Tangs...?

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  1. CuddleFish

    CuddleFish Astrea Snail

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    I recently bought a Britletooth tang and I'm wondering What kind of tang I'm best to buy should I want to have more than one in the future. Not entirely something I'm looking to do now but for sure an option I'm hoping to go through with in the future...
     
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  3. m_hsiao

    m_hsiao Purple Spiny Lobster

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    depending on the size of your tank..
    i wouldn't recommend keeping more than 2 tangs in anything smaller than a 55 gallon, even with a 55 gallon it's almost bad to keep 2 tangs, it's okay if they are baby size though.
    keeping multiple tangs from multiple families, different shapes and colors will go a long way of them getting along.. introducing them at the same time will also help with that..
    for example:
    yellow tang
    blue tang
    yellow eye kole tang

    all different shapes will keep them from fighting
     
  4. nahkyla

    nahkyla Astrea Snail

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    I have my bt tang with a blonde, scopas, powder brown, hippo and yellow. They love hanging out at the veggie clip.
     
  5. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    a lopezi tang is a good choice.
     
  6. m_hsiao

    m_hsiao Purple Spiny Lobster

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    what size tank do you have all those tangs in?;D
     
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    Otty Giant Squid

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  9. evojoe67

    evojoe67 Aiptasia Anemone

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    I've got a Vlamangi, Kole,Sailfin, and Powder Blue in my 210. All get along great. The PB was just introduced 3 days ago and while there are some dust ups, they seem to be more accepting each day.
     
  10. CuddleFish

    CuddleFish Astrea Snail

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    Thanks for all the ideas:)
    I really like lopezi tangs, and I've owned a Naso tang for about 5 months until some unfortunate events.
     
  11. sterling

    sterling Peppermint Shrimp

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    I think we should get a baby blue hippo about an inch long and a yellow eye kole tang as small as we can find to add with the bristletooth. The smaller the better sweetheart, we can have them longer before we have to pass them along to a larger tank owner.
     
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  12. Froc3

    Froc3 Fire Goby

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    Just stay outta the Ctenocheatus genus and you should be ok with pretty much anything unless your tang that you have now is a s.o.b :p