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Are small snappers appropriate?

April 26, 2017appropriate small snappers

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Are small snappers appropriate?

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I’m lusting for a big one, Symphorichthys spilurus, but I hear they’re not hardy. I am also yearning to do several rabbitfish their tank: doliatus, punctatus, unimaculatus, puellis, uspi, etc. I hear mixed opinions on stocking them in pairs and schools though. But my big question for this tank is in stocking it with tangs. We’ve had great luck with tangs in the shop thanks to quarantining in copper systems. No ich and a thriving purple, sohal, powder blue, and a powder brown. All active, healthy, and great eaters. Extending our shop’s ability to keep tangs healthy, perhaps we can do so in this 400 gallon as well after quarantining for a week or two. First thought, really show off the tank with a school of purple tangs. But, upon researching this in several resources, nobody says this is possible…