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    Posted: March 12 2007 at 11:57am
I was wondering if a yellow tang was a good tank selection for a reef tank.   I need something that will help control the alage that my metal halide lights is creating. 

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We have one in ours!
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Tangs are herbivores and need a tank with plenty of swimming room. Yellow tangs (and many others) can be aggressive. Most Blennys are herbivores and don't swim much. Many people keep both.

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Will the tangs work in my 65 gallon tank? Also,  will they not eat the coarls like the foxface did? 
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Tangs are reef safe and will not bother your corals. Most books will tell you a tang needs a 4 foot long tank though I have seen tangs do well in a 65 gallon. I would stick with the smaller tangs like the Yellow or a bristletooth tang such as the Kole (Yellow-eye) tang.
 
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We got our yellow tang from Dion who had it in his 29 gal.  We now have it in a 37 and it is doing great.  I have read and heard that the smallest tank you should have a tang in is 40 so I guess we are close.
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I Have a blue line tang in my 30 and it seems to like it just fine.
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