Tangs

[ThisCityIsDead]

I just had a situation with a yellow and a purple.

I have an established yellow in my 225 and added a purple. The yellow was very aggressive towards the purple so I removed the yellow for a week. When I re-added the yellow it instantly became aggressive again towards the purple but by then the purple was healthy enough to fend so himself to a point.

After 3-4 days though the aggression stopped and they're getting along fine.

If you do decide to get more tangs I would suggest you add more than one at a time as to spread the aggression to more than one fish.

This is what I keep hearing and reading.

 

[BrianD]

Okay, so I recently upgraded tanks, and all I can say is WOW.

I was wondering how many tangs I can keep in a 125 G tank. I only have a yellow tang now.

These are the tangs I like, although I know I will not be able to get some because of their needs. The tangs with an * are the ones I'm considering in getting.

Powder blue *
Naso *
Blue Caribbean *
Purple *
Scopas*

Likes
Hippo
Achilles
Sailfin

How many of those can I add in my tank? Will 3 be okay? I do not plan on adding more than 3, but I've read that 3+ tangs in one tank will not fight but 2 will.

My thoughts as of now:
-Yellow
-purple
-scopas/powder blue/blonde naso


Also, can I add any of the tangs in my "likes" list if I get them small? To be honest, the tang I have now, yellow, pushed me and motivated me to upgrade, so I know this will push me to upgrade to a larger tank in a few months or year.



Thanks in advance everyone.

I've had a hippo, purple, yellow and now a powder blue tang. They all got a long... I say this in passive voice because sadly, my purple and hippo both died to ich. The other two, powder and yellow, are doing great.

 

[BrianD]

No reason for this to continue.