Hippo tang (pic)

[Mappelbaum37]

Hi. My friend is moving so he needs to take apart his tank. He has a hippo tang that he doesnt want to sell to the LFS. He wants me to take it. I have a 75 gallon mixed reef.

Fish:
1. 2 occelaris clowns
2. bangaii cardinal
3. midas blenny
4. diamond goby
5. coral beauty
6. Yellow tang
7. Flame Hawk

I've got a bunch of corals and about 100 lbs of live rock. I have a 506 fluval filter and prism protein skimmer. 1 koralia powerhead, 1 maxi jet 1200 w/ quick filter. Soon I will be getting a cpr aquafuge hang on refugium w/ a protein skimmer.

Should I take in the hippo tang? Is it too much fish? Are they aggressive? To big for my tank??

Here is my tank:




thanks!

[reefergeorge]

You probably don't want to ask this question.
You don't say how big it is, but it will outgrow your tank. I know how your friend is feeling. He knows some kid with a 30 may end up with it if he sells it to the lfs. Your yellow may also put up a fight with new inhabitants, but every fish is different. I think your setup looks in balance , and I wouldn't throw it off. Maybe sell or give it away on RC to someone with a huge tank that will keep him. Good luck either way.

[jeweldamsel]

If the hippo is small (2"), it will out grow a 75gal tank in less than a year. Most tangs are big and they need bigger tanks (>100gal) to live happily.

[reefCrawler]

yellow tang may bully hippo unless the combination of bigger hippo than smaller yellow tang.

If I were you, I'll try to get out yellow tang, and put hippo inside your main tank for couple day, then put back the yellow tang

if the hippo with a size less than 4" should be fine in your 75g tank, but prepare to upgrade, as jeweldamsel said, it won't be happy and will outgrow your tank pretty soon.

[mg426]

Sometimes it works sometimes it dont.

[atvdave]

I've had a yellow tang in my tank for years, then last year I also got a hippo tang.

The yellow tang and hippo get along fine. But my occelaris clowns do try to take a nip at the hippo. The hippo just turnes sideways and swims off.

Also I've had my hippo for over a year and he's about the same size he was when I purchased him. Around 4"

[Reeftanks6]

how long have you had the yellow in there for

[AquaReeferMan]

Dont do it. My hippo tang has pretty much outgrown my 125g already. Ive had it for about 3 years. It was 1" when I got it and is now around 6". These fish get big and need a lot of swimming room.

[atvdave]

Originally posted by Reeftanks6
how long have you had the yellow in there for

About 4 years. he's the king of the tank. No one messes with him, but he don't bully the rest of the fish either.

[Reeftanks6]

oo well he might bully the hippo but he might not its a hit or miss i think

[reefergeorge]

IMO Sell it on RC to someone that can keep comfortably. You will need to upgrade faster than you think.

[hybridgenius]

If its small enough(usually 4inch and below) then you can try and care for it temporary until you find a better home. It will outgrow your 75gal quick. Just be sure you know what you wanna do.

[Ritten]

Your tank is so nice looking. I wouldn't chance it and have to tear it apart to get one or the other out.

[Reeftanks6]

he has a got a great point

[gatordoc]

Hippos are nice but I regret having 1 in my 55 I thought I would sell it once it grew too big. He is close to 4 inches and still in my tank. I need to sell mine ASAP. Don't make my mistake...

[Mappelbaum37]

why do you regret it...I've come to the conclusion that i wont take my friends hippo tang but im just curious....My final wishlist for my tank is some blue mushrooms or zoanthids (dont care which coral i just want blue) =) and a yellow leather. I feel that i dont have enough color in the tank. Ill put a recent photo of the tank up....


new torch coral:



Tank shot:

[Reeftanks6]

i mean you can do it but the yellow might so some sign of agression to the hippo