Tang in a 4 foot

mikee b · 01/20/2018, 06:03 AM

Is a 4/2/2 too small for a lipstick tang?Thoughts and experience please

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mcgyvr · 01/20/2018, 08:58 AM

absolutely yes its too small IMO..
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1946079

RCS82 · 01/20/2018, 09:29 AM

Are we talking about a naso tang? If so then i would say a 6' tank is on the small side as well although many people put them in small tanks.

lionfish300 · 01/20/2018, 10:11 AM

I would not do it . My goes from a juvy to a 5-6" in no time. That said they get big and need a lot of swimming room

tankguys001 · 01/20/2018, 11:01 AM

way too small for that fish

HBtank · 01/20/2018, 11:10 AM

The tangs that will get the nod from people in a 4 feet tanks are generally the smaller bristletooth (Ctenochaetus) tangs.

ali1 · 01/20/2018, 01:28 PM

No tang in 4ft tank

Joe0813 · 01/20/2018, 06:16 PM

i would NOT put a naso in a 4 foot tank.. I have a 180 6 foot tank and wouldn't even put one in that. when I had my 4 foot 75 gallon I had a kole tang that was really fun to watch

mikee b · 01/20/2018, 06:21 PM

As I thought going to have too give him a miss

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Joe0813 · 01/20/2018, 07:08 PM

oh well just use this a excuse to upgrade to a bigger tank

nereefpat · 01/20/2018, 07:40 PM

Tang that would work:
Yellow
Purple
Scopus
Any Ctenochaetus (bristetooth) except Chevron

Only one tang. And it may beat or go postal on similar shaped (laterally compressed) fishes like dwarf angels or butterflies.

scooter31707 · 01/22/2018, 10:09 AM

IMO, Naso needs at least a 8' tank.

ktownhero · 01/22/2018, 10:13 AM

I have a Yellow and Kole Tang in a 4' tank that are best buds. They swim together all day and look like good/evil versions of the same fish lol. I wouldn't do anything larger than that though.

TrojanScott · 01/22/2018, 10:29 AM

+1 on the 8 foot tank. I had one in my 180 6 foot tank and felt bad about it almost instantly. Fish is too big and powerful, needs more room.

Randyz · 01/22/2018, 08:39 PM

Most bristle toothed tangs should be fine

Kevin Guthrie · 01/22/2018, 10:29 PM

I also have a yellow and a Kole in my 90. They keep the algae down very nicely.

Valentini89 · 01/22/2018, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktownhero

I have a Yellow and Kole Tang in a 4' tank that are best buds. They swim together all day and look like good/evil versions of the same fish lol. I wouldn't do anything larger than that though.

I plan on putting a yellow and a kole in my 150g. Nice to know others are doing it with success.

ali1 · 01/23/2018, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valentini89

I plan on putting a yellow and a kole in my 150g. Nice to know others are doing it with success.

You can have an 8” naso in a 4ft tank with success. Naso isnt going to frown at you.

01/20/2018, 06:03 AM	#1
mikee b Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 48	Tang in a 4 foot Is a 4/2/2 too small for a lipstick tang?Thoughts and experience please Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

01/20/2018, 08:58 AM	#2
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	absolutely yes its too small IMO.. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1946079 __________________ Who me?

01/20/2018, 09:29 AM	#3
RCS82 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Sherwood Park, AB, Canada Posts: 273	Are we talking about a naso tang? If so then i would say a 6' tank is on the small side as well although many people put them in small tanks. __________________ After about a 16 year break from fish keeping, Wow, how things have changed. Current Tank Info: 90g, mixed reef, I hope haha

01/20/2018, 11:10 AM	#6
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	The tangs that will get the nod from people in a 4 feet tanks are generally the smaller bristletooth (Ctenochaetus) tangs. __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

01/20/2018, 01:28 PM	#7
ali1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 997	No tang in 4ft tank __________________ Originally Posted by Gogandantess "I'm totally frustrated by this disease. My display has been fallow for 2 months now. If ich happened to mysteriously appear again, I'm giving up and going back to African Cichilds."

01/20/2018, 10:11 AM	#4
lionfish300 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Posts: 795	I would not do it . My goes from a juvy to a 5-6" in no time. That said they get big and need a lot of swimming room

01/20/2018, 11:01 AM	#5
tankguys001 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 3	way too small for that fish

01/20/2018, 06:16 PM	#8
Joe0813 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Boston strong Posts: 2,766	i would NOT put a naso in a 4 foot tank.. I have a 180 6 foot tank and wouldn't even put one in that. when I had my 4 foot 75 gallon I had a kole tang that was really fun to watch __________________ Joe and Jenny Current Tank Info: 180 reef

01/20/2018, 06:21 PM	#9
mikee b Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 48	As I thought going to have too give him a miss Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

01/20/2018, 07:08 PM	#10
Joe0813 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Boston strong Posts: 2,766	oh well just use this a excuse to upgrade to a bigger tank __________________ Joe and Jenny Current Tank Info: 180 reef

01/20/2018, 07:40 PM	#11
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	Tang that would work: Yellow Purple Scopus Any Ctenochaetus (bristetooth) except Chevron Only one tang. And it may beat or go postal on similar shaped (laterally compressed) fishes like dwarf angels or butterflies. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

01/22/2018, 10:09 AM	#12
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	IMO, Naso needs at least a 8' tank.

01/22/2018, 10:13 AM	#13
ktownhero Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,426	I have a Yellow and Kole Tang in a 4' tank that are best buds. They swim together all day and look like good/evil versions of the same fish lol. I wouldn't do anything larger than that though. Last edited by ktownhero; 01/22/2018 at 10:24 AM.

01/22/2018, 10:29 AM	#14
TrojanScott Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lake Forest, CA Posts: 2,229	+1 on the 8 foot tank. I had one in my 180 6 foot tank and felt bad about it almost instantly. Fish is too big and powerful, needs more room.

01/22/2018, 08:39 PM	#15
Randyz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 53	Most bristle toothed tangs should be fine

01/22/2018, 10:29 PM	#16
Kevin Guthrie Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 506	I also have a yellow and a Kole in my 90. They keep the algae down very nicely.