Yellow Tang Tank Size
Hi guys,
I've been having a discussion on another forum with Chromus regarding the minimum tank size for my Yellow Tang.
I'd like to get your ideas of minimum tank size too.
As I wrote on the other forum, my yellow tang is about 11cm (10.2cm since last measured) and hasn't grown much during the past 11 months or so. I was planning to start a new tank, a CADE HL900, but there's a chance might work in regional NSW and so I have advertised the CADE for sale. I am currently running a 100cm tank and could potentially keep that going in Sydney while I work away. In fact, I've only just returned from working in a country town where I'd taken my clowns with me in an 80cm tank and left my tang with my Mother to look after.
For the longer term, if my yellow tang can't be kept in a CADE HL900, I might as well sell the CADE and keep the yellow tang in the 100cm tank until it is too big for it. It would probably be best for me to have a tank that I can relocate easier, i.e. move by myself, maybe an 80x50x50x10mm or something smaller.
So, I would be grateful if you would please give your opinions on the chances of keeping my yellow tang in a three footer. It appears that it might be more of a behavioural problem that the tang might develop and not necessarily a size problem at this stage.
Cheers,
Glenn
I've been having a discussion on another forum with Chromus regarding the minimum tank size for my Yellow Tang.
I'd like to get your ideas of minimum tank size too.
As I wrote on the other forum, my yellow tang is about 11cm (10.2cm since last measured) and hasn't grown much during the past 11 months or so. I was planning to start a new tank, a CADE HL900, but there's a chance might work in regional NSW and so I have advertised the CADE for sale. I am currently running a 100cm tank and could potentially keep that going in Sydney while I work away. In fact, I've only just returned from working in a country town where I'd taken my clowns with me in an 80cm tank and left my tang with my Mother to look after.
For the longer term, if my yellow tang can't be kept in a CADE HL900, I might as well sell the CADE and keep the yellow tang in the 100cm tank until it is too big for it. It would probably be best for me to have a tank that I can relocate easier, i.e. move by myself, maybe an 80x50x50x10mm or something smaller.
So, I would be grateful if you would please give your opinions on the chances of keeping my yellow tang in a three footer. It appears that it might be more of a behavioural problem that the tang might develop and not necessarily a size problem at this stage.
Cheers,
Glenn