Keeping Dory How to Keep a Hippo Tang Fincasters Episode 133 

I’ve had a blue hippo tang in my 55 gallon mixed reef aquarium for 6 years along with a yellow tang and various other so called hard to keep fish. I’ve got huge acropora colonies growing strong as well as other sps/lps colonies. And this entire 6 years I’ve had no sump no skimmer or any fancy equipment what so ever as far as filtration goes. All of my success has been achieved with just two seachem tital hob filters. As long as you do weekly water changes and all regular maintenance it can be done

He sounds like Tom Hanks

So this is why supercarlinbros love finding nemo and dory so much they are fish experts

I just got my hippo tang yesterday. I wanted a Dory & Nemo. It was $169 at Petco. So after a year of being saltwater I’ve finally matured at reefing and copped my only tang (DORY). I’ve had several clownfish. The fish I’ve had the longest is an ocellaris clownfish. It has killed every fish I’ve put in the tank with it. At least 8 more clowns while in my learning phase. So (DORY) blue hippo was out in the main tank while my clownfish was in timeout in my 5 gallon. The next day moved the landscape and added the clown back. Dory has established dominance and it’s a beautiful thing. I’ve never had a fish that could become dominant over the clownfish. There are several corala 🪸 of all colors and now there’s peace in the tank. It’s a beautiful thing 😊

I have to say I both love your channel, and your son's channel. Congratz on making quality content!

Beautiful fish! Great video! Great information! Enjoyed!

Hey John you know this is amazing I'm so happy your doing this, because all everyone does is says "Oh u shouldn't get a Blue Tang or ur bad", but it's gonna inevitably happen anyway, kids want their fishies and parents want nostalgia. And these owners aren't prepared to handle them because all they know is "UUU R BAD U SHOULDN'T HAVE ONE" I appreciate this so much John, amazing work friend I really hope this gets out there. I'll try and tweet it at some people like the Hawaiian Sea Institute or whatever their name is lol. I've got a way with words so I get alot of convos with bigger people. Again dude this is amazing you don't know how happy I am to see something other then just copying the last person "Oh ur not supposed to gettem duh duh duj", really hope you get some well deserved attention man :)

They are so adorable... We saw a few at our local aquarium. The blue tangs are always hiding for some reason...very shy

Great info. i have to share this vid as this movie will most definitely spur that fish purchase. .

I just got a blue tang was shy . In a few days. Now it's out and activite not shy now she loves my rock work

I had one back in the late 1970s in a homemade tank that was 22 inches by 72 inches and let hair algae grow in half the tank. It did great for 5years and the tank sprung a leak and I gave away the entire contents of the tank to a friend with a 165 gallon....oh well.

I own couple hippo tang yellow Atlantic blue tang powder brown tang black tang I just love them. If you want to add more tang to establish tank you can add them only trick is plz change your aquascaping that way they start building there territory again trust me it will 100% work.

How the heck do you have a trigger in a reef tank?

u have a trigger in there hows that going

My dreams for having dory may come true now thanks for this video

Oh my! You're J and Ben's dad!!! Awesome! :D

How often do you feed yours frozen cubes

Had my regal tang since she was a baby,growing really fast and very healthy,she only got ich when I had other tangs in the aquarium,once she was the only tang in there the ich has disappeared,must have been stress causing it

I would like to know at what point of time can we add a juvenile regal blue tang into a marine aquarium tank. I mean how many months of cycling is required. Mine is now cycled for about 5 months. It has one percula, one clarki clown and one humberg damsel. All swimming healthy and happy.

I would say a blue tang needs a minimum 125 gallon aquarium (they really need six feet of swimming space)

Anyone know if u can intruduce blue tang to tank that has yellow tang and bristletooth tang?

what kind of fish is that pink and yellow fish in your home aquarium

Is that a Blue Triggerfish in the tank with your Tangs? How do you keep it from attacking your other fish? Thanks:)

I really concern about my tank, so I was like is it okay if I have dory "again"?? so in two years ago I had a 80gallon tank so I got myself a pair of clown fish and a blue tang, but it lived only for 3 month before it eventually died. But now I getting a new 150gallon tank that had been cycling for 2 weeks and I already added the "quick start" liquid. And around this week I really want to get dory again, so I doing my research to keep dory successfully, and I really need advise of how should I feed it, how the temperature, or anything else that haven't mentioned in this video, I need to know the weakness of the fish...so its really help if you guys have dory and tell me the crucial things to keep dory successfully, thank you:))

I have a 400 gallon tank with a 150 gallon sump in the basement. Is my tank large enough? My regal angle loves the room but I dont want to crowed her. She already laid eggs and we have 5 baby regals that survived. Its an awesome tank to see all my regals acting like a family. so magical.

Am no quite sure if it's okay to keep a tang in a home tank it affects the ocean corals, I think you shouldn't get a blue tang unless you are quite quite sure you can keep it healthy and alive

The real question is how you got a trigger in a reef ?

Those palys though

I have two blue hippo tang.both of them make excellent addition in my reef.i think we should Have two hippo tang instead of one.

What size tank is that?

There was a yellow tang in finding nemo

I'd just like to point out that some of us do run out and buy a big box store tank and a hang on the back filter then buy a hippo tang. Some of us do plan to upgrade tanks and actually do it. It's all a matter of dedication. After my first wave of deaths (blenny, goby and a ton of coral) I was all but ready to chuck in the towel; I'm away 2 weeks of every 3 but my tang pulled me through. I couldn't bare to let it go. I've just made my first major upgrade which was 14 gal to 20gal with a sump. Ive built my own sump and started planning out the redsea 750. It does happen dont be so negative.

Mine picks at my birdsnest coral 😅.

Can 2 HOB Aquaclear 110s be good filtration for a 125gal saltwater tank?

20 dorys 😱

Steve says (rotter tube reef) What you talked about marine ich is BS, you had to starve them, keep your tank fishless for 6 to 8 weeks atleast Hhahaha i hate that way, i wish what you talk about the ich is true, its more easy to do

This fish is not easy. Ick magnet and gets stressed . Most people will not be successful with hippo tangs. Bad advice . The tank you show in video is expert level. Yellow tangs are better choice for beginners