Yellow Tang + Blue Tang *mix?*
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IMO IME OK tangs are tricky I had 5 yellows and a scopas at one time with not one issue and they have a similliar body style. The blue tang (Atlantic blue?) This has a different body style that of the yellow right? I would think that you should be fine. or it should be because you never really know until you actually do it. is there a tang in the tank now? and if so does it appear to be territorial? I had an unknown tang that was a really cool fish and pleasant, then I bought a tang that was close to 3 or 4 times the size with the same body style and it just didn't work out at all. The established tang couldn't deal with it and destroyed the other tang in 2 days time. I had so much rock work i couldn't get him out. Not sure if I am helping here but I would try to add them into the tank at the same time although I don't agree with that either. but it is an 80 gallon tank, you have that on your side.
good luck
shavs
good luck
shavs
right now I have 5 green chromis... I won't keep them i have all my inverts in.... i wanna start adding the fish i want now..
more or less this.. i can change if it wont work...
2 clowns, 1 yellow tang, 1 blue tang, 1 Blenny, 1 Firefish maybe... ...
should i put them in the tank in any order? or all at the sametime?
Ter
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=330[url] that blue tang...
more or less this.. i can change if it wont work...
2 clowns, 1 yellow tang, 1 blue tang, 1 Blenny, 1 Firefish maybe... ...
should i put them in the tank in any order? or all at the sametime?
Ter
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=330[url] that blue tang...
why get red of the chromis? they are cool, as long as they are not blue damsels you'll be good with them
I have blue chromis in my tank now and they school and hang out nicely, i think they are junk fish but people who don't know any better love them.
keep em they will do nicely.
They say not to add more than one or possibly two fish at a time to a tank because of the load, (more food more waste) I think for about a month till the tank catches up with the fish. If you add all at once you run the risk of everything going to hell. Believe me I did it in my expirience. I wouldn't add more than 1 or 2 a any given time. unless it was say like 5 small chromis or something to that nature.
and in my opinion I would actually start with the tangs, they seem to be pretty hardy fish for me. How long has the tank been running? and how long have the inverts been in there? Also what type of filteration do you have as well? give some stats on the tank if you can
I have blue chromis in my tank now and they school and hang out nicely, i think they are junk fish but people who don't know any better love them.
keep em they will do nicely.
They say not to add more than one or possibly two fish at a time to a tank because of the load, (more food more waste) I think for about a month till the tank catches up with the fish. If you add all at once you run the risk of everything going to hell. Believe me I did it in my expirience. I wouldn't add more than 1 or 2 a any given time. unless it was say like 5 small chromis or something to that nature.
and in my opinion I would actually start with the tangs, they seem to be pretty hardy fish for me. How long has the tank been running? and how long have the inverts been in there? Also what type of filteration do you have as well? give some stats on the tank if you can
this is the tangs real name Paracanthurus hepatus
not sure where its from infact... I didn't want 2 keep the blue chromis cause of the extra load on the tank...
filteration 80lbs of live rock.. with a large hang on filter that i will remove later on once i figure the rocks are ready for the load.
it's been up for 3 months now.. i added my inverts around 1 month in.. had a major algae cycle lol now its starting 2 be under control..
not sure where its from infact... I didn't want 2 keep the blue chromis cause of the extra load on the tank...
filteration 80lbs of live rock.. with a large hang on filter that i will remove later on once i figure the rocks are ready for the load.
it's been up for 3 months now.. i added my inverts around 1 month in.. had a major algae cycle lol now its starting 2 be under control..
It's a hippo tang, Ok you have a hang on the back filter? Not sure this is enough for an 80 gallon salt water, the rocks will help, do you have a skimmer?
you need a skimmer. a skimmer and maybe your hang on the back will do ok if you change the media often. I would consider bumping up the filter action.
you are perfectly fine with that hippo and the yellow tang.
but i would now change my opinion, don't start with that hippo they are expensive, do the clowns first or the yellow and at the end when the water is right and all is good get the hippo.
have your test kits and everything ready? think about making a fuge and buying a skimmer. the tank will be almost perfect with that.
you need a skimmer. a skimmer and maybe your hang on the back will do ok if you change the media often. I would consider bumping up the filter action.
you are perfectly fine with that hippo and the yellow tang.
but i would now change my opinion, don't start with that hippo they are expensive, do the clowns first or the yellow and at the end when the water is right and all is good get the hippo.
have your test kits and everything ready? think about making a fuge and buying a skimmer. the tank will be almost perfect with that.
yeah sorry.. i forgot 2 say.. i have a skimmer already , Coralife super skimmer up to 125 Gallon model(hang-on).
yeah I have a lot of test kits.. each time i goto the petshop i pickup a new one.. lol must have about 10 now.. and i saw a few others i was interested in last time
Ter
should i still keep the hang on with the skimmer?
yeah I have a lot of test kits.. each time i goto the petshop i pickup a new one.. lol must have about 10 now.. and i saw a few others i was interested in last time
Ter
should i still keep the hang on with the skimmer?
