Tang police don’t arrest me please , just curious

[chinta99]

Currently have a 55 gallon long tank , planning on upgrading to a 125 or 150 gallon in the next 4 months , how bad would it be if I added a baby naso tang in there for those 4 months ?
Currently in tank:
1x Orange spotted goby
2x oscillators clownfish

 

[blaxsun]

Fine by me.

 

[reptireef]

Don't let them put you down, I have a baby purple tang in my 20 cube waiting to go in my 180 lol

 

[Quietman]

Aren't those tangs like 18" full grown. I don't see an issue with starting in smaller tank but are your final tanks big enough? Both of those are 18" deep standard.

And no, not tang police...that's just very big fish. Never liked looking at big fish that seemed cramped in tanks. Fresh or salt, catfish or tang. But it's your fish.

 

[blaxsun]

Assuming it lives that long, we're probably talking about the better part of a decade...

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

You're completely fine there.

 

[mdb_talon]

If you can find a baby (ie a few inches) then it should be ok for a few months. I would personally not put a naso in a 150 yet alone a 120 for longterm. They grow very fast up to around 8 to 10" and then growth slows, but that is an awful big fish for a 120.

 

[blaxsun]

If you can find a baby (ie a few inches) then it should be ok for a few months. I would personally not put a naso in a 150 yet alone a 120 for longterm. They grow very fast up to around 8 to 10" and then growth slows, but that is an awful big fish for a 120.

Mine lasted all of 3 days until it nosedived into an elegance. This is a tang, after all (not the sharpest tool in the box).

 

[chinta99]

I decided on a purple tang instead

 

[Gtinnel]

I would say that a naso will get way too big for the 125-150 you're upgrading to.
I have a 125g and I wouldn't put a naso in it unless there were plans to upgrade again or get rid of it when it outgrows my tank.

 

[jgirardnrg]

I have a blue tang in my frag tank that's been in there for 4-5 months. In a couple weeks he'll be going into the 108 gallon tank. He's fine, but weird... swims like a flounder on his side UNDER the racks when you go near the tank. Not a smart fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Aren't those tangs like 18" full grown. I don't see an issue with starting in smaller tank but are your final tanks big enough? Both of those are 18" deep standard.

And no, not tang police...that's just very big fish. Never liked looking at big fish that seemed cramped in tanks. Fresh or salt, catfish or tang. But it's your fish.

Typical naso in captivity- 10". Vlamingi and unicorn- Those will hit 18" in captivity

 

[vetteguy53081]

Currently have a 55 gallon long tank , planning on upgrading to a 125 or 150 gallon in the next 4 months , how bad would it be if I added a baby naso tang in there for those 4 months ?
Currently in tank:
1x Orange spotted goby
2x oscillators clownfish

Baby naso often challenging. They will eat and then suddenly shut down, get thin and then gone. Best is to set up large tank and then introduce a 4-5" specimen that is feeding well at LFS

 

[Drich5150]

Your fine doing that. Thats what me and the wife did. She wanted a naso so in it went to my 55. Now she's in her bigger 125 home.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

If you can find a baby (ie a few inches) then it should be ok for a few months. I would personally not put a naso in a 150 yet alone a 120 for longterm. They grow very fast up to around 8 to 10" and then growth slows, but that is an awful big fish for a 120.

I've got two Naso's under 4". The size really matters.

 

[mdb_talon]

I've got two Naso's under 4". The size really matters.

Of course it does did something i say make you think i thought otherwise?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Of course it does did something i say make you think i thought otherwise?

I think only a few inch naso could be in a 40 b for a while, and could step up to a 150 over a few years but months.

I just reread your comment and I didn't see the Long Term part. I thought you were saying that a few inch naso couldn't go in a 150 for more than a few months

 

[i cant think]

This quick growth everyone’s talking about I find hard to believe, my LFS had a Naso tang (Not blonde) in a 5’x2’x2’ tank for five years and it was only about 2” when they got it. In all of five years it grew an inch, and had the right diet (Got fed multiple times a day actually). So do these tangs truly grow fast to get to 8”-10”?

 

[Just a Wrasse.]

It will be fine for a few months.

 

[Naso110]

Kept my naso in a 29g for almost a year. He reached about 4" then moved to the 110. He's about 7" now. Gonna be in my new 180 in a month or so. Hope that helps you. My favorite fish if you didn't get that from my handle.