do I have room for one more tang?

[eleyan]

I had a 4" yellow tang in my 72G and I added a comprable size blue tang a couple of weeks ago. I went through isolating the yellow tang for a week in a small tank to give the blue a chance to get use to the place. It looked like it worked, but now it looks like the yellow tang is still beeing an ***. He will let the blue swim in most of the tank, but whenever he gets close to the rocks or the cleanner shrimp he'll take a shot at him. I was thinking of adding a third tang to go with the odd number theory, but I'm not sure if I have enough room. My other fish are:
- clown 2"
- bicolor blennie 2"
- 6 line wrass 2"
- flame angel 2.5"
- chalk bass 1.5"

I know I'm kind of on the high side of fish load, but whould a Kole or a Sailfin put me over the limit?

[OrionN]

Give it a little more time and everything will be OK. In a 72 g tank, I would not add another tang.
Minh

[matt]

Agreed.

[StephenA]

What happened to your clown tang? You should only keep 1 tang in a tank that small. You might also want to add some more live rock.

[Medinafish]

Some of you may think I'm "pimping" this site, but I've been a fish guy for years and have come to trust these guys when I have questions/doubts regarding stocking, selection, treatment, compatibility, etc. Give this a try: www.wetwebmedia.com, "google" search on their site "tang compatibility". Good information, sometimes varying opinions but useful for making an informed decision.

[eleyan]

Thanks for everyones input. I kinda knew I was pushing it, so I'll let the two guys duke it out untill they work out their issues. Stephen, My Clown Tang kicked the bucket a month ago. I had him for about a month and he looked very healthy, swimming and eating and not taking **** from the yellow. All the sudden one day I come back from work and he is floating next to the overflow. I have no Idea what happened. My water conditions looked fine and none of the other fish looked bothered. I read that they aredificult to maintain, but I'm not sure which aspect, feeding looked OK and it didn't looked stressed.

[StephenA]

He looked good in that pic of your tank. I've got the same exact tank. Only one tang, though.