adding fish question

[::pete::]

I would say size of the tank and actual swimming room will hurt on your tang selection. Clowns ... hmmmm .... I have 6 -2ea from different families and not one were purchased as a pair nor were they added together.

[jaded]

I was thinking of your tank when I posted that question I was also thinking of your bãÐÐ*ss powder brown when I made the decision that he's my favorite tang

so pete, dont be scared... thumbs up on more tangs or thumbs down? You've seen my tank, I know you have experience and will shoot me straight

[jaded]

in all honesty the scopas is already to the point that I think he'd be happier in a bigger tank. He's not crowded, but he's pretty big.

[CD]

if I had to choose, I'd say that my first choice would be to trade the scopas out for a powder Brown and a sohal (same time)...

Well...here you have selected the most aggressive and probably one of the most delicate of the tangs. See, I wouldn't do that. How about the Powder Brown and keep the scopas? Somehow, I just think a Sohal wouldn't be happy in the long run for that sized tank.

Jade - you remember awhile back when we had that beautiful Atlantic Blue Tang? I was going to keep her in QT until our 210G was ready, but she seemed so stressed we put her in the 75G anyway? We ended up losing 4 lovely fish over that stress that I created for them. Initially, I thought that when they started getting sick, that they had gotten velvet. That wasn't the case. They all got SO stressed out due to the territory issues and increased bioload, that they got sick and died quickly. I couldn't get her out of the display without taking apart the whole tank at that point. If it hadn't been for the cleaner shrimp, I probably would've lost a couple more. The worst part is that I knew better. I was just so happy to finally find a ABT locally, that I threw caution to the wind, and was hoping upon hope that they would be OK until the 210G was ready. When the ABT started getting stressed about territory, she started pacing the tank. This in turn stressed out everbody else. I am STILL so very sad about that whole situation, and it hurts everytime I think about it. This will be my "worst mistake ever" scenerio, and believe me - I've learned my lesson...the sad part, is that it was at the expense of four lovely fish. I will never overstock again. :(

From what I've read about the sohal, they are not so much violent, just bold and territorial. It's recommended that they are the last fish to be added

Yes, I understand...but it's that "territorial and bold" that is going to be your worst bane to the other fish. Even though I think a Sohal is GORGEOUS, I doubt I would get one myself - even with a 210G - I need to think about how my Yellow Tang and Hippo would feel about a big "antsy" tang pacing back and forth in the tank. I get really attached to our fish, so buying small and eventually trading them off wouldn't be a consideration for me. I am now looking at the long haul in the 210G, and the decisions are hard for me, as there are so many beautiful fish one can get in the aquarium trade. Even going from the 75G (where the current residents are now calm and happy) to the 210G - which will be a huge jump in water volume - I think we will probably end up with maybe one other "larger" fish, and maybe two smaller.

Wendy

[Reef69]

In my opinion, messing with those particular tangs, at different times, will cause a HUGE explosion of ick..and a HUGE loss of money..ssince they will be added differently, and you already have a tang in there..its not about size of tank at this point, the tang you have could already claimed the tank as his..lol.., i would stick to the hippo and a scopas..i would NOT mess with a sohal and any powder tang (blue or brown)..

[::pete::]

so pete, dont be scared... thumbs up on more tangs or thumbs down? You've seen my tank, I know you have experience and will shoot me straight

Well they need swimming room and you need to think about their full size. Half your tank (the back) is rock and the rest is the swimming room ... what do you think?

[::pete::]

In my 180 the Sohal was in there for over a week before I added the other fish including a yellow, powder brown and hippo ... no problems at all. I do think it had something to do with messing with the rock work and all witch switched everything up on the Sohal.

[leslie]

I just wanted to let you know that I have 2 true percs, 1 clarki, and 1 maroon clown, and they get along fine unless one tries to play in the other ones anenome. I know most people say you can not do it, but mine are fine (got lucky I guess).

[Reef69]

..I would watch the maroon in the long run, they are the most aggressive clownfish, along with saddlebacks..

[jaded]

All good info...

the general concensus:
No sohal :(
Yes to the Flame angle
No on multiple clown pairs (but it can be done)

I will make a few tang changes... not sure what but the sohal is out until I upgrade. anybody interested in a nice big scopas thats very happy, well adjusted and healthy?