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03-31-2005, 02:46 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: ,
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 |  Can I add a Hippo Tang?
Hey guys, this is my first post here!
I've got a 100 gallon reef tank with about 200 lbs. of live rock and a few corals. I have the following fish:
1 Flame Angel
1 Lawnmower
1 Gold Maroon Clown (with BTA)
1 Puddingwife Wrasse
3 Chromis
1 Royal Gramma
and the kicker
1 Kole Tang approx 3" (he's my newest addition, only been in the tank 1 week)
I was wanting to add a Hippo Tang about the same size of my Kole Tang. I've read that these are 2 of the most mild mannered Tangs. That would give me a total of 10 fish in my tank (none of them bigger than 3"  Would adding a Hippo be ok? Would the 2 Tangs get along? My Kole hasn't been in too long so he shouldn't be too set in his way yet... | 
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03-31-2005, 05:43 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator | Re: Can I add a Hippo Tang?
Hey PR WELCOME to 3REEF
I would say yes you could add a hippo but it would be pushing it. Maybe move some of the 200lb of LR to the sump to ensure enough swimming room
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03-31-2005, 06:52 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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| Re: Can I add a Hippo Tang?
You should be OK mixing the Tangs especially since the Kole has only been there for a week, but as Jason said you are beginning to put a load on the tank. Plus, the Tangs won't stay at 3". Give them room to grow. FYI, while my boys are bigger, I only have 7 fish in my 210 FOWLER.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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03-31-2005, 07:04 PM
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| | Plankton
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| Re: Can I add a Hippo Tang?
Thanks for the replies guys. One more question. Should the Hippo I add be smaller, bigger, or about the same size of the Kole to best avoid confilct? Does SIZE matter?  | |
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04-02-2005, 07:56 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
| Re: Can I add a Hippo Tang?
Size matters! Oh! I forgot, we are talking about fish here, sorry. LOL. I would get something the same size as the kole tang. I added a hippo tang to my 120 long which already contained a beligerent 6" purple tang. The hippo was the same size as the purple tang. The 2 fish get along except for an occasional sparring. I'm probably just lucky though, because purples are pesky and can be very aggressive.
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120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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08-08-2005, 03:11 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: jonesboro, arkansas Age: 29
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| Re: Can I add a Hippo Tang?
i have a 125 with a large yellow tang in it allready. i would like to add a hippo tang as well but i am afraid they will kill each other. anybody have some input as to how these two might get along or if there is anything i can do to ensure they will?
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125 gallon glass. 3 10k 250w metal halides, 1 4ft 110w vho actinic. who knows how much live rock. yellow tang, domino, cinnamon clown, percula clown, flame angel,peppermint shrimp, camel shrimp, skunk shrimp, a few turbo snails, lots of hermit crabs, leather coral, branching frogspawn, mushrooms, too much xenia, and several different zoo's and button polyps | |
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08-08-2005, 07:45 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Can I add a Hippo Tang?
I think they should be OK, they are different body styles, that usually helps...
What other fish do you have? Is the yellow tang mean to them? That is also and indicator.. _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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