Yellow Tang question

[SnowManSnow]

I think i know the answer,

but, is a 60 cube too small for a small yellow tang?

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[Anonymous]

How many tangs are you keeping in the tank?

 

[SnowManSnow]

only 1

 

[SnowManSnow]

only 1 I generally keep a very light fish load. I'll have no more than 4 small fish in this 60 g tank, 75 counting sump.

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[Anonymous]

You'll be fine. No more tangs than that one. What about other fish? What are you keeping and how many?

 

[Anonymous]

You should always quarantine tangs for 2 weeks prior to introducing to your display tank. Tangs are suseptible to disease and you need to make sure there are no breakouts and get them cured before you put them with the other fish.

The meds for the tangs aren't good for your coral/inverts (dont know if its a reef tank).

 

[SnowManSnow]

a few small clowns and maybe a gramma.

lotsa coral though

btw im not really concerned about compatibility.. its just the swimming room issue for tangs im concerned with.

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[Anonymous]

Is it a true cube? for 60g that'd be 2 feet on a side(?) if so I would highly discourage putting any sort of tang in that tank, I don't care if the fish is 1/2" long, that's not much for swimming room. Infact even if it was a partial cube (28" x 28" x 18") I would say to stay away from tangs.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a fellow reefing friend that has a yellow tang in his 58 ga cube, had no problems.

It may have been an exception.

 

[SnowManSnow]

thats why i am sceptical it is 24 x 24 x 25

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[EmilyB]

I've never kept a really small yellow tang. All I know is mine outgrew a 4' tank in less than a year, kept doing the sprinting thing. Never sprints in a 6' however.

 

[delbeek]

My personal opinion is to size the tank to the natural behavioural habit of the fish. What I mean by this is, would you put a fish that normally swims over a vast area of reef in a school (e.g. yellow tang) in a 2ft cube by itself? 8O

Better suited would be cardinalfish, gobies, blennies, damsels, pseudochromids, etc that live in small, defined territories.

Just my personal preference ...

Aloha!
JCD

 

[artistreefer]

I have Kept a lot of yellow tangs in the past and by my exp. they need a lot of room. I made the mistake of keeping 5 yellow tangs in my 150g. They were small and doing fine but when they grew they started fighting for space. Before I could get some of them out of the tank there was only one left. IMO they need a larger tank to thrive