Red Sea Max S250 custom debut

[HARPERFISH]

Hello - this is my first post and would like to share my modified RSM S250. Hope you all like it.

Thanks!

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[Florida Sunshine]

Very Nice!!!!

 

[DaveK]

This is a very nice looking tank. However, you also have three tangs in there. A RSM S250 only holds about 66 gal of water. Each of those tangs has a minimum tank size requirement of about 100 to 180 gal. Now I'm not trying to play "tang police" on you or beat up on you on your first post, but long term this arrangement is headed for a lot of trouble. Tangs grow quickly and they will not have anywhere near enough "running room". If your going to keep a tang successfully, your best course of action would be to trade in, sell, or give away at least two of the tangs, and plan an upgrade to a larger tank to accommodate the one remaining. The other possible way would be to get a really large tank to handle all the tangs, but this would mean about a 250 - 300 gal tank as a minimum, and this would be a very expensive alternative.

 

[HARPERFISH]

This is a very nice looking tank. However, you also have three tangs in there. A RSM S250 only holds about 66 gal of water. Each of those tangs has a minimum tank size requirement of about 100 to 180 gal. Now I'm not trying to play "tang police" on you or beat up on you on your first post, but long term this arrangement is headed for a lot of trouble. Tangs grow quickly and they will not have anywhere near enough "running room". If your going to keep a tang successfully, your best course of action would be to trade in, sell, or give away at least two of the tangs, and plan an upgrade to a larger tank to accommodate the one remaining. The other possible way would be to get a really large tank to handle all the tangs, but this would mean about a 250 - 300 gal tank as a minimum, and this would be a very expensive alternative.

Thanks for the "advice"...Dave. I've raised each of my tangs since they were quarter size. They all get along great. And yes, just like ANY fish that grows too large for their tank, some action needs to be taken. But by your advice, hardly anyone would own a tang because how many people out there could afford the proportions you're talking about. Not very practical, feasible, or realistic "advice".


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[Florida Sunshine]

Wow! I didn't realize the size of the tank. That is a huge bio-load. How do you keep it under control? Your corals look great so you are doing something right, but if my tank was that loaded I would have algae everywhere.

I do have to agree with Dave though. I even had to give away three tangs that were in my 6ft 125g tank that I used to have. They just got too big and I hated seeing them swim laps all of the time.

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

to ReefSanctuary, a real Sanctuary of reef forums, with lots of very nice members

Cheers for sharing your pretty tank & fish !

 

[DaveK]

Thanks for the "advice"...Dave. I've raised each of my tangs since they were quarter size. They all get along great. And yes, just like ANY fish that grows too large for their tank, some action needs to be taken. But by your advice, hardly anyone would own a tang because how many people out there could afford the proportions you're talking about. Not very practical, feasible, or realistic "advice".


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Actually most people should not own a tang, unless the tank is about 100 gal or more. Tangs are big dirty fish that produce a lot of waste. Yes your getting away with this today, because they are small. I stand my my original post.

This is not only my opinion, it's backed up by most other serious reef keepers. See this thread - http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/index.php?threads/so-you-want-a-tang.566/
And this one (offsite) -
https://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/fish/50786-so-you-want-tang.html

See also what a major vendor recommends, and remember they are trying to sell you something (offsite) -
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+392&pcatid=392
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+330&pcatid=330
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+378&pcatid=378

As you can easily see my "advice" is well supported. Just because you are not hearing what you would like to here doesn't mean it's wrong in any way.

 

[oakleyx]

I had 2 tangs in my RSM 250. I just bought a bigger tank when they got bigger.

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[SPR]

Welcome and nice tank and nice tangs as well!