Regular Ole' Nano With A Twist!

[nanocubeking]

My nano has turned out really well so far. I've heard people talk about keeping a tang in a small tank and it doesnt work. But I wanted to try for myself first hand & what would happen with having a tang in a small tank. I got my tang already it's under an inch and was the beaten up tang at the lfs. So far it has gone from being light blueish-white to that dark blue color. It eats and swims through the rock and enjoys itself.

Edit: If it is going to come down to people telling me to bring it back to the pet store lay it on me right now. I personally love tangs and if anything happens to the tang I will have it back to the lfs in the hour.

 

[Lynden]

You will find that this fish will do well in your tank. Babies of any animal can live well in smaller tanks than the adults could, and I could keep an Orca in a ten gallon if it only was an inch long. But, sooner or later the tang's gonna grow. So, for now it is perfectly feasible, but you will need a place for the fish to go when it gets bigger!

On another forum I used to frequent a guy kept both a convict and a regal in a twenty gallon tank, and to be honest they were as healthy looking as any I've seen. Do ready yourself for some flames; most people aren't so open minded regarding these fish.

 

[nanocubeking]

You will find that this fish will do well in your tank. Babies of any animal can live well in smaller tanks than the adults could, and I could keep an Orca in a ten gallon if it only was an inch long. But, sooner or later the tang's gonna grow. So, for now it is perfectly feasible, but you will need a place for the fish to go when it gets bigger!

On another forum I used to frequent a guy kept both a convict and a regal in a twenty gallon tank, and to be honest they were as healthy looking as any I've seen. Do ready yourself for some flames; most people aren't so open minded regarding these fish.

Yeah I am ready for it. But thanks for giving me some back-up.

 

[chrissaysyes]

Im all for this as long as you're prepared to upgrade them!

 

[nanocubeking]

I'll see what time brings. Chances are I will upgrade pretty soon. But if I don't and the tang does get too big for the tank I'll bring him back to the lfs.

Edit:For the most part all my fish in the tank will have to have a bigger tank to be happy anyways. So an upgrade is something I'm planning for.

 

[nanocubeking]

Here is a video of the tang eating.


Sorry for the quality.

 

[chrissaysyes]

mmmm liquid candy...

 

[steelhealr]

NKC....no one here is going to FLAME you per se. Any small fish can be kept in a nano. You can even keep the fish in there until it gets larger, but, it WILL need a larger tank. The other problem, outside of size restrictions..is..as you know as in fresh..the larger the fish, the more waste it produces and some tangs will 'pick'. SH

 

[nanocubeking]

YEah I do know.