tangs in a 80 gallon

audacious1 · 11/10/2011, 09:39 PM

what type of tangs can i put into an 80 gallon? i don't want to hear "oh the tank is too small" kind of crap. since when do prisoners die 'cause they're prison cell is too small?.. i just want to know what type of tangs can get along. i was thinking of a purple tang. what other types of tangs can i put in? again im very happy in my tiny house. so none of that!

nonstopfishies · 11/10/2011, 09:50 PM

Well your mindset and attitude aren't going to make any supporters here. Prisoners get let out of their prison cell, are you going to take your fish out once a day to the ocean and let them swim around for a while and then bring the back to their "cell"?

I guess I will say it even though you don't want to hear it, your tank IS too small.

But if you really want to push it you need to look at a tang that stays small. A yellow maybe. Possibly a bristletooth of some type, maybe Tomini. And definitely only one, NO more than that.

dzfish17 · 11/10/2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by audacious1

what type of tangs can i put into an 80 gallon? i don't want to hear "oh the tank is too small" kind of crap. since when do prisoners die 'cause they're prison cell is too small?.. i just want to know what type of tangs can get along. i was thinking of a purple tang. what other types of tangs can i put in? again im very happy in my tiny house. so none of that!

This thread is not going to end well. You might want to lose the attitude.

cassell19 · 11/10/2011, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dzfish17

This thread is not going to end well. You might want to lose the attitude.

+1
This could turn ugly!

And yes no prisoner died from being in a cell too small, but put a fish in a tank too small and you run the risk of stressing it out and leading it to getting ich or something and dieing.

karsseboom · 11/10/2011, 10:30 PM

Yeah the porblem is that the fish will stress hard in a tank that is to small, which will lead to getting ick and then die. If the tank is to small for the tang he's not gonna be happy and an unhappy tang always gets ick.

dancewithethan · 11/10/2011, 10:39 PM

Purple tang should be fine or others in that same family, such as Yellow tang.

Best

vorm · 11/10/2011, 10:41 PM

Sounds like you just want someone to tell you what you want to hear.

To use your same prisoner analogy, they get let out of those cells at times every day. Put 6 prisoners (or anyone) in a tiny cell and never let them out and what do you think is going to happen? It's not going to be pretty.

Putting tangs in a tank to small is going asking for them to be very unhappy and aggressive towards others in there if nothing else.

BrianD · 11/10/2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by audacious1

what type of tangs can i put into an 80 gallon? i don't want to hear "oh the tank is too small" kind of crap. since when do prisoners die 'cause they're prison cell is too small?.. i just want to know what type of tangs can get along. i was thinking of a purple tang. what other types of tangs can i put in? again im very happy in my tiny house. so none of that!

There are many other saltwater forums on the internet. I think you will be much happier at one of the other ones, because your attitude won't make you welcome here. There won't be any repercussions to this thread, but if a similar attitude is again demonstrated, the results will be markedly different.

11/10/2011, 09:39 PM	#1
audacious1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 93	tangs in a 80 gallon what type of tangs can i put into an 80 gallon? i don't want to hear "oh the tank is too small" kind of crap. since when do prisoners die 'cause they're prison cell is too small?.. i just want to know what type of tangs can get along. i was thinking of a purple tang. what other types of tangs can i put in? again im very happy in my tiny house. so none of that!

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11/10/2011, 09:50 PM	#2
nonstopfishies Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 685	Well your mindset and attitude aren't going to make any supporters here. Prisoners get let out of their prison cell, are you going to take your fish out once a day to the ocean and let them swim around for a while and then bring the back to their "cell"? I guess I will say it even though you don't want to hear it, your tank IS too small. But if you really want to push it you need to look at a tang that stays small. A yellow maybe. Possibly a bristletooth of some type, maybe Tomini. And definitely only one, NO more than that.

11/10/2011, 10:30 PM	#5
karsseboom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,183	Yeah the porblem is that the fish will stress hard in a tank that is to small, which will lead to getting ick and then die. If the tank is to small for the tang he's not gonna be happy and an unhappy tang always gets ick.

11/10/2011, 10:41 PM	#7
vorm Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 210	Sounds like you just want someone to tell you what you want to hear. To use your same prisoner analogy, they get let out of those cells at times every day. Put 6 prisoners (or anyone) in a tiny cell and never let them out and what do you think is going to happen? It's not going to be pretty. Putting tangs in a tank to small is going asking for them to be very unhappy and aggressive towards others in there if nothing else.