4" yellow tang-2 years old

so today my wifey bough the fish i'v been eye-ing for a while, my LFS owners 4" yellow tang. the fish was ordered almost 2 years ago and arrived the size of a looney, about an inch across. he was never able to sell it and it has been living in a 25G reef display since. now i know thats no place for a tang and although my 55 is barely adequate will it continue to grow in its new environment or is it done growing and will be comfy? he settled in a matter of minutes and was pecking away at random algae in no time so it appears he is happy for the time being. other fish are 2 false percs, algae blenny, 2 cardinals and lots of inverts. 55G with 25G sump. please be kind...

 

I figure you gave him 30 more gallons so more power to you.....but officially I have to stay out of it as I don't want to be listed as an accomplice when the Tang-Police show up

Do you have some pics you can put up?

 

Congrats. Pics pls.

 

ask and you shall receive. in the FTS you can see him in the lower left. he is more than 2 years old so he maybe done growing(i hope). and sorry for the REALLY bad pics...just took em, its night time and i used my phone

 

Coolness. Make sure you give him some Nori. Yellow tangs are great grazers though. Lots of personality too. I recently replaced my Sailfin with one, the yellow is much better at grazing.

 

i have run away calupera that he has taken a liking too...and an endless supply of it in the sump =)

 

I'm with Steve on this one... he's better off with more than double the tank that he's had for two years but... if the cops show up i don't know ya... sorry can't afford the bust im to new here k?

da guy dat uset ta be greyface er sometin lik dat.... NOT Greybeard tho k?

 

i think you should be fine as long as that is your only tang, and one of your last fish, tangs put out a massive bioload but a 55 should be perfect for him as yellow tangs dont get too large, but your tank is a minimum in size for tangs movements. But your sump being almost half the size of your MT helps out a lot with the bioload because of the amount of water flowing through the system. Its faster to pollute a puddle then a lake.

 

not sure if there is such a thing as "endless supply" when it comes to tangs and algae.

 

I've got a yellow tang in my 55 gallon tank. I've got 2 other fish in the tank with it (flame angel and lyretail grouper). They get along very well and I have plenty of live rock to swim around. The tang seems to be doing fine with a fat belly. He gets nori and pellet food most days and occassionally some frozen food. I think your s will do fine based on my experience.