which tang would you buy?

OK, then a red sea sailfin, yellow belly hippo, purple, or yellow tang (or any combo as long as their introduced together) get my vote.

~Will.

 

Usually reef safe with caution, will destroy your crustacean population in no time. May also nip at corals, but every fish has his own personality.

Sounds like it's time to find him a bigger home.


As for suggestions, a chevron tang stands out in any tank they are in, great looking fish, but a bit pricey.

 

red sea saifin maybe a sohal or purple

 

I would steer clear of a sohal. They are very mean to other tangs. And if you know how tangs are, once you get one, you want more.

Naso tangs get HUGE, like 2 feet long.
Kole tangs are far more aggro than most people think. I would add a kole later if you want more than 1 tang, especially another bristletooth tang down the road.

I would say a yellow, or a sailfin, or the achilles. But you will want to wait a little bit.

 

Thats true of most triggers, but planktonic feeders like cross hatches, pink tails and blue jaws usually will not mess with inverts and make great reef tank inhabitants.

Please think twice about adding any of the larger tangs that were listed. I think I remember you saying you had a 150? Thats a pretty big tank, but not quite big enough for a sohal, clown, naso, or any others that can get over 12". achilies and powder blues are beautiful, but typically need larger and very mature / stable tanks to thrive.

~Will.

 

Naso lituratus
(Naso Tang, Naso Surgeonfish, Lipstick Unicornfish)

Naso Tang, Lipstick Tang - Orangespine Unicornfish - Naso lituratus
Naso Tang Profile - A Profile of the Naso Tang

 

yellow tangs are a good tang to start with
purpels are aggro

 

How big is your tank? The Blonde Naso is cool if I had a bigger tank I would prob get one. I love my Whitecheek Tang (Goldrim?). They call it WC on liveaquaria.com so I dunno, but I ordered him back in late Feb and he is and always has been in perfect health. The picture doesn't really do it justice cause the entire outline of his body is a bright thin blue border. Oh, and his yellow eyes really stand out too. Good fish, a little aggressive but in a big tank its not too bad.

 

Either strigosus or truncatus, they work a lot in cleaning!

 

150G. DT 184g in total.