Tang Question.

This should be ok, but Achilles have terrible survivorship, and Powder Blues are ich magnets. Something to be aware of. This is going to be 4 large fish in your tank, so be careful about bioload and how much more you add to the tank.

 

i have a sailfin and a yellow together and there is no agression issues. wonder why you say this. from my research it is more about body styles causing issues.

 

The achilies does have a reputation of being a difficult fish to keep. They need mature tanks and stable parameters for any kind of chance of survival. There are a few blue tangs out there, are you talking about a powder blue, regal, or atlantic?

~Will.

 

Sailfin and yellow tangs are both zebrasoma tangs. These 2 and the scopas, black, and desjardini sailfins all have the same body shapes.

 

Yea I have read up on achilies tangs I know that they are hard to keep healthy. I am talking about a regal blue tang. If I did not get an achilies tang and got a purple tang would that be ok? If I were to get an achilies tang it would be when I buy the rest of the tang's and it would be 6 month's to a year after my tank gets set up just so that I know everything would be stable.

 

Yeah, you would be fine with that., but take note how nasty purple tangs can be.

 

Any tang can be nasty, I had a powder brown almost kill a new copper banded butterfly last week and there supposedly one of the more passive tangs. The regal, powder brown, yellow and purple sounds like a great combo if added small and last into your tank. Your going to need a great filtration setup later on when they get bigger, but again if bought small they should be fine in a 180.

~Will.

 

I had a purple tang (7"), who was just a beast, Luckily the pet store owner got another one in at a smaller size, 4.5". I introduced him with my Naso tang (2.5") about a week ago. and they are doing great together . Haha, Id take a picture of the two when I turn the light on in the morning cause they sleep in the same spot, but it would be mean to freak them out .

I had a Powder Blue and Powder Brown (Never had them both at the same time) and they where the last fish I added at the time of adding them and they harassed or killed fish, (no tangs) But other guys. As well as the old purple. He took out a few of my angelfish .

 

Good rule of thumb for how many fish

A good rule of thumb is one inch of fish for every 5 gallons. Follow that, and you will definetley be safe.

 

If that were the case, my 125 would be fully stocked with 2 tangs and 5 chromis. I like 1" per 3 gallons as long as the filtration and dissolved oxygen is there to support it. Tho it still really depends on the individuals experience and husbandry when it comes to pushing stocking levels.

~Will.