So Id like to do something interesting with fish in my tank. I have a large sohal, a small hippo tang, and thats about it for large fish in my 220. Its plenty large to have a couple more fish. Im considering doing a trio of yellow tangs. Is this feasable? Anyone have any experience with this? Whats the possibility for success if they are all the same size introduced the same day? Thought of adding 2 more hippos, but since him and the sohal are acanthurus figured the likelihood for problems were increased. Thanks.
Yellow tang trio
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dzfish17
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I have 3 (3") in my 600g and they get along most of the time. One of them is kind of nasty and will occasionally go after the other two. I dont think I would try it in a 210g tank. You might be ok for awhile but in my opinion you will eventually have problems. Your tank is not going to be big enough for multiple hippos either (they get big). Sohals can be very aggressive and need a really big tank... keep an eye on him.
walvis
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300g
It must be my luck, because I've seen many reefers keeping multiple specimens in DT.
BTW, mine are Juv.
fire_06786
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I have three yellow tangs. One was originally in the tank and added two more. Rearranged some of the rock. Now have no problems!
benchen8844
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i have 4 yellow tang,2 blue hippo ,1 naso blonde,1 puple,1 sailfin in my 240 for 2 years, they r fine,naso blonde and blue hippo get too big, i upgrade to 400gallon 5month ago, they r perfectly fine
Eric the half-bee
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I've never tried it a 220. I can tell you in my 400, the sohal was the nastiest tang I ever attempted.
velvetelvis
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A friend of mine has a trio of yellow tangs and a lavender tang in one of her frag systems, but it's huge--probably about 600-700 gallons.
betamed
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powder blue and a sohal together sounds like war.