I have only had 2 expiriences with hang on the back skimmers and neither one of them was mine, but in my opinion they are too small. but i never had one on my tank. and there are different hang on the back skimmers. your skimmer can it be converted from a hang on the back? or does it look like a hang on the back filter kinda?
I know what mine pulls out and it would fill one of those in such a short amount of time.
Mine has a tube coming off and drains into a half gallon milk jug. I have a red sea berlin and it sits in my fuge. but it too could be used as a hang on the back skimmer. I have no mechanical filtration right now as in a canister filter or a hang on the back, just the fuge and a skimmer and water is perfectly clear. weird. but it works.
just wondering
I know what mine pulls out and it would fill one of those in such a short amount of time.
Mine has a tube coming off and drains into a half gallon milk jug. I have a red sea berlin and it sits in my fuge. but it too could be used as a hang on the back skimmer. I have no mechanical filtration right now as in a canister filter or a hang on the back, just the fuge and a skimmer and water is perfectly clear. weird. but it works.
just wondering
Personally I would not put a Hippo Tang in anything less than a 6' long tank as they can get quite large and need lots of swimming room. I also think that tank is a bit small for multiple tangs, but if you're going to do it, I recommend adding the most aggressive one last. In this case that would be the Yellow Tang.
I have had multiple yellow tangs and I don't consider them really too aggressive. I had 3 initially and then 2 months later added 2 more and not a problem then a scopas still nothing. I dunno i hear people saying they are aggressive but i never really saw it, I saw them school and hanging out and really just getting along a minor 1 second scuffle every now and then. I think that most people think of a 55 gallon as a large tank and overcrowd them and have bad expiriences. I have a six foot tank so maybe that has something to do with it. if he keeps his fish load down and has ample swimming room with his rockwork why couldn't he house a hippo? I Know they get big but i don't think they need the room to swim like naso or something to that nature. But then again I never actually owned one either (hippo) . Maybe I will get one and figure it all out. I hear they are ich magnets though BTW so get some cleaner shrimp!!
I think the admin here may have the nod on expirience with this one but if you start with a little hippo you will have him for a while before you have a problem. You will probabbly buy a bigger tank to accomadate anyhow like the rest of us!
Hey Chris RD i have my own hippo tang question? How are they? If i got one could I have more than one in my tank? I have a 125 with not that many fish yet at all. can you do more than one? they aggressive towards each other? In the lfs they have more than one in a tank and I was wondering if they can do the same at home when you have territories and stuff like that? thanks man
I think the admin here may have the nod on expirience with this one but if you start with a little hippo you will have him for a while before you have a problem. You will probabbly buy a bigger tank to accomadate anyhow like the rest of us!
Hey Chris RD i have my own hippo tang question? How are they? If i got one could I have more than one in my tank? I have a 125 with not that many fish yet at all. can you do more than one? they aggressive towards each other? In the lfs they have more than one in a tank and I was wondering if they can do the same at home when you have territories and stuff like that? thanks man
The trick in your case was the multiple tangs. In groups they are generally OK. They'll school and there generally isn't much one-on-one aggression in that scenario. If you add one and it gets established and then try to add a second one that's usually where you have problems. Most people just don't have a large enough tank to do this (the group thing) when it comes to tangs.
Hippos can get large - like 12". They are active swimmers too. You'd be fine with one in a six foot tank but personally I think a four footer is too small for them in the long term. I agree that a juvi would be fine in there for a while. Personally, I'm a bit conservative about stocking room and I try to avoid adding stuff to a tank knowing it might have to be relocated in the future. Also, IME fish have far less health/disease issues when they are in optimum conditions as opposed to marginal or cramped conditions.
Hippos are not generally aggressive and personally, I have never kept more than one, but I would expect the "group or one" rule as mentioned above to apply. I would expect some quarrelling with two adults. Juvis are usually fine with each other in large or small groups. Their reputation for being an ich magnet is pretty well deserved from what I have seen.
Of course, all that said, fish have individual personalities and there are always exceptions to the norm...
JME & HTH
Hippos can get large - like 12". They are active swimmers too. You'd be fine with one in a six foot tank but personally I think a four footer is too small for them in the long term. I agree that a juvi would be fine in there for a while. Personally, I'm a bit conservative about stocking room and I try to avoid adding stuff to a tank knowing it might have to be relocated in the future. Also, IME fish have far less health/disease issues when they are in optimum conditions as opposed to marginal or cramped conditions.
Hippos are not generally aggressive and personally, I have never kept more than one, but I would expect the "group or one" rule as mentioned above to apply. I would expect some quarrelling with two adults. Juvis are usually fine with each other in large or small groups. Their reputation for being an ich magnet is pretty well deserved from what I have seen.
Of course, all that said, fish have individual personalities and there are always exceptions to the norm...
JME & HTH
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