Tangs in 4ft tank(

[Mr. D]

I have been on/following AA for a few months now and know a good amount of people feel very strongly about tangs on here and wanted to get some "tang police" input, lol

My LFS has a gorgeous display tank that is 4ft long but it is 225 I think, not sure, the employee said around there. But has a blue hippo tang in there with a few other fish.

I believe it is
4'x4' and very tall i would guess around 30"

Do you feel a tang is too large for a tank like that?

 

[JustinKBreen]

I agree most tangs need a six foot tank.. With that said that tank may be ok, if the rock work is set up that basically the fish can keep swimming forward in a large circle.

 

[crister13]

I would say that's fine because the width is humongous.

 

[Starchar]

With those dimensions that is roughly a 300 gallon tank. As for how that translates to happy tangs, I have no clue. My understanding is that it is more important to have the horizontal space rather than the extra volume. While it may work for NASCAR drivers I don't think that tangs will appreciate the ability to go in circles rather than long distances.

 

[Saratj1]

Also as far as a straight line swimming room diagonal corner to corner would be right around 5 1/2 ft that they could swim.

Had to bust out high school geometry for that one lol.

 

[Mr. D]

Hahaha... Yeah fish looks tiny in there and he's about 5yrs old

 

[mr_X]

Some tangs would be better suited for that tank than others. Multiple Yellow, Kole, Purple, Scopus...tangs like these would work fine. I would just want to stay away from Sohal, Clown, Powder Blue...tangs like this.

 

[Mr. D]

Yeah, like open water ones