2 tangs in a 55

IMO, i would not but a tang in a 55 period. They produce a lot of waste.....while they are small okay but still i would not do it! Two tangs in a 55, well you better have a huge skimmer do lots of water changes and be ready for a down turn in your tank unless you really keep on it. With that being said they will out grow the tank FAST!

And i cant believe i even have to type this but one thing you should NEVER EVER in a million years do is put 4 tangs in a 29 gallon tank

 

I have 2 tangs in my 55G, I have a hippo tang & Yellow tang they get along fine. But my 55 is 4 feet long

 

55 gallon is probley to small but i have a 9in sailfin tang a yellow tang a hippo, and naso all in a 125 though. i did have a orange shoulder but the naso chased it to death.

 

not trying to be mean but that is not right for both of them in there i hope they are still small...they will out grow that 55 in no time....looking at your sig your tank is over stocked

 

I have the same positive outcome in the same sized tank with the same 2 fish that Xistence describes

in the spirit of balance

I had a negative experience with a small sailfin in the same sized tank with no other tangs ( it was smaller than my flameback angel when I got it, it was happy for 3 months and it died without a mark on it, no visible parasites, no strange behaviour, just a perfect looking dead fish)


many people can post success stories doing things outside of generally accepted principles and guidelines

problem is , most people do not want to share any negative experiences for fear of being criticised

so we will end up with
lots of
"yes its fine I have done or am doing it and its working out"
and a load of " you should not do that because its not right"

in other words
we will get a lot of positive experiences but very few actual negative ones

nobody likes to share their experiences of failures

Steve

 

your yellow tang is running for it's life! it face looks unhappy. lol

jk

 

I didn't take any offense to that. I love animals, so it's more of a compliment

Either way, no harm was done, so hopefully no harm, no foul

 

well, i take alota risks with my tank, i have a high bioload, i have anemones, risky coral.

 

Yup, some people are risk takers in life, some are not

 

I would say they are both 3", I know they are going to out grow it so when they do I'm going to do an upgrade