adding achilles tang

Hi, I have order my Achilles tang yesterday, so it will be arriving tommorow. This going be my first true(expensive) fish. I want to find out what the safest and best way to add it in my 120g tank. Tank have been established over 1 year now. Is mixed of fish and coral.

Here list of livestock I have in tank now:

3 in yellow tang
2 bicolor yellow purple fish
2 in blue tang
1 carpenter wrasse
1 red cleaner shrimp
3 small clownfishs

The Achilles tang going be 2-3 in. Please let me know what I can do to have the best surviability chance for the new tang.

Thanks,

 

Temperature acclimate the tang well and introduce with lights off and keep them off for the rest of the day. Also feed the other fish before introducing the new fish. This has worked well for me.

 

dont forget to quatantine, i normally dont quarantine but i definitely do for tangs. theyre ich magnets as you must know.

 

Am I reading that correct, you have 5 tangs in a 120G?

 

I read that as 5 inches of tang in the tank currently.....

 

I believe 3 inch yellow tang and 2 inch Blue tang. But I see your point.

 

FEW I didn't catch the inch part. LOL

J

 

Still pushing it IMO.You may have issues with the Yellow Tang being aggresive.:-/

 

+1 for quarantine ... i'd say at least a 20 long for 4+weeks

 

Hi currently have 5 tanks in my 150 gallon tank. I have a arricle tang yellow tang powder brown tang scorpies tang and naso tang. i have had the arricles tang in my tank for 4 month. I had some issues for the first week make sure the fish has alot of places to hide and plenty sea weed to eat. mine came down with ick but i kept him well fed and couple of weeks later they were all good now they get along just fine and i know people i wont be able to keep them all in one tank i plan on getting rid 1 by one as they get big here some pic if anyone intrested in taking a look

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