tangs

[jadeguppy]

Will a sailfin, powder brown, and atlantic blue have a good chance of getting along in a 6' tank?

 

[Aquafred]

Not sure if they'll coexist however the sailfin gets pretty large very fast and you'll have to have some large openings in the rockwork for it to be able to go in and out. when they grow big they can easily knock down frags and corals so you have to fix everything really well

 

[mcoomer]

I wouldn't be too worried about the sailfin and blue getting along but that powder brown will probably be the most agressive of the three. Having said that, I've got a 125 that's 5' long and the powder blue gets along with everyone. He's the master of his domain and will put someone in line if they're in his "spot" but they work it out pretty quickly.

 

[jadeguppy]

Thanks for the feedback. I had a feeling that the powder would be the concern. I have some very large "caves". Probably a good 10" or more, but the sailfin tends to prefer the open water.

I went to pick up the powder brown to find out that they guy had been trying to catch it for days, but couldn't. An hour drive at that. Very disappointing since it was a smaller one and had a good belly on it.

 

[iLLwiLL]

Ouch, you drove an hour to get a small powder brown and the guy couldn't get it out of his tank?!? I would have helped him take rock out untill that butthead was netted and in my bucket, but thats just me.

I have a 3" powder brown in a 6' tank with a 4" yellow tang and the yellow beats the beans out of the powder. luckily the brown it fat and healthy and seems quite hardy and able to hold his own. I bought a sickly powder blue a couple months ago and my yellow tang killed him in 2 days, but he was really skinny and I honestly shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

~Will.

 

[cloak]

For awhile. Eventually though, something bad is going to happen

Which one do you like the most?

 

[jadeguppy]

I suggestd that the only way to get the pb out would be to remove the rock, but it was a fully set up tank with corals and all. He got very excited when I bumped a zoa rock and it flipped over. He immediatly stopped tryig to catch the pb and turned the rock over. with the concern shown over the zoa, there would be no way to talk him into moving the rocks. He said he'd call me if he gets it out. That was a week ago. I guess the next fish added will be the atlantic blue, which is probably for the better.

 

[username in use]

Atlantic Blues get pretty big as well, I ve seen some almost as large as full grown sailfins, and they get pretty aggressive from what Ive seen.