Noobreefer90 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Just picked up a large yellow tang and I have a open top tank with just a little flap on front of tank so most it’s open. Are tangs famous for jumping? Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 No, but they’re famous for dying when noobs irresponsibly put them into small aquariums. Look anywhere online... 🙂 3 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Noobreefer90 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 23 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: No, but they’re famous for dying when noobs irresponsibly put them into small aquariums. Look anywhere online... 🙂 Good to know 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Did someone want to make a report? 2 4 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Yellow tangs get to 8" and require 100g. They need a lot of swimming room, eat a lot of seaweed, and poop a lot. Your tank is too small for a tang. Certain fish shouldn't not be placed in tanks that don't meet the fishes requirements. 1 Quote Link to comment
righttirefire Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Ive never had a tang jump. But any fish can get spooked and jump even if they typically arent jumpers 1 Quote Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Reporting for duty 3 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 17 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Did someone want to make a report? 4 minutes ago, StevieT said: Reporting for duty I’m not sure if you have jurisdiction here. 👮🏻♀️ 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefGoat Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've always liked this one 3 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Tangs travel great distances in the wild in groups... your tank is so small it can't possibly behave natural or get a good running start w/o crashing into a wall. I would suggest trading it in for a nano sized fish. Yellow Assessor Basslets are nice bright yellow fish if yellow is what you are looking for. Quiet honestly large fish in small tanks looks unnatural and makes the tank look even smaller than it is. It is just not appealing to the eye. This is why freshwater aquascape artists use tiny fish to make small tanks appear larger than they are. 3 Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Derrick? Opportunity, is that you knocking? 2 Quote Link to comment
Jesterrace Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 4:39 PM, Noobreefer90 said: Just picked up a large yellow tang and I have a open top tank with just a little flap on front of tank so most it’s open. Are tangs famous for jumping? If you don't believe the above, take it from a former Yellow Tang owner, who had a Yellow Tang that wasn't half grown take over his entire 90 gallon tank in less than a month. Initially it was fine and did well with it's tank mates. Then I noticed a chunk missing from the lower fin of my Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel and white "scratch marks" appear on him as well. I wasn't sure what the scratch marks were until I saw my Yellow Tang back up and slap it with it's tail scalpel and a new scratch appeared. It would also flare it's fins around my Melanurus Wrasse. The point is that it was an absolute butthead of a fish and it wasn't even half grown in a tank that is roughly 3 times the size of yours. Any Tang in a small tank is a bad idea, but Yellows are one of the worst since they are one of the more aggressive Tangs. As for an open top? It's an accident waiting to happen. One of the biggest myths in the hobby is the concept of "Jumper or Non-Jumper" when the correct term is "More Prone or Less Prone." 3 Quote Link to comment
ajackson1217 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Definitely needs a bigger tank sorry op Quote Link to comment
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