Convict tang temperament

[Gage Sullivan]

Hi, so I want to get some new fish online. I am considering getting a convict tang (along with some chromis) but want to add more fish to the tank later on. He will be very small, and it is a 55gal. Will he bother other fish later on in your experience? The new fish will likely be gobies and blennies and wrasses much further on. Thanks!

 

[Gareth elliott]

55 gallons is too small for a convict tang even as a juvenile imo. Especially with a blenny. They are going to be sharing grazing spots and tbh the blenny might be the more aggressive to start, exasperating the close quarters stress on the tang.

 

[Gage Sullivan]

Well what about suggestions for other peaceful fish that will swim in open? (Especially a tang that will be comfortable in a 55 until I move him out) I already have a bicolor blenny, and YW goby + pistol shrimp pair btw

 

[EmdeReef]

Well what about suggestions for other peaceful fish that will swim in open? (Especially a tang that will be comfortable in a 55 until I move him out) I already have a bicolor blenny, and YW goby + pistol shrimp pair btw

I wouldn’t put a tang in a 55g. They’ll outgrow it too fast and become aggressive / stressed.

Pygmy or dwarf angels may be a better choice.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Biased as its my favorite fish in my tank [emoji23]

But love my coral beauty

And fits your bill of active fish, that will be in the open.

 

[Gage Sullivan]

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Biased as its my favorite fish in my tank [emoji23]

But love my coral beauty

And fits your bill of active fish, that will be in the open.

Any troubles with nibbling corals? I have a few zoa frags and would hate to see them eaten (some clove, gsp, and mushrooms as well)

 

[Gareth elliott]

Any troubles with nibbling corals? I have a few zoa frags and would hate to see them eaten (some clove, gsp, and mushrooms as well)

I dont have many zoas, have one paly, but hasn’t touched my barrium(not gsp but same genus), or euphylia, gorgorians or any sps.

I have never kept the lps they most often nip like acans.

 

[Gage Sullivan]

Hey so I ended up getting a coral beauty! It was only a matter of time!