Tangs!!!

[kien]

I have seen fish stores sell hippo tangs that are the size of a loonie. They don't stay that small for long though!!

Tangs in general will grow pretty big. I don't know what the smallest species is though.. Perhaps one of the mimic tangs?

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by foreveringlass

Thanks for all the wonderful pics! I have to live vicariously through all of you. I am new and have a 44 gallon. The LFS told me it was room enough for the hippo and yellow tang I wanted. After much research I discovered they are not the smartest people at my LFS. So until I upgrade, Thank you for the pics!

Thank-you for doing research and realizing tangs need a big tank to be happy in.

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

what is the smallest tang you can get?

Originally Posted by kien

I have seen fish stores sell hippo tangs that are the size of a loonie. They don't stay that small for long though!!

Tangs in general will grow pretty big. I don't know what the smallest species is though.. Perhaps one of the mimic tangs?

Kole tangs, Scopas tangs and yellow tangs are the smaller type of tangs and you can find them loonie sized in the store however ones that small have about a 30% chance of living for more then a few weeks. Keep in mind that if you get a small one that lives, within 3-4 months you will need a minimum of a 90g tank for them to live happily in.

[saltwaterseahorses]

Weell i dont want to risk a life o i'll stay away

[whatcaneyedo]

I got this purple tang a few years ago from a friend who was tearing down his tank. The best thing about it: it eats bubble algae!

[untamed]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I got this purple tang a few years ago from a friend who was tearing down his tank. The best thing about it: it eats bubble algae!

That bubble algae must be like Popeye's spinich! (Makes him 4lbs strong!) That's a good looking fish. I would love to add one like that, but I'm positive that my Atlantic Blue would take exception. Same shape...same colour...bad recipe.

Nice pavona back there. I have not seen many others who have a big colony like that.

[Skimmerking]

Bubble algae eh right on, I wish that my tangs would call him and have a chat with yours

[whatcaneyedo]

It really likes bubble algae, pink cotton candy algae and some sort of red wiry hair algae. It also like nori, Ocean Nutrition pellets, mysis, mussel and clam meat... basically anything I throw in there. I've even seen it eat new bryopsis growth.

Unfortunately it will also pick at open brains a bit so I have to keep them in another tank. It also doesnt get along with my snowflake eel very well. It freaks out a bit every time it comes out to feed. But they've been living together for several years so I guess they're not too bad.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

like whats the smallest tank size they can a tang be in?

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

so what could go in a 34 gallon red sea?

Originally Posted by untamed

Sorry...not a good idea.

Originally Posted by JDigital

+1.. No matter how small they are at the fish store...

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

like whats the smallest tank size they can a tang be in?

Originally Posted by JDigital

Thought we covered this?

None will work in a 34G tank.

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Kole tangs, Scopas tangs and yellow tangs are the smaller type of tangs and you can find them loonie sized in the store however ones that small have about a 30% chance of living for more then a few weeks. Keep in mind that if you get a small one that lives, within 3-4 months you will need a minimum of a 90g tank for them to live happily in.

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

Weell i dont want to risk a life o i'll stay away

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

So if I were too get a scopas tang how big should the tank be???

As you can clearly see we have answered your question, the minimum tank size for a scopas would be a 90g, your 34g will not work as a proper house for a tang. You yourself said that you didn't want to risk a life but yet you are asking again about tangs when you've already got the answer. Just because you might not like the answer doesn't mean it's going to change when you keep asking the same question.

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

ok because before i got my first red sea the person had a moray eel in it and after that a yellow tang, and a scopas tang

Maybe because someone else did it you hope we'll say it's ok and that's why you keep asking, however just because someone else did it doesn't mean it's right. Most of us on here care about our fish and we want what is best for them, and for keeping a tang you really need a minimum of a 90g tank, and honestly with tangs as they get bigger a 180g or larger tank is better for them to live in.

Anyway this thread is for pictures of tangs if you'd like to start a tang discussion you could start a new thread in the Marine fish section. So for now