How many / which tangs can I get for my 150 gallon?

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I kept tangs in my 135G. Had a Kole, tiny baby sailfin, naso, yellow, etc. Buy them small and when they outgrow the tank find them a new home or upgrade. No big deal.
Catching them would be very difficult in my tank unfortunately
 

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Have a Red Sea 1000 G2 and currently have a hippo tang, Yellow tang, purple tang and a clown tang in the tank. Yellow and purple were added as juveniles along with hippo...and clown most recently 90 days ago. All doing well but it took a bit. Lost a few to disease to include an Achilles and a Powder Blue and a smaller clown tang and a sohal that didn't make it out of QT. Have a Naso tank juvenile and a tonomi tang in QT for past 45 days which will be next in DT but have learned that size and introduction timing does matter. And they do need space, good rockwork, proper feeding and a bit of luck with each specific fish's personality for it to work. My PT is large about as long as an iphone now or my hand and only my med clown tang has stood up to him.
 

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I also lost my achilles tang due to ich (which i know is in the tank but all fish there are immune and it's mostly under control with strong UV sterilizer). I added the Gem Tang about 2 months ago (joining a Fox Face, Swallowtail Angel, another tang (forgot the type) and a few smaller fish - and he's thriving. Achilles tangs have a very difficult time with ich. Gem Tangs are a bit pricey but amazing fish and quite hardy
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I've got a ~2.5" yellow tang in QT, and a 4" sailfin in DT (4ft 150 gallon) right now. I want to pick up a purple tang from oceandevotionla. I hear that purple/yellow/sailfin is a good trio and shouldn't have problems (https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/tang-aggression-understanding-and-combating.76/). I will introduce the purple/yellow at the same time, and possibly use an acclimation box as well. I'd eventually release them with the lights off, and consider using mirrors as well. I'm also looking to get a white tail bristletooth. I don't think I should have trouble with that. How does this all sound?
 
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I've got a ~2.5" yellow tang in QT, and a 4" sailfin in DT (4ft 150 gallon) right now. I want to pick up a purple tang from oceandevotionla. I hear that purple/yellow/sailfin is a good trio and shouldn't have problems (https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/tang-aggression-understanding-and-combating.76/). I will introduce the purple/yellow at the same time, and possibly use an acclimation box as well. I'd eventually release them with the lights off, and consider using mirrors as well. I'm also looking to get a white tail bristletooth. I don't think I should have trouble with that. How does this all sound?
Update: I just added the 2" purple and slightly larger yellow at the same time. The purple went off into hiding. He's slowly showing up now. The yellow is still getting sized up by the sailfin. No fighting or anything else going on. I actually saw more aggression between my sailfin and scopas when I first added the scopas (now gone).
 

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