purple tang

chevyjaxon · #1 01-10-2013, 08:36 PM

so I was wanting to add one of these guys to my 90g I have a kole and a convict tang in there atm no fighting, just a little chasing. since this guy is NOT con specific I know it will be ok. what I want to know is what is a fair price to pay for a small purple tang?

scubadawg · #2 01-10-2013, 08:39 PM

Purple tangs go in Edmonton for about 150.00 to 200.00

chevyjaxon · #3 01-10-2013, 08:46 PM

I know where I can find one for 100.00 still very small too! a couple weeks and thay litte guy is goin home with me! if I could have one of each tang all in the same place I would. I've often wondered how with seemingly such sucess so many yellow tangs can be housed together in one of the tanks at west ed, thats for another posting though.

scubadawg · #4 01-10-2013, 08:49 PM

I know it's the one at Red Coral for $100.00, I have one already.

subman · #5 01-10-2013, 09:40 PM

The tang police would say a 90 is to small for any tangs never mind 3. That being said I've found koles to be non aggressive. Not sure about the convict as I have no experience with them.

waynemah · #6 01-10-2013, 10:13 PM

Purple tang is the most aggressive fish in my 225... I wouldn't want to see what he would do to other tangs in a 90.

FragIt Dan · #7 01-11-2013, 02:41 AM

I have a 4+" purple tang with a 4" mimic tang, a 4" maroon clown and a couple other random fish in a 90G with no issues. The two tangs are best friends and are rarely more than a couple of inches apart. Having said that I would not have voluntarily put these two into my tank were it not for a friend shutting his system down. They came out of another 90G and were in with a decent size Kole and Scopus as well.
Dan

chevyjaxon · #8 01-11-2013, 04:00 AM

there aren't any issues with my tank other than me raising my salinity. which my tank is now doing nicely from. I do a minimum 20% change every week which consists of two 15 gallon water changes. my total system is 150 gallons. I rarely have any issues with fish in my tank, and always take any appropriate measures to make sure all are healthy. a purple tang is not conspecific to anything I have in my tank. like I've said I have kept a scopas,unicorn, and yellow tang all housed together at the same time in this tank. just because other people have had no sucess for what ever reason, dosent mean that I won't be sucessful. In all likelyhood I won't be getting the fish from steve now because of the animosity you are all stirring up about this. but that dosent mean that I still won't go out next week when I'm sure my tank can handle it and purchase one. if I were an irresponsible aquariast that fish would already be in my tank period. and end of discussion. I started this thread not to rile the tang police but instead to find out what is a fair price is for this particular fish. oh one more thing, the reason for my sucess with tangs is the fact that I have nearly three grand worth of live rock in my tank. lotsa territory to name and hide in on my small reef by that measure.

MMAX · #9 01-11-2013, 01:18 PM

The more live rock you have in your tank means the less swimming space for your tangs.

Madreefer · #10 01-11-2013, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MMAX

The more live rock you have in your tank means the less swimming space for your tangs.

Sounds like theres not alot of swimming room left. I dont think you people are going to change this guys mind. I don't agree with his decision either but i'd say the tang will be in his tank this weekend.

ps. Marko did you change your name?