new tank mates

[buckshot1977]

i just went out and bought 2 new fish for my tank. i got a Pajama Cardinal And A Scopas Tang. i tried to take some pics for you all but you will have to wait because the last person to use the camera never charged the battery. so please check back i promise pics soon.

[SeaDog]

Ummm, I hesitate to post cause I'm a newbie myself but.... isn't a 29 gallon tank a bit small for a tang of any type? I frear the tang police are going to be after you.
Hope I'm mistaken, and if I am congrats on your new arrivals and I'll look forward to the pics

Steve

[Andrew3]

the tang might be ok for a little while (6 months if it's very small), but you'll eventually either need a bigger tank, or find him a new home.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
The minimum tank size a hobbyist should have for any tang long term is a four foot tank, preferably bigger (especially if more than one is kept).

andrew

[buckshot1977]

yes you are all right about a tang in a 29 gallon but i am in the process of setting up a 250 gallon that will soon become his home too. but here are the pics that i promised you all.

[Loverotties]

Two things
What's wrong with those power sweeps?I thought it was a good ideal,but thought it was to cheep to be good.Also why is that to small?I had a 30 gallon tank with a yellow and a powder blue.Yellow was 12yrs old and the powder blue was 10 yrs old.At that same time I had a Volitan in a 23gal flatback that lived 20yrs and would of lived longer if we didn't have a bad storm that left us without power for 8 days.

[SeaDog]

Good to hear about the 250 gallon. Nice looking fish, hope they have long happy lives

[buckshot1977]

the power sweep was nice for the first month or so but then they just stop sweeping

thank you all for the info. will post pics of new tank when it gets here. it is supose to be delivered around the middle of dec. yearly x-mas from the wife. i can not wait to see what she ordered.

[Tasher80]

Well think of it this way Loverotties. Would you want to be living in an 8 x 8 room for the rest of your life. Never being able to leave. Or would you love to live in a large house with a large yard. Kind of the same concept.

[dkling]

i have the same tang and it did fine in my 29gal 4 almost 2 yrs. along with
yellow tail damsel , and ghost clown (blk.& wht. stipped).
the damsel & Scopas Tang have been transferred 2 my new 67 gal
and traded in ghost clown 2 lfs 4 2 seabae clown.

[Tasher80]

A prisoner does fine in a cell. Doesn't mean he really wants to live in a cell.