Stocking for my 120 gallon

[Roc]

I have the current livestock:

Mated false percula clown pair, Royal Gamma, Yellow tailed Damsel

I would like to get a couple of tangs

tang ideas (I have heard that if adding several tangs it is best to add no more then one from any certian species):

Acanthurus

Powder Blue Tang or Hippo Tang (but not both)

Clown Tang

Zebrasoma

Yellow Hawaiian Tang * I am deffintly getting one of these

Ctenochaetus

Chevron Tang


How many would you add (and which ones if you have experence with pairing these), and which ones are easier to keep?

 

[sfsuphysics]

If it were me I'd probably stay away from the Powder blue as they can be very territorial (but so can a lot of fish), the Clown Tang is from a surge zone with LOTS of oxygen dissolved in the water if I'm not mistaken. Chevron is nice, but pricy, and the cool pictures you always see online are the juvenile form, but they still look nice never the less.

I think the three tangs left are completely doable, Hippo, Yellow & Chevron, as long as there are plenty of hiding places and such, realize that with any tangs eventually there will be some "bullying" and if you're lucky a pecking order gets established.

 

[Raddogz]

Clown tangs can get real mean.

 

[tuberider]

I love Hippo Tangs, esp Yellow Bellies

 

[Elite]

Power blue is not easy to keep. It's an ich magnet. Love the fish but can't keep it. If you really like it, try to get it from another reefer who has it for a long time.
Don't want to be tang police but don't keep more than 3 tangs in a 120G tank. Don't get any tang that will grow like 8".

 

[FinalPhaze987]

clown tangs are pissed off little fellows..the one we had terrorized our naso and japanese whiteface...so it had to go...powder blues are real touchy from what ive read. never attempted one though.. the yellow tang is the easiest to keep IME..

 

[Roc]

So maybe i just get a yellow and a blue hippo and avoid any run ins with the tang police

 

[Elite]

If you like to keep more tangs go for it.. don't mind me ;D .. I'm not tang police. I love fish more than coral ..

 

[Roc]

Phong, I wasn't really reacting to what you said as if you were being the "tang Police" but more so as what would be more ideal for the fish I want. I am a big supporter of not over doing the bioload and keeping the fish as happy as possible.

 

[sfsuphysics]

I would shoot for smaller tangs however, just to have them get used to the tank in a diminutive state first, so any sort of infighting is minimized as they can get used to each other. However I personally haven't seen many yellows come in "tiny" size, like I've seen Hippos literally the size of 50cent pieces.

 

[Roc]

I already know the yellow tang I am getting, the other(s) would need to come a little later down the line.

 

[sfsuphysics]

that might be an issue then, the Yellow Tang will see the tank as his space if you let it get too established, and most likely will bully newly introduced fish down the road

 

[bookfish]

[quote author=sfsuphysics link=topic=3674.msg42605#msg42605 date=1210174893]
that might be an issue then, the Yellow Tang will see the tank as his space if you let it get too established, and most likely will bully newly introduced fish down the road
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And interestingly enough, I put Irocs yellow tang in with a bristletooth (tomini/whitetail) and after the first 30 seconds they were just fine together. If it was me, I'd take both home together since the combo should handle a wide variety of algae and they're already living together peacefully.

 

[Roc]

[quote author=bookfish link=topic=3674.msg42608#msg42608 date=1210176500]
[quote author=sfsuphysics link=topic=3674.msg42605#msg42605 date=1210174893]
that might be an issue then, the Yellow Tang will see the tank as his space if you let it get too established, and most likely will bully newly introduced fish down the road
[/quote]
And interestingly enough, I put Irocs yellow tang in with a bristletooth (tomini/whitetail) and after the first 30 seconds they were just fine together. If it was me, I'd take both home together since the combo should handle a wide variety of algae and they're already living together peacefully.
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I don't know much about bristletooth's it's a triggerfish right? I will come by and take a look

 

[Raddogz]

Bristle type tangs are like Tomini tangs or Kole tangs not triggerfish.

 

[Roc]

Ok thanks Raddogz