Yellow Tang in 55g?

[amcarrig]

Originally Posted by Kentanner11

my lfs part owner had a yellow tang in a 15g nano cube.

That's not something I'd recommend

[omard]

Originally Posted by coral reefer

You shouldn't have a problem with a Yellow tang in your tank, IMO! Just be cautious of the other fish amounts and sizes and efficient skimming, carbon and water changes will help your water parameter issues!

Agree also.

Get a small one. And when he grows too big, you will be ready for a larger tank anyway.

[Twan013]

Originally Posted by aquaboy

THANK YOU ALL cause this my first saltwater tank and its like 2 months old, so far no problems, except algae blooms, though i lost a clown who swam into my bubble tip before he was immune to its poisen, and a chromis who had a small case of mouth fungus, which i din't notice when i bought 20 at one time, he he my neighbour likes them and there not a common variety.

am I the only one that notices something wrong with this?? you bought 20 chromis at one time?? or is that a typo, or did i misunderstand the post? i mean, even if you do only have 2, and the other fish that you posted before (minus the yellow tang of course), i would think you were on the brink of a full stock... if you are planning on upgrading to a bigger aquarium, and all of your fish are juvies right now, then MAYBE you're good to go..but my perspective of thinking is that a 55 is the permanent tank... if that's the case, i wouldn't buy anymore fish... also, i'm just going by what people on here have told me... maybe stuff has changed in the past year, but I think it was people who have actually replied "yes" to your question who told me "no"... ironic in a sense, i think... my original plans were 3 chromis, 2 percs, a lawmower blenny OR watchman goby, and a yellow tang... maybe one other fish that i can't remember, to make it a solid 5 diff species

[amcarrig]

Originally Posted by aquaboy

well its a standard 55 with 4 feet in length 1 foot depth and 2 feet height ( or close to that ) and currently i only have 2 chromis (like 1 1/2 inches each) 1 firefish, a lawnmower blenny, and a blue neon goby (rescued from a failing nano cube). i saw some in a fifty five before and was just wonderin cause there a nice shade of yellow.

I was giving advice based on this fish list.

[aquaboy]

when i said i bought 20 at a time i was buyin them for my neighbour and she gave me 3, cause she has a nano and her cousin has a 120 full of chromis and aother minuatures.... i have only 2 right now and the other fish in my tank.

[aquaboy]

i meant that my neighbour wanted 1 and her cousin took the rest... and i got 3 of them.....

[Twan013]

ahh... gotcha... i'd like to see a pic of that many chromis in a school... the most i've seen together is like 3 in a biocube, and they didn't seem to be in a school at all... they just kind of did their own thing... i've just heard that the more you have, the more likely they are to school... in my first aquarium, which was freshwater, i had 7 corydoras catfish, and they seemed to school the majority of the time...

[aquaboy]

wish i could but my neighbours cousin is in NYC where all fish are expensive as S*** and you have to own your own ground level home or apartment if you want a BIG tank and he comes like once a year just to get reasonably priced fish....but maybe he'll come for another weekend or 2...