Add in achiller tang and powder blue tang wif other tang.

[stephen78]

Hi, currently my tank is having 1pc yellow tang 3inch ,1 pc brown/yellow fin tang 3inch, 1 pc purple tang 2inch,1pc blue tang 3 1/2 inch. Thinking of putting one more Achiller Tang and powder blue tang in it together is it ok wif it. It a 4Ft tank and now having total of 18 fish in it.

[screamyourheartout]

IMO should be ok. Try turn off lights and add mirror if you're afraid. I have added 4 same species tang in my 3ft all seperately within weeks using these methods, for me no problem

[mopiko]

Achiller Tang and powder blue tang are not the most easy tangs to keep alive, IMO, both AT and PBT should be one of the first fish inside the tank ask otherwise they get stress and white spots easily. AT need lots of swimming space as well as high water current flow whereas PBT are known to be itch magnet.

[screamyourheartout]

true true, sorry to forget talking about the health part of the tang. If you keep an sps tank successfully, most chances you can keep the AT. Everything comes with a risk, if you still want to get it, do the proper acclimation or even quarrantine them. It will help so they dont stress out like what mopiko said. Good luck

[Gouldian]

Topic moved to FOWLR.

[Gouldian]

Please note that the powder series tang (Acanthurus sp.) are susceptible to ick as they produces less body slime compared to other fishes, therefore they are considered intermediate to advance fishes. Do proper research before adding them to your tank.

[LaW]

Please dun mix the acanth tang together

[stephen78]

Hi guys , for the advise. In tat cAse I will not buy first till I fully set up the auto dripping for the need in the tank well.

[dnsfpl]

coming a month, my AT got ick on and off, 70% on lol

thank god its still swimming and eating well

hope it will stable down soon

[yikai]

these are the criteria for AT.

big tank. bigger the better. this fish needs tons of swimming space. anything below 4ft IN MY OPINION is not enough.

high oxygen saturation.

high wave movement. we're talking about waves that replicate the turbulent surge zones in the oceans.

low fish load. too crowded tank? Oxygen saturation low, swimming space low, nutrients high, disease outbreak high, you can kiss your AT good bye.

if none of the above requirements are fulfilled, your AT will not do well.

[Desmando Lim]

OMG i tired to add 3 Larger yellow tangs to my old 1yr Purple tang and he OWNED them all

[atollgreat]

Do you keep sohal tang together with the rest? I have bad experience...

[epicfish]

PBT is truly ick susceptible, mine was eating well and stable Give it a few eeeks, if you stock alot, make sure to acclimate each fish, the stress sensitivity is very high.on pbt even when it is stable. Lost 2 PBTs already on 2 separate occasions, both through ich.

[nicreef]

coming a month, my AT got ick on and off, 70% on lol

thank god its still swimming and eating well

hope it will stable down soon

same lol mine is with me about 1/2 month on off too. 1 day looks good next day look darn bad. Eating till darn fat thou and loves his wave and cleaner shrimp.

love watching him swimming against the mp10 for a workout.

So far my tank has a small blue tang and small yellow tang. no problems spotted between the 3 tangs

[dnsfpl]

time flies, my AT going to be 3 years old soon

sep 11 to mar 12, totally ich free

ich came back again after i added an 8line flasher

mar 12 to may 13, on and off

may 13 minor outbreak due to introducing of my bandit angel

aug 13 to sep 13 no ich

will monitor another month before declaring totally ich free