Regal Tang
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TigerIssey
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You would need a very big tank, 100+ gallons in order to give the fish its required swimming room. You would need to quarantine the fish and possibly treat in quarantine.
It would pay to run a UV, you would also need to be feeding it numerous times of day to replicate how it feeds in the wild and provide large quantities of Nori algae for it.
Unless you have an extremely large aquarium I personally would avoid them. I am upgrading soon to a 112 UK gallon tank and still will not consider either the regal or the powder blue tangs.
SkiFletch has given this info somewhere on here before.
It would pay to run a UV, you would also need to be feeding it numerous times of day to replicate how it feeds in the wild and provide large quantities of Nori algae for it.
Unless you have an extremely large aquarium I personally would avoid them. I am upgrading soon to a 112 UK gallon tank and still will not consider either the regal or the powder blue tangs.
SkiFletch has given this info somewhere on here before.
i have had better luck with larger regal tangs
the larger regal has never had white spot
while the smaller one get white spot all the time
the larger once seem to have a better immune system to the smaller once and i agree with tina iwould never have a regal in a 100gal tank ethier
i dont even think i will keep any more regals in any of my tanks
regards scott
the larger regal has never had white spot
while the smaller one get white spot all the time
the larger once seem to have a better immune system to the smaller once and i agree with tina iwould never have a regal in a 100gal tank ethier
i dont even think i will keep any more regals in any of my tanks
regards scott
hi this i have copied from skiflech
Wanna keep a Powder Blue Tang? My personal reccomendations are the following:
200+ gallon tank AT LEAST 8 feet long, prefferably 10
A true wavemaking device like a tunze wavemaker
An auto feeder providing the Tang's favorite food 4 times a day
A well designed auto topoff system to keep salinity stable
Use of a reef controller to maintain stable temp +/-2 degrees C
Twice daily feedings of nori algae
A MASSIVE skimmer and refugium to deal with all the excess nutrients from the required overfeeding
PBT's have VORACIOUS appetites on the natural reef and have MASSIVE territories. If you see one in the wild, I guarantee you'll understand as they swim CONSTANTLY over the reef, picking bits of algae wherever they can and moving along. In the wild their territories likely span for acres at a time.
So if you try and just plunk that thing down in a small glass box full of other fish and little food, they're going to do very poorly. As ben mentioned, they're Ich magnets because of their dietary requirements and space requirements. IMO VM, they're not suited for a smaller tank like yours.
Other fish I may suggest which are hardier and might tolerate your tank size would be Anthias/Psuedoanthias, Scribbled Rabbitfish, or a Naso tang if you really want larger colorful fish. Emperor Angels are another type that are possible, although not ALWAYS reef safe
Wanna keep a Powder Blue Tang? My personal reccomendations are the following:
200+ gallon tank AT LEAST 8 feet long, prefferably 10
A true wavemaking device like a tunze wavemaker
An auto feeder providing the Tang's favorite food 4 times a day
A well designed auto topoff system to keep salinity stable
Use of a reef controller to maintain stable temp +/-2 degrees C
Twice daily feedings of nori algae
A MASSIVE skimmer and refugium to deal with all the excess nutrients from the required overfeeding
PBT's have VORACIOUS appetites on the natural reef and have MASSIVE territories. If you see one in the wild, I guarantee you'll understand as they swim CONSTANTLY over the reef, picking bits of algae wherever they can and moving along. In the wild their territories likely span for acres at a time.
So if you try and just plunk that thing down in a small glass box full of other fish and little food, they're going to do very poorly. As ben mentioned, they're Ich magnets because of their dietary requirements and space requirements. IMO VM, they're not suited for a smaller tank like yours.
Other fish I may suggest which are hardier and might tolerate your tank size would be Anthias/Psuedoanthias, Scribbled Rabbitfish, or a Naso tang if you really want larger colorful fish. Emperor Angels are another type that are possible, although not ALWAYS reef safe
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