parrotchute,
i do agree with you, and would not have placed a second tang in the tank. as stated in a previous post, it was not me, but my father who bought that fish without me knowing. while i am new to reef keeping, i've had a lot of experience in keeping fish, and understand the care that goes into them. i understand you have a right to your own opinion. what i dislike so much about these online forums are people who state their opinion, as you did, without any reasoning behind. i will give you the benefit of the doubt, that you believed me to be a complete newb with no previous knowledge in keeping fish, and believe i am keeping this fish with no knowledge to its care. if you are goign to post something that blunt, provide some understanding behind your statement as to educate the person who is acting ignorantly.
now, having stating this, i would like you to know this tang is in no way, a long term inhabitant in this tank in my mind. the regal is currently very small (~1 inch) and very skinny, and i would feel it would be just as irresponsible to send this tang in its current condition back to an lfs to reacclimate to another tank which undoubtably would be smaller than the tank i am currently providing for it. i have noticed it is eating and i plan to care for it until it reaches a point where i no longer will be able to care for it in the tank. this will be long before the tank becomes too small for it to swim in, as the bioload a growing tang will produce will be greater than a tank this size can handle. at that point, i do plan to move it from my tank.
in closing, i appreciate your opinion, and agree with it, but hope you will treat people who do not have the knowledge to make correct decisions with more respect and try to educate them. by only attacking them and not providing them with direction, you are the one being cruel.
thank you,
nick