Lost yellow tang in move, replacement considerations

davidryder · 09/23/2007, 12:05 AM

Well I moved from Cincinnati to Tampa and 24 hrs in the buckets led to my yellow tang dying about 6 hours after I got the tank set back up.

I'd like to get a powder blue tang & a 6-line wrasse. Any thoughts?

90g (130g system) with

1 lyretail anthias
1 gold stripe maroon
5 green chromis
diamond spot goby
1 green mandarin

hahnmeister · 09/23/2007, 12:47 AM

The 6-line will outcompete with tha mandarin for food... which might alreadybe a problem since the move sice your pod population most likely has to start over. So if you go with a wrasse, I would remove the mandarin... or, give the mandarin to someone with an established tank already.

Of course, you might have it adapted to brine shrimp as well.

A powder blue is an easy fish to stress out, and I wouldnt put one in less than a 6' tank. For a 4' tank, I would stick with smaller zebrasoma (yellow, red sea purple) or bristletooth (tomini, kole) tangs. Maybe, just maybe, a pacific blue, if you like that type of tang. It will eventually outgrow a 90g, but it can take a while to get there, unlike many other tangs that grow large.

As for the wrasses, my only suggestion if you go that route is to go with flasher/fairy wrasses over 6-line or something else. They can be kept in groups, and will tolerate other wrasses being added... where a 6-line will not. As long as you start with at least 2 wrasses, then adding more later wont be a problem. FWIW, I hate 6-lines, but love every fairy wrasse I have ever had. Much cooler fish, and they pick on flatworms just as well if not better than 6-lines, if thats at all a concern.

davidryder · 09/23/2007, 01:03 AM

Thanks hahn, I hadn't considered the competition between the 6-line and mandarin. Although I have two refugiums I probably wouldn't want another species that decimates pod populations...

Thoughts on a whitecheek tang, 3 female & 1 male flasher wrasse?

hahnmeister · 09/23/2007, 01:23 AM

whitecheeks get large and are territorial from what I remember, but not too bad. I suppose... you dont have any other tangs in there so one 6" tang wouldnt be so bad.

The wrasses sound cool, but ANY wrasse will compete with the mandarin for pods... no way around that one. Personally, I would sell a mandarin in a heartbeat to get fairy wrasses. 3 females and a male sounds good.

davidryder · 09/23/2007, 09:40 AM

According to Marine Fishes the whitecheek tang is about an inch smaller than the PBT and is more suitable than the PBT for a tank 75g or larger. The recommendation for the PBT is 100g or larger.

I'm not really committed to the tang... I just want one show species that won't interfere with what I already have.

I don't have a problem getting rid of the mandarin... it would ease the stress of it starving.

I think I'm going to get some flasher wrasses right now

TD13 · 09/23/2007, 10:11 AM

sound good u could probably do a purple or powder blue in a 90

09/23/2007, 12:05 AM	#1
davidryder Claris or Elliot? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nightopia Posts: 2,750	Lost yellow tang in move, replacement considerations Well I moved from Cincinnati to Tampa and 24 hrs in the buckets led to my yellow tang dying about 6 hours after I got the tank set back up. I'd like to get a powder blue tang & a 6-line wrasse. Any thoughts? 90g (130g system) with 1 lyretail anthias 1 gold stripe maroon 5 green chromis diamond spot goby 1 green mandarin __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss... Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, corner overflow (Mag 9.5), 25g refugium (Mag 5), 15g refugium, Orbit 260w pc, Pan World 50PX-X (Closed loop), AquaC EV-120 (now skimmerless)

09/23/2007, 01:03 AM	#3
davidryder Claris or Elliot? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nightopia Posts: 2,750	Thanks hahn, I hadn't considered the competition between the 6-line and mandarin. Although I have two refugiums I probably wouldn't want another species that decimates pod populations... Thoughts on a whitecheek tang, 3 female & 1 male flasher wrasse? __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss... Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, corner overflow (Mag 9.5), 25g refugium (Mag 5), 15g refugium, Orbit 260w pc, Pan World 50PX-X (Closed loop), AquaC EV-120 (now skimmerless)

09/23/2007, 09:40 AM	#5
davidryder Claris or Elliot? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nightopia Posts: 2,750	According to Marine Fishes the whitecheek tang is about an inch smaller than the PBT and is more suitable than the PBT for a tank 75g or larger. The recommendation for the PBT is 100g or larger. I'm not really committed to the tang... I just want one show species that won't interfere with what I already have. I don't have a problem getting rid of the mandarin... it would ease the stress of it starving. I think I'm going to get some flasher wrasses right now __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss... Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, corner overflow (Mag 9.5), 25g refugium (Mag 5), 15g refugium, Orbit 260w pc, Pan World 50PX-X (Closed loop), AquaC EV-120 (now skimmerless)

09/23/2007, 12:47 AM	#2
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	The 6-line will outcompete with tha mandarin for food... which might alreadybe a problem since the move sice your pod population most likely has to start over. So if you go with a wrasse, I would remove the mandarin... or, give the mandarin to someone with an established tank already. Of course, you might have it adapted to brine shrimp as well. A powder blue is an easy fish to stress out, and I wouldnt put one in less than a 6' tank. For a 4' tank, I would stick with smaller zebrasoma (yellow, red sea purple) or bristletooth (tomini, kole) tangs. Maybe, just maybe, a pacific blue, if you like that type of tang. It will eventually outgrow a 90g, but it can take a while to get there, unlike many other tangs that grow large. As for the wrasses, my only suggestion if you go that route is to go with flasher/fairy wrasses over 6-line or something else. They can be kept in groups, and will tolerate other wrasses being added... where a 6-line will not. As long as you start with at least 2 wrasses, then adding more later wont be a problem. FWIW, I hate 6-lines, but love every fairy wrasse I have ever had. Much cooler fish, and they pick on flatworms just as well if not better than 6-lines, if thats at all a concern.

09/23/2007, 01:23 AM	#4
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	whitecheeks get large and are territorial from what I remember, but not too bad. I suppose... you dont have any other tangs in there so one 6" tang wouldnt be so bad. The wrasses sound cool, but ANY wrasse will compete with the mandarin for pods... no way around that one. Personally, I would sell a mandarin in a heartbeat to get fairy wrasses. 3 females and a male sounds good.

09/23/2007, 10:11 AM	#6
TD13 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 407	sound good u could probably do a purple or powder blue in a 90