regal tang

[craglord]

I have been to many sites to find tank size for a regal tang, with lots of different sizes!

I have a 70US gal tank, could i keep one?

Thanks

[Reefscape]

i personlly would not, 70US gallons is only 58 UK Gallons...

Just an opinion of course..

Niko

[dmjordan]

it is best not to get a tang unless you either have a 6' long tank or want to find it a new home when it gets larger. tangs need a lot of swimming room plus they get fairly large.

[jojo22]

i would do nothing less than a 90 but then only if it was wide (front to back)

[craglord]

i guess my tank is more appropriate for a yellow tang?

[dmjordan]

also depends on how much rock you have in your tank. i have over 100 lbs in my 55 so there isn't a whole lot of open water for larger fish to swim in so i only keep 4 small fish in it and stock with corals instead.

[Reefscape]

To be honest, i still would not...These are the fish that i have always wanted, well, yellow tang i have now ( butcher )...

Hence the new DIY build that i did, removes my clampers somewhat, on the fish that i can keep in a comfy environment...

Niko

[rockethippo]

I know that i'm kinda stealing the thread, but will i be able to keep a white cheek and a orange shoulder tang in a 100 gallon with a 30 gallon sump? Well it's actually 90 gallons cause I'm going to only fill to the brace and including the LR and sand.

[jojo22]

depends on how much room the LR takes up.

[rockethippo]

mmm 130 LBS of lR

[jojo22]

OK that could be a LOT of different sizes depending on how porus the rock is, so IT STILL DEPENDS!!!

[rockethippo]

Will I be able to if the tank doesn't have LR? Just checking. I don't know if this matters, but the rock is fiji premium rock.

[jojo22]

if there where no rock there would be no teritory to establish and I don't think it would work, and no LR type does not tell me how porus the rock will be, just tells me its fiji rock.

[rockethippo]

Oh silly me forgot to tell you my tank dimensions :rolleyes: . It's 20"tallx25"depthx48"length.

[jojo22]

A two pound rock could be tiny or it could be a medium size the more porus the rock the larger it will be per pound, you should know this if you had been researching like you say you have.

[rockethippo]

According to the websites it is "very porous"

[jojo22]

Still can't give you a size, just get your rock and see if there is enough room for them to still swim freely!!

[rockethippo]

Won't happen until Christmas though :huh:

[jojo22]

Well then I guess you have to wait!

[rockethippo]

Yup :)

[Germanman]

i would say with a reef setting a 100 is the min but with ope space u can do less. mine sadly when she gets to big for my 50 will go to a 350