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04-10-2008, 09:05 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 91
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sailfin tang with yellow tang
I was wondering if these to types of tangs can be kept sucessfully together in a 100gal reef...I have heard that seom of the tangs don't get along well together so I wanted to see if anyone has had success keeping these two together?
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04-10-2008, 09:15 AM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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I have a sail fin and a scopus together in a 95 with no problem - They will both outgrow my tank though - if added together you would probably be OK until they start getting large
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04-10-2008, 09:43 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 920
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I don't think I would put a sailfin in 100 gallon tank. They get very large.
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04-10-2008, 10:13 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 572
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Yeh... buy our 180 so I can start the 300 gallon we want... 
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Last edited by racerw; 04-10-2008 at 02:32 PM.
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04-10-2008, 11:02 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 91
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how much do u want for your 180? I'm always looking to go larger
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04-10-2008, 11:12 AM
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Country Living
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,996
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Yeah, buy Dacro's 180 and then see me in a couple of weeks about Tangs! LOL
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04-10-2008, 11:31 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 572
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Talk to me about it at the meeting...
Specifics - http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/pl...otm/jan08.html
Tank, Stand and Canopy - lights, sump, etc., negotiable...
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04-10-2008, 11:36 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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It's a 50/50,Some do,some don't but specially the same shape they mite fight.If you try,Sailfin 1st then the yellow(they are meaner!)
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04-10-2008, 02:32 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: florida
Posts: 759
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dacro
Yeh... buy our 180 so I can start the 300 gallon we want... |
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!
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04-10-2008, 03:00 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 91
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or maybe i need to visit my friends at bio-reef for a custom build tank  |
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04-10-2008, 03:00 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 920
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dacro
Yeh... buy our 180 so I can start the 300 gallon we want... |
What's this? 
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04-10-2008, 03:11 PM
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Country Living
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,996
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If I get back to Jacksonville in the future, I'm going to have to plan an extra week or 2 just to go see all these awesome new set ups!!!
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04-10-2008, 03:58 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Riverside, CA.
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I had a yellow and a purple together for a while, until I had an ick outbreak. Happened either because of temperature fluctuation, or because of the stress they caused with establishing their dominance. It may work, but if you choose to do that, buy them at the same time, and different sizes. Sailfin bigger, yellow smaller.
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04-10-2008, 07:13 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: plainsboro, new jersey
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Yes I have both in my 125 FOWLR, the sailfin was in the tank first and yellow 1 week later.
They have been together for around six months and usually team up to harass my lunare wrasse! 
I would make sure the sailfin is the larger of the two when you buy them, since the yellows tend to be more aggressive.
HTH
Doug
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04-10-2008, 08:42 PM
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I want it all..bag it up!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Jacksonville,FL
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I have both in my 265. The yellow I've had about 2 years and the sailfin was about 1.5" smaller than the yellow when I added him in. There was some aggression at first that lasted about 2 days then they were eatting at the nori clip together by day 3 and have been fine ever since.
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