Tangs

My LFS stops me from buying certain types of tangs because i have a reef setup. For example - they wont let me buy a regal or naso tang because apprently they get white spot (for some unknown reason) in reef tanks.

Is this true? If so is the a list anywhere of pirticular breeds of tangs that can go in a reef system??

 

Fish can easily bring in and "develop" ich in any type of system. Tell us more about your system? Maybe your LFS doesn't thing your tank is large enough to support a tang and that's why he's telling you such things?

 

nah he's sold me tangs before so it cant be that - just certain breeds. My tank is 120 litres (not sure on the us gallons). I know tangs need lots of room to swim so id never buy a big one. but quite happily i've had a sailfin tang and a yellow mimic in my tank before now.

 

Then what your lfs is saying makes no sense at all. I have kept all sorts of tangs in reef systems and currently have a powder blue and a hippo (regal) tang in my 180 gallon with no ich issues whatsoever.

 

I had a Naso Tang for 13 months, never got ich, just to big for the tank.

 

really - well then i shall ignore him from now on - they had some baby regal's and they were so cute! think their all sold now tho.............

 

I have a Blonde Naso, Powder Blue, Powder brown and 2 Hippo tangs in a reef set up and the only one that has nipped at anything is the large Hippo when I was cutting back their food. I feed better now... ;D

 

I have a Yellow Tang and recently added a Naso to my 125 gallon reef tank with no problems. My Yellow Tang tried to play the aggressive territoriality figure, but that didn't work to well as my Naso just shrugged it off as it didn't bother him, and Yellow Tang has since stopped the behavior!
Other than the size some of these obtain, I would just eliminate adding the same kind or body style together! Feed them a varied diet and reduce stress for them along with extreme temperature variances and you should be fine!

 

120 litres is not that large of a tank. Could be that. 4 litres per gallon i believe.

 

Ooooh, well that changes things for sure.