young purple tang.

[spencefe]

Taking opinions on how a young purple tang and a young orange shoulder will do if introduced at the same time.

 

[reidcrandall]

How large is the tank?

 

[spencefe]

right now 100 but in a year ill have a 300 gallon that they will go in.

 

[MCCOOL]

I'd stick with just the purple tang and save the orange shoulder for the bigger tank, it's not like they are rare or hard to find.

 

[SDguy]

I'd stick with just the purple tang and save the orange shoulder for the bigger tank, it's not like they are rare or hard to find.

I agree with this. I had a TINY purple grow to 5+ inches in less than a year :eek2: Very aggressive to my other two tangs, so I sold it to a local with a very large tank.

 

[spencefe]

this purple tang took me forever to find though :/ is there any thing i can do to help it be less qgressive?

 

[MrTuskfish]

this purple tang took me forever to find though :/ is there any thing i can do to help it be less qgressive?

No, that is their genetic make-up. They just need the right tankmates and enough room. IMO & IME: cramped space=stress=aggression. They are far from the most aggressive tangs.

 

[agreeive?fish]

right now 100 but in a year ill have a 300 gallon that they will go in.

are you 1million percent sure the upgrade is gonna happen? case in point i was 14 days away from ordering a custom tank to have a new house built around and find out thru a news paper article my wifes work is shutting its doors

 

[tchndie]

I've had my orange shoulder tang and my purple tang in together for quite some time and I have yet to see them fight and they are both around 4 inches! On the other hand my yellow tang and my purple tang fight every once in a while. My Clown tang would have to be my most aggressive tang I've got but he still doesn't bother with anything and he's got to be about 5 inches and one fat porker!!lol If you are deffinately going to upgrade within the a year I would and him in. This is just my opinion!