tangs for 65g

zachstone13 · 09/11/2006, 08:04 PM

I'm trying to decide what kind of a tang to add to my 65g reef tank. I have 120 lbs of live rock with plenty of hiding places and the current inhabitants are:

Foxface Lo
Longnose Hawkfish
Clown Goby
Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby
Maroon Clown
RBTA
Crocea Clam
Xenia
Star Polyps
Zoos
2 Leathers

I'd love to get a Powder Blue, but from everything I've read, a 65g is just too small for one. I've been considering a Blue Hippo, Purple or Chevron Tang, but I've read articles with differing suggestions as to the minimum tank size regarding those three. Any reccommendations/suggestions or even other tangs to look into?? In the future I'd also like to add a pygmy angel of some sort so it would have to get along with him as well. Thanks so much!!

drummereef · 09/11/2006, 08:20 PM

Probably going to want to read this before the tang police show up. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=739380

zachstone13 · 09/11/2006, 08:22 PM

That's disappointing, but thank you... how come most websites say 40-55 gal is the minimum for some of the tangs? Just trying to make a sale?

IslandCrow · 09/11/2006, 08:28 PM

I had a yellow tang in my 46g, and when I bought it, I thought the books were just being too conservative when they suggested 75g. Even though he wasn't fully grown, it quickly became apparent that even a yellow tang is simply too active a swimmer for such a small tank. I really liked the guy, but eventually, my conscience got the best of me, and I gave him away to a better home. Most books will give a good rule of thumb for minimum tank size. A website, on the other hand, may have a different agenda. . .like trying to get you to buy their fish.

ACBlinky · 09/11/2006, 08:39 PM

Adding a pygmy angel should work, but I wouldn't get a tang. You've got two fish (maroon and foxface) that are going to get quite large, and adding another big, active fish probably isn't a good idea. If you do decide to get a tang how about a kole? They're probably more suitable than the others, and very pretty IMO.

09/11/2006, 08:04 PM	#1
zachstone13 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 299	tangs for 65g I'm trying to decide what kind of a tang to add to my 65g reef tank. I have 120 lbs of live rock with plenty of hiding places and the current inhabitants are: Foxface Lo Longnose Hawkfish Clown Goby Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby Maroon Clown RBTA Crocea Clam Xenia Star Polyps Zoos 2 Leathers I'd love to get a Powder Blue, but from everything I've read, a 65g is just too small for one. I've been considering a Blue Hippo, Purple or Chevron Tang, but I've read articles with differing suggestions as to the minimum tank size regarding those three. Any reccommendations/suggestions or even other tangs to look into?? In the future I'd also like to add a pygmy angel of some sort so it would have to get along with him as well. Thanks so much!!

09/11/2006, 08:28 PM	#4
IslandCrow Reef Monkey Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rockledge, Fl Posts: 5,759	I had a yellow tang in my 46g, and when I bought it, I thought the books were just being too conservative when they suggested 75g. Even though he wasn't fully grown, it quickly became apparent that even a yellow tang is simply too active a swimmer for such a small tank. I really liked the guy, but eventually, my conscience got the best of me, and I gave him away to a better home. Most books will give a good rule of thumb for minimum tank size. A website, on the other hand, may have a different agenda. . .like trying to get you to buy their fish. __________________ All opinions in the above message should be taken with 35 ppt salt. -Mike C. Current Tank Info: I have a reef screen saver on my phone, does that count?

09/11/2006, 08:39 PM	#5
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	Adding a pygmy angel should work, but I wouldn't get a tang. You've got two fish (maroon and foxface) that are going to get quite large, and adding another big, active fish probably isn't a good idea. If you do decide to get a tang how about a kole? They're probably more suitable than the others, and very pretty IMO. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

09/11/2006, 08:20 PM	#2
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Probably going to want to read this before the tang police show up. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=739380

09/11/2006, 08:22 PM	#3
zachstone13 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 299	That's disappointing, but thank you... how come most websites say 40-55 gal is the minimum for some of the tangs? Just trying to make a sale?