to Sohal -or- not to sohal.... that is the question

bucket brigade · 09-25-2007, 04:10 PM

i have a 75gal reef with LPS, SPS, softies, just about everything. i even have a LTA hosted by 2 Percs

would a sohal tang (about 5inches) do well in this tank?

again 75gal with about 1/2 the space filled with LR... only other fish are the 2 Percs that hardly ever come out of their LTA

ckusnierek · 09-25-2007, 04:17 PM

Personally I don't thin k a 75 is big enough. Those can grow up 1'4"!

fish.freak · 09-25-2007, 04:19 PM

yea I'd say a 125 would be a good size tank for one

gwaco · 09-25-2007, 04:39 PM

agree with the others . also once you add a sohoal , you can probally forget about adding anymore fish to the tank . i have seen first hand how mean they can be , and this is in a 600 gallon tank ,so amount of room makes no difference in their temperment .

Wiskey · 09-25-2007, 04:39 PM

I also don't think a 75G is big enough.

Whiskey

crvz · 09-25-2007, 06:05 PM

Concur with the rest of the folks... even a 125 is pushing it for this dude. They are all kind of fast and can have very dominating personalities. At 5", he's way too big for just a 75. You ask if he would do well, and I think the consensus is "no."

Hop · 09-25-2007, 06:08 PM

Maybe I'm late

I wanted one for my 370 and after talking to people who had them it was decided that they should be in a tank 500 gallons or larger.

Sure, you will have people say "I've got one in a 225" and everything is fine... But wait two more years... Very territorial and very big eaters

A very active fish that needs A LOT of swimming room! Putting one in anything smaller than an 8' tank would be cruel.

Loverotties · 09-25-2007, 08:21 PM

75 is to small!

Doug1 · 09-25-2007, 10:21 PM

I wanted a Sohal and and Emperor angle and decided even a 240 was small for both when half grown, i vote no