yellow tang in a 55?

a pretty big yellow tank in a 55?

 

It's possible... but not really recommended. The tank will most likely have high nitrates or you'll be doing a lot of water changes, and the Tang will not be that happy. Also if you have 3 or more fish already in that tank then adding a large tang would be a bad idea.

 

in my opinion, it is bad for the fish. A 55 is small for a fish that needs lots of swimming room.

 

ya, I thought so, but sorta felt like I had to do it. There was this kid that posted on c-list he needed to get rid of one, so I said I'd check it out. I got there and he had the yellow tang, a bigger naso tang, and a clown in a fish in a 55 with some plastic coral in it and was willing to sell the yellow tang for 10$. I don't have much in my 55 (2 fish) and it's connected to a 40 that only has 2 fish as well. It's all going to have a 40g fuge and a algae turf scrubber soon, so I think I could handle the bio load in the long run, but I think it's just a bit big for the tank. It seems really happy because I have a bit of stuff for it to pick at and the tank it was in only had some plastic, but I think I'll have to find it a better home when I move my tanks back out into the garage.

 

at least it looks a happier than it was, for now.

 

I swear that I'm not judging you. we all need to make these decisions for ourselves. i actually speak from a little guilt. I have a Desjardini Sailfin Tang that i bought when i first set up my tank without doing research. He is only about 7 or 8 inches and i already feel like he is crowded in my 135G. There are some fish that i know would not have an issue but since this fish requires room, i feel bad. of couse since i enjoy him, i am too selfish to find him a new home. so believe me, i am not throwing rocks just giving a hypocritical opinion.

 

It's all good SAY, I think we all have done something like this at some point, at least your honest about it. I'm sorta having a hard time with this guy (really deciding what to do with it) because he's having a blast in my tank, but my 2 anthias are wondering who this big giant is and have not been out of their caves all day. I think it could work if I wanted it to mainly because I know after talking to the kid that this fish was raised in the tank mentioned earlier for the last 2 years, so it's checking out (and tasting) just about every thing in the tank.

 

so much for the caulerpa I had in that tank I don't think the cheto is going to last very long ether, I wonder how long it's been since this tang got to eat something alive and growing? I can see why this would be hard, this guy is picking over every part of my rocks, and I will have a very clean tank before long. I don't see how you could grow much for natural food after it was in there for a little bit.

 

You will need to get some nori to feed the tang. You can always add macros every once in a while for a change of pace. It should help to keep your nuisance algae down though. A 55 gallon is a reasonable sized tank for 1 yellow tang.

 

it's loving the macro's in there now. I really like it, but I'm torn on if I want a fish that big in my tank. My 2 anthais have still not come out :-/.