tangs

[special lighting]

can i have a blue tang with a juvenile mimic tang or a salfin tang?

 

[special lighting]

please anyone

 

[ezy33]

IMO you should be OK, as long the body's are different.

 

[Innovator]

What size tank are they going into?

 

[special lighting]

What size tank are they going into?

60 gallons

 

[Innovator]

Then no. Very few tangs belong in a 70g with most needing at least 75g and up.

 

[special lighting]

Then no. Very few tangs belong in a 70g with most needing at least 75g and up.

what if i get them small

 

[Innovator]

Animals grow, your tank does not. Eventually they will stress from not having enough space to maneuver, being crowded by other over-sized tangs, and eventual spinal deformities, disease, and lesions will appear on top of trying to keep your water chemistry in good form.

 

[ccCapt]

Didn't we already go over this? Your tank is too small for 2 tangs.

 

[special lighting]

but i already had 2 tangs for a month and i just want to know if i could add a third one

 

[Innovator]

You will be lucky if they last two years let alone one...eventually, tides will turn against you. Some rules aren't meant to be broken

 

[Tank2379]

but i already had 2 tangs for a month and i just want to know if i could add a third one

I would not even recommend the 2 you have in your tank now. a 3rd I think they'll get to stress out just like the other said. IMO Tangs should be kepted in 100 Gallons or more They need a lot of swimming an open water to move around. I mean you can or might get away with one but depending on your Livestock. Just look at it like this You ever been into a Crowded mall before? It's a lot of stress trying to get threw too where your trying to go.... JMO

 

[melosu58]

but i already had 2 tangs for a month and i just want to know if i could add a third one

You say that you have two already for a month. When fish are put in crampped quarters things dont happen right away. But after a while all of a sudden then you`ll see your fish start to develope health problems. It`s not we dont want you to have so many tangs, we just dont want to see a post by you later on titled "Why are my fish dying". Dont think for a second that just because you`ve made it a month that you`ll make it forever. The laws and rules of SW aquaria move slowly but they move surely.

 

[ezy33]

Only if you plan to upgrade to say a 180 gallon in the near future.