Purple tang in Red Sea Reefer 350??

[Peach02]

Title is pretty much self explanatory I’ve done some research and found tons of conflicting information on the tank size for a purple tang

Would one be okay in a Red Sea reefer 350 with a open aquascape?

 

[Mike.P]

Title is pretty much self explanatory I’ve done some research and found tons of conflicting information on the tank size for a purple tang

Would one be okay in a Red Sea reefer 350 with a open aquascape?

I think that it'll do just fine, at least until he's fully grown, and by then I'm sure you'll be looking for a bigger tank anyway... But I'm not Tang Police. =P

 

[Peach02]

I think that it'll do just fine, at least until he's fully grown, and by then I'm sure you'll be looking for a bigger tank anyway... But I'm not Tang Police. =P

How long would you say that would take?

 

[Mike.P]

How long would you say that would take?

Years. lol. You have time.

 

[Peach02]

Years. lol. You have time.

when I was looking at one at a LFS recently I saw somthing claiming a grade A purple tang with a $200 price jump any idea why that would be? It was the same size as others two

 

[Mike.P]

when I was looking at one at a LFS recently I saw somthing claiming a grade A purple tang with a $200 price jump any idea why that would be? It was the same size as others two

Take a close look at it, but it sounds like nonsense to me... They could possibly be talking about color, brightness, etc. Maybe the pattern. I know I personally always look at the "freckles" and line patterns that purples have, to make sure they look good to me, and aren't broken up. But I've never seen them marked up hundreds of dollars, on account of that.

 

[leedsrhinojohn]

As a juvenile it will be fine but once it starts growing it will need a bigger tank.
My personal opinion is why get a fish you only intend to keep for a short while, as most people who buy fish with the intention of either giving it away when its too big or buying a bigger tank generally don't do either it is unfair on the fish.

 

[leedsrhinojohn]

when I was looking at one at a LFS recently I saw somthing claiming a grade A purple tang with a $200 price jump any idea why that would be? It was the same size as others two

was it tank bred?

 

[Peach02]

Don’t know

was it tank bred?

and with your other post, what tank size would you say for its whole life

 

[leedsrhinojohn]

5ft as a minimum 6ft preferably with lots of rock to graze on, its what they do all day swim and graze

 

[Mike.P]

was it tank bred?

That can't be it... The first successful AC purples just happened back in April, at Bali Aquarich.

 

[tqpolo]

I have one in my 350 for a few years now and it's fine. I bought it small and it stays relatively small.