Am I pushing the limit on Stocking on my 90

[jawwad2004]

I dont even have the 90 up and already am about to run out and buy fish and corals! But I am not going to make that mistake again like when I first started. Would I be pushing the limits on a 90 if I were to put in my existing fish which are:
1 Blue Hippo tang (about 3.5 inches)
1 Yellow tang (3.5 inches)
1 Cleaner Wrasse (3 inches)
4 Green Chromis (1.5 inches each)
1 Green Mandarin Goby (2.5 inches)
2 Sebae Clownfish (1.5 inches each)
1 Yellowtail Damsel (1.5 inches)
and a bunch of inverts (like 60 snails, 10 hermits crabs, 2 cleaner shrimps, etc.)

What I wanted to add was one copperband butterfly and one flame angel. Or instead of those two just put in a sohal tang, but from what I am reading those guys need like a 180 gallon tank!

 

[herman]

just watch out for the tang police!!!

 

[nanoreefer22]

People would shoot you for putting in a Sohal tang...:lol:....Other than that I wouldn't know what to say about the fish

 

[jhale]

no sohal for you, besides it would kill your other fish in that small tank.

the only fish I question is the mandarin, it needs a lot of live rock in an established tank.

now we know what you want for your next birthday, a sohal and a 300 gallon tank

 

[jawwad2004]

no sohal for you, besides it would kill your other fish in that small tank.

the only fish I question is the mandarin, it needs a lot of live rock in an established tank.

now we know what you want for your next birthday, a sohal and a 300 gallon tank

lol, damn. I really want that Sohal! It woulda been the centerpiece for my tank! At petsolutions.com they say that the Sohal would be good in a 75 gallon tank! Liveaquaria 180, marinedepotlive 100. Its tempting cause a 90 doesnt sound too small. But I guess I'll have to let it go.
Would the Sohal actually kill all the fish if I add him last?

 

[jhale]

a sohal in a 75? a 100? maybe if they were 2" big and never grew another inch.

they are the rottweilers of tangs jawwad, ask michael marrone to chime in here he has one, also michael stern, they have 260 and 420 gallon tanks, these are big fish that need room to grow and swim. Plus they will beat the crap out of any fish they don't like. In a big enough tank they might be happy and leave every one alone.

 

[jawwad2004]

alright alright, ill get the sohal out of my mind. . .but I can do the copperband butterfly and flame angel or regal angel (I am still thinking about the angel cause I know they nip at corals)

 

[jhale]

yes to the copperband and flame angel.

I'm not sure about the regal.

by the way you will need to upgrade your 90 which is not set up yet, fairly soon if you want to keep the tangs as they grow.

 

[jawwad2004]

Yea I am already planning on a 210 AGA RR the summer I graduate from college, which will be about in 2 years. You think that the 90 is way too small for my current hippo and yellow tang?

 

[hannahsmom]

I had a small like 2-3" sohal in a 180g and it was toooooo small of a tank! He swam around like a mad fish on drugs. So never in a 90g. And CBB might pick at corals so depending on which corals you want to keep you might rethink him.

 

[jawwad2004]

The Sohal I am def. going to hold off until I do my 210. I am checking out a bunch of fish and now it seems as if the blue throat trigger has caught my eye! It would be great to have a trigger in a reef setup. . .ahhhhhhhhhhh this is too hard!

 

[marrone]

jawwad

I have a very large Sohal tang, in my 260, which I got when it was about 4" or so and not aggressive. It's has growns very fast and is now over 14"-16" range and very aggressive. Over time it has gotten more aggressive and attack all my other tangs and some other fish, specially my large Red sea sailfin.

Alot of people place them with very aggressive fish like triggers and larger Angel. This is a very beauitful fish but you need to know what your getting as it will cut down on what you can place in the tank. So if you do upgrade to a 210, and still want a Sohal tang, you need to take into account what other fish your going to have in your tank.

Also I'm not one of those "tang police" but I'm a believer in knowing what your getting and planning out what fish to have in your tank. Because you don't want to get a large tank and because of how you stock it are left with only a couple of fish./

Michael

 

[jawwad2004]

WOW! 14 -16 inch range!? I would love to see that. Thanks for all the info and I am going to continue to do more research on this fish so by the time I upgrade to a 210, I'll know what I am getting into.

 

[jhale]

Tang Police

Jawwad,

I goggled tang police and this is who came up,



this is the guy who's coming to get you if that 90 is not upgraded by the time those tangs get to be 4"

:sgrin:

 

[marrone]

WOW! 14 -16 inch range!? I would love to see that. Thanks for all the info and I am going to continue to do more research on this fish so by the time I upgrade to a 210, I'll know what I am getting into.

The fish actually gets about 18"-24" range but probably closer to the 18" unless you have a very large tank like in the 1000 gal range.

 

[Deanos]

I goggled tang police

google fish police :tongue1:

 

[jhale]

that's funny Dean, but everyone knows fish don't wear belts, they have no pants

 

[Deanos]

Those ain't pants....it's a tailskirt!

 

[herman]

that's funny Dean, but everyone knows fish don't wear belts, they have no pants

Dude, you can not be more wrong. I suggest you watch a couple of episodes of spongebob squarepants!! Then you can come back here and tell me that fish dont wear pants or belts!!!

 

[DEEPWATER]

Dude, you can not be more wrong. I suggest you watch a couple of episodes of spongebob squarepants!! Then you can come back here and tell me that fish dont wear pants or belts!!!

peeing in my shorts ,and fallingoff the chair ,,your the man herman ...
SPONGE BOB,,, :bigeyes2: