Would an adult yellow tang swim trough a 4" pipe?

[slevesque]

I'm thinking about joining 2 tanks with a 4" diam pipe and I would like the fishes to be able to swim from one tank to the other. Would a yellow tang be able to pass trough or 5" would be a minimum? I know they can mesure up to 8 " but how tall they get?

 

[anydarnthing]

A fish habit-trail...I think you would have to teach it swim back and forth between tanks, some fish are like cats I caught a 4" Raccoon butterfly in a mantis trap. He wedged himself in diagonally plus what diameter are you talking about OD or ID?

 

[RichConley]

an Adult yellow tang wont FIT through a 4" pipe.

 

[Gitterdone 09]

yep

 

[slevesque]

ummmm opposite answers. I agree 5" or 6" would be a better choice. Drilling a 6" hole in a 12" high tank would be risky though

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7805074#post7805074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slevesque
ummmm opposite answers. I agree 5" or 6" would be a better choice. Drilling a 6" hole in a 12" high tank would be risky though

Yellow tangs are about as tall as they are long (and that's with their fins clamped). Adults get like 8", so how a 5" or 6" pipe is better than 4" I'm not sure

 

[jayo]

If there is food on the other end, it will certainly try to go through - if it has grown to full adult size it will not fit.

jayo

 

[slevesque]

Ok, from pictures it seemed to be half tall as long. No worries since nothing is built yet. Back to the drawing board Thanks for your time.

 

[reefnetworth]

i have seen one that had square holes in acrylic. the logic being IMO, stronger bond. it was a 300 gallon tank, 200 in the center with 50g on each end. if not mistaken it was around $15,000 complete reef set-up. it wasnt very appealing though, i didnt see 15K in it. REEF-ON!!!