How long will I be able to keep regal tang

gareth.hubbarde · 10/22/2020, 09:43 AM

Got this little guy from LFS, around 1.5-2 inches, as smaller than my clownfish lol.
I bought it in the knowledge that eventually I will need to re-home it. Wondered how long in your opinion can it be in my tank, hoping for a few years. My tank is 4ft long and 300l (80 us gallon)

aquarium

300l (80g) tank
36 kg crushed coral and aragonite substrate
40kg live rock
Deltec mce601 skimmer
1000lph filter pump
Filter floss
1 2800 lph pump,( hydor koralia 3200)
1 x fluval sea cp4 {5200 lph)

1 algae blenny
1 kole tang
1 Royal gramma
1 adorned wrasse
1 One spot foxface
1 coral beauty
1 zebra dwarf lionfish
1 pair clown fish
1 regal tang

1 strawberry conch
4 nassarius snails
4 small red legged hermits
1 tube anemone
1 boxer shrimp
6 trochus snails
2 astrea snails
1 cleaner shrimp

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MarAquatic · 10/22/2020, 10:16 AM

Until that lionfish eats him

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gareth.hubbarde · 10/22/2020, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MarAquatic

Until that lionfish eats him

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Did think about that b4 I got it. Lionfish is lazy doesn't bother anything and gets handfed lol. Think tang is just too big and certainly too fast.

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10/22/2020, 09:43 AM	#1
gareth.hubbarde Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 719	How long will I be able to keep regal tang Got this little guy from LFS, around 1.5-2 inches, as smaller than my clownfish lol. I bought it in the knowledge that eventually I will need to re-home it. Wondered how long in your opinion can it be in my tank, hoping for a few years. My tank is 4ft long and 300l (80 us gallon) aquarium 300l (80g) tank 36 kg crushed coral and aragonite substrate 40kg live rock Deltec mce601 skimmer 1000lph filter pump Filter floss 1 2800 lph pump,( hydor koralia 3200) 1 x fluval sea cp4 {5200 lph) 1 algae blenny 1 kole tang 1 Royal gramma 1 adorned wrasse 1 One spot foxface 1 coral beauty 1 zebra dwarf lionfish 1 pair clown fish 1 regal tang 1 strawberry conch 4 nassarius snails 4 small red legged hermits 1 tube anemone 1 boxer shrimp 6 trochus snails 2 astrea snails 1 cleaner shrimp Sent from my SM-G981B using Tapatalk

10/22/2020, 10:16 AM	#2
MarAquatic Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 689	Until that lionfish eats him Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk