adding fish

[paul692]

can i put a small emperor angel fish in a tank with a powder blue tang. ? the tank is 75 gal. with sand and live rock the tang has been in there for 4 years . there are no corals or clams in the tank .the tang is about 3.5 inches long ,i guess my question is will they attack one another? thanks in advance

 

[ichthyoid]

Just my opinion, but I think a 75 gallon tank is too small for an Emperor angel.

FWIW- I had one in a 150. It grew up from an immature 3 inch fish to over a foot. Great fish, with lots of personality.

 

[cr500_af]

Agreed with the above... an Emporer will get way too big for that tank.

 

[paul692]

thanks to all how long do you think it will take for it to grow out of my tank? my powder-blue tang only grew about 1.5 inches in 3 years or so. the fish has no ich and has always been healthy.there is only a wrasse in there with it .plenty of room to swim.

 

[basscyn]

An established PBT will be aggressive to most any fish you add.
Generally a PBT is one of the last fish added in a stocking scheme.
The aggression may be short lived but he will definetly defend his turf to newcomers.
I'm just sayin...

 

[mlevant]

paul692;608986 wrote: thanks to all how long do you think it will take for it to grow out of my tank? my powder-blue tang only grew about 1.5 inches in 3 years or so. the fish has no ich and has always been healthy.there is only a wrasse in there with it .plenty of room to swim.

IMO it depends on there diet, how often you feed and the size of the aquarium. I normally feed 2 to 3 times a day, had a PBT who went from 3 inches to about 5-6 inches in my 6ft long 125 in about 3 mths. My emperor is in a 220 7ft long. Got him about 6 mths ago and he was about 1-2 inches and now he's about 4-5 inches.