reefgeek84 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I know some people have a clown tang in here...Everything I read says they are hard to keep...is this the case and why is that? I know Joel has had his for quite sometime... any insight would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I wanted one, everything I read says they are a tank bully, definitely last fish to go in. Some can be nice but as they get bigger will become tank ruler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 They are terribly poor shippers in my experience but if you do happen to get one in good shape they do pretty well. From my understanding they come from fairly high up in the reef and like lots of good turbulant water flow and high oxygen levels. I think this is why they don't do very well in transit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 Thanks...maybe I will not go with one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringwurm Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Mine is very very very active. He just can't stop swimming and picking at the rocks. He does stay near the turbulent flow and I have seen him several times trying to swim up the sump return output which is running about 2500 gph. I would make sure you have a big tank with plenty of rock for him to pick at. So far he has been pretty passive with the rest of my fish. He isn't scared of them and will stand his ground when he is challenged. They can really bring a lot of life (movement) to a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 ive got one now that Ive had for about 3 weeks, seems to be doing well. Usually the bigger the fish the better your chances of success with these. I just put a CBB in with my Sohol (which has the same attitude/ same family) I shall see if its still alive today. I put it in after everything was dark last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 My Clown tang is awesome. He adds a nice change of color in my tank. Does not pick on any of the other fish. Is great about grazing on macro in the tank. A cool fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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