I want to see pics of your tangs!!

[Lynn]

I lost my baby blue tang ( ) and am going to get another tang, but think that I might get a achilles or ??? I have 180 gal. I'd love to see your pics of your tangs and what you have to say about them???
p.s. Ernie...did you ever get another ???

 

[Len]

Here's my Black Tang when it was a wee little thing:

Here's my Chevron:
http://www.reefscapes.net/gallery/chevron_corals.jpg
(pic too big to post here)

 

[Jeff Hood]

 

[carver]

Lynn: Here is a picture of a Scopas Tang that I have had for a long time. It is a friendly/gentle fish and I think very attractive. Apparently, I don't know how to insert the image but here is the html.

http://www.maqs.net/~thaysja/Tang.html

 

[IcantTHINKofONE]

Carver doesn't that butterfly pick at your corals and live rock?

 

[carver]

ICantThinkofOne: I have had Copperbands in FO tanks in the past and I like them, so several months ago I thought I would risk puting him in this tank. The only problem that I have had is with him picking at the tube worms. (He immediately went after one that I was really enjoying and I haven't seen it since) I thought at first that might be a problem but I see that the tube worms are still thriving in areas that the Copperband can't reach in the reef. He doesn't seem to bother the corals.

 

[Anonymous]

 

[Lynn]

I would love to have a achilles?? does anyone have one of these? if so what can you tell me about it?? Is my tank big enough? (180)
thanks... beautfil pics!

 

[AF Founder]

A word of warning, this is probably the most difficult tang to keep in captivity. It is a very nervous fish.

 

[AF Founder]

This tang is easier to keep, but is very aggressive.

 

[danmhippo]

Lynn, have you figured out how you lose the blue tang?

 

[IcantTHINKofONE]

AF Founder, what is that second, blue tang called?

 

[AF Founder]

AF Founder, what is that second, blue tang called?

Acanthurus leucosternom

 

[wade1]

I've kept both powder blue and achilles and the pb is certainly more aggressive. Both are rather fickle unless completely healthy though. I highly highly suggest making certain you pick your fish carefully... make sure htey are eating/picking and that they have no visible issues at all (ragged fins, hard breathing, ich spots, etc etc). If you get a healthy specimen, it shouldn't be an issue in a 180 (at least not for a few years!).

BTW, My pb likes to terrorize my lawmower blenny.

 

[danmhippo]

Anyone knows of tricks to tell my chevron stop swimming so I can take a good pic of him? I tried "sit", but didn't work.

 

[EEreefer]

OK! Got it working! Here's an old picture of my "Tang Quartet" in a 225:

And a newer pic of my Red Sea Sailfin, "The Boss":

 

[Lynn]

Hippo, don't have a clue...everything else is 100%. Still bothers me, I'd sure like to know why?
Wade, why would my tank only be good for a few years?? achilles only grow to 9" or so.
Would still like to know their swimming traits?? do they cruise and dart like most tangs or swim back and forth like triggers??
thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Dan said:

Anyone knows of tricks to tell my chevron stop swimming so I can take a good pic of him? I tried "sit", but didn't work.

You need to speak in a more stern voice. The deeper the voice the more effective. :wink:

 

[wade1]

Wade, why would my tank only be good for a few years?? achilles only grow to 9" or so.

Depends on how large the fish is when you get it more than anything else. It would be fine in a 180g tank by itself for its lifetime, but packing it in with a host of other fish or loading up with rock and coral get to b an issue. That said, I have never seen captive fish get nearly as large as wild fish and haven't ever seen issues. My achilles would only cruise back and forth thru the tank in the evenings, commonly flashing its reflection and going thru its array of colors against the glass.

I lost the fish when a cuke hit a powerhead I still think it was my best fish though.

 

[JohnD]

EEreefer

Great saifin!!

I had one a long time ago, but he only lasted for a few months.