Ultimatereef.com TOTM keeps a yellow tang in a 30gal...

[Zoaelite]

I find it interesting and a little disturbing that people are actually ganging up on the one advocating proper aquarium husbandry.

one is a mammal and carries significantly higher intelligence.

The other is a fish.

If care levels were indicative of intelligence then I would be treating some people on this board like my old tamagotchi pet . Why would you even factor that into how you care for something? Would it be acceptable to place everyone with Downs syndrome in a 5' by 5' room simply because there intelligence is lower than that of a regular person?

You have a larger tank.
If you observe a tang in a 3 or 4 foot tank swimming and than observe one in a 6 foot + tank swimming it is easy to see the difference. In the small tank the tang kinda swims around and in the longer tank he really motors from one end to the other.
Tangs are swimmers and need the larger room longer tanks provide. (A Kole tang would be an exception though)

The reason I'm on board with Naesco is specifically because of this, when I upgraded from my 4' 60g to my 6' 170g and watched my tang in his new home I finally understood why people highly suggest a 6' tank for tangs. It's hard to describe if you have never seen it but those extra few feet really brought out the life in my little guy.

Looking at the other side of the field though there are much more heinous things going on out there, all we can really do as hobbyists is advocate for the absolute best in hopes that people will avoid the absolute worst's.

[MitchM]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

... when I upgraded from my 4' 60g to my 6' 170g and watched my tang in his new home I finally understood why people highly suggest a 6' tank for tangs. It's hard to describe if you have never seen it but those extra few feet really brought out the life in my little guy.
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That's a great observation and it's important to report those kinds of things as people notice them.

When "Finding Nemo" first came out, I remember seeing some aquarium manufacturer's reps appearing on a television talk show with a new 5 or 10 gallon aquarium that they immediately dumped in a "Dory" tang and a "Nemo " clownfish.

That tells newcomers to the hobby that that kind of setup is alright. It's not.
When somebody sets up what they saw on TV, it will ultimately fail due to stress/disease leading to dead fish.

It doesn't matter if it's a bored, barking, anxious dog, a feather pulling parrot or an ich covered tang. Stress will kill the animals that we are trying to keep.
It also can demonstrate a lack of respect for them.


Mitch