TIPS for keeping a tang in a nano tank anyways!

If you enjoyed this video consider subscribing! If you have any thoughts leave a comment! In the video I state I do not recommend keeping a tang in a nano tank. But like myself and many others it happens anyways, and there is no harm in spreading what has worked for me, along with awareness for what’s wrong with keeping a tang in a smaller tank. The tank in the video is 30 gallons and is great! To see the corals and other life before ich check out my channel!

[@masteroctopusesanimations153]

You could Probly put your scopes tang in a 55 gallon or 60 gallon when it a adult at
East that’s what my saltwater fish store told me

[@505Aquatics]

I think I could get away with a 55! I’m hoping for just above that so I could also add in a few fish my tank couldn’t hold now (like a dragonette) and some coral that get too big (like pectinia!)

[@masteroctopusesanimations153]

@ alright nice

[@JohnSmith-yf5bk]

Thanks for the great video. I have an Innovative Marine NUVO 20 and really wanted to keep a tang, with the goal of either upgrading later or giving him away to a more suitable home. This was a very even-keeled and mature response to the idea. Thanks for not going full-on tang police and instead being realistic. Looks like a lot of people online raise happy, healthy tangs as babies and juveniles in smaller tanks :)

[@505Aquatics]

Good luck with your tang if you do go for it! I was also inspired by the many tangs that have been kept in smaller tanks “correctly” online

[@Peterrdee]

Most tangs should not be in a tank that’s shorter than a 6 ft, they produce too much waste, need strong current and a lot of space to move my tang (in my profile) is now 10 years old so make sure to know you are gonna have them for a decade or longer.

[@505Aquatics]

That’s awesome! I have some plans for him in the future and if he gets over 5in before I’m settled then I will be giving him to a friend, but 6ft tank in the future fingers crossed!

[@FrancisGarcia-y7n]

Hi I think 🤔 you need to clean your tank that’s probably one of your problems

[@505Aquatics]

Will do!

[@cbarber5366]

I have had a tiny blue tang iny 12 gallon long for six months now. Once he outgrows it a guy at my lfs is going to put it in his 60 gallon. Tangs WILL get ich and likely kill all your other fish. The only humane thing to do is quarantine. I have a 5 gallon tank i do a six week quarantine on with all my fish. 4 weeks in copper power at the recommended level and 2 weeks without to observe. I also dose antibiotics for the first 10 days. The procedure is available on the Humble Fish website. Since you already have ich in your display you need to pull all fish out and do the quarantine. Turn the heat of your display up to 83 degrees which will speed up the life cycle lf ich and velvet. No host in the display will kill the parasites. After 6 weeks you can put quarantined fish back into the display. Ive never lost another fish to disease again. Every new fish MUST go through quarantine first or risk re-infestation. People shouldnt keep saltwater fish if theyre not willing to do it right, whatever the size. Its unethical

[@505Aquatics]

I will definitely be looking into a qt in the future! I ended up waiting for 4 months before adding any other livestock since I had the tang still alive, and that worked for me as well! Will definitely find a treatment regime I can follow for future qt

[@linhnguyen-hk9ju]

Whomp whomp.

[@cbarber5366]

@@linhnguyen-hk9ju care to elaborate? Or don't know what you're talking about at all?