thing full grown will be damn near the length of the tank. it needs an 8ft tank or longer. and it wouldnt be able to fit top to bottom. when it flares its fins up. the bottom fin would drag thru the sand and probably not fully extend, while the top fin would breach the water. that fish too, will either jump or die from a tank crash or stressed to death.... (50/50 both the fish either die from tank crash or stress)

now lets throw those clowns in there. they are very aggressive and most likely in that lil tank, long term, they knock off all the other fish....

oh and the damsel...yeaaaa. that entire tank is in his radius of his home (if you dont understand what i mean, do some research on damsels and territory)
 
and what the h.e.l.l. is a lemon peel yellow tang???? its either a lemon peel angelfish or a yellow tang. those two species do not cross breed...
 
Timy10110 said:
No joke guys...
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I'm actually sorry to hear that it isn't a joke or that you are not out trolling. Your tank is too small by a magnitude of 10 for most of the fish you have stuck in there. I would strongly recommend you do some research as to the appropriate size tank required for the fish you place into your tank. For the tangs you can start here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1946007
The Sailfin alone needs a 240 gallon tank.
 
maddmaxx said:
i was never part of the tang police, but here they will have a real reason to speak up. just in general. that isnt good for the fish. the hippo tang needs 180g or better and at full grown will most likely be 3/4 the length of your 16g. obviously its not gonna live that long to get that big cause the tank will either crash by then or it jumps or stresses to death...now the sailfin tang is even worse. that thing full grown will be damn near the length of the tank. it needs an 8ft tank or longer. and it wouldnt be able to fit top to bottom. when it flares its fins up. the bottom fin would drag thru the sand and probably not fully extend, while the top fin would breach the water. that fish too, will either jump or die from a tank crash or stressed to death.... (50/50 both the fish either die from tank crash or stress)

now lets throw those clowns in there. they are very aggressive and most likely in that lil tank, long term, they knock off all the other fish....

oh and the damsel...yeaaaa. that entire tank is in his radius of his home (if you dont understand what i mean, do some research on damsels and territory)
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There's the comment I was looking for, to criticize the dangers of keeping tangs on a tinnie-tiny aquarium. Btw my dad was the one who sponsored to get all 3 cause he says "I got them all for a low price of 1600 pesos or around $35" and it's not even my idea of keeping tangs at all until I get a bigger aquarium which I will get either a 65 or 75gal sometime in October. Even then I bet it's not even enough size as you mentioned how they need 100+ gallon tank.

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