I currently have 6 fish and I want one more — a Red Sea Sailfin tang. Do you think my system (200 gallon display and 100 g sump and fuge) can handle it?
>>Yes. >And is it compatible with my existing tangs living happily together. My current list: Purple tang Blue hippo tang Potter’s angel Pygmy angel clownfish Foxface Rabbitfish Aryeh B. >>The other two tangs, most notably the Purple tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum), may be aggressive with the Desjardin. Your best chances of success are if you can utilize their tendency to not quarrel if there is a significant disparity in size. In a perfect world one or the other will be much smaller than the other, preferably the established animal. You may need to remove the Purple for the first week or two upon introduction of the Desjardin (after proper quarantine, of course) to allow it to settle in. Barring this, keep a very close eye the first few days, as long as they can settle their differences within that time, there should be few in the future.
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