need some fish advice

I just got a naso tang 2 days ago, the guy didn't seem so big at the store. Long story short hes huge, about 6" or so. My tank is 125 gallons, about 4 months old. I have a lionfish, a baby blue hippo, and a trigger. Anyway the naso is concerning me a bit,he seems fine, but I think it may be too big. He doesn't seem to chill much he keeps swimming against the glass over and over like the tank isn't big enough, should I let him get adjusted or is he just too big, im thinking about returning it and getting a smaller one any advice would help, thanks.

 

BrianJ

returning it and exchanging it for a smaller species of Tang would be a great idea IMHO


from my research on the subject before replying I checked out a few min tank sized requirements for Naso Tangs

I found 4 species listed , the smallest of which was the Lituratus or orange spine Naso Tang and min tank size was 240 gallons and 8 feet long

3 other species of Naso - where all suggested for tanks over 300 gallons

which means even with your 125 gallon tank you do seem to have a fish in there, thats considered by many people to be to large for that volume of water

and it may be displaying the signs of feeling confined in that aquarium


Steve

 

thank's for the advice I will return it asap.