most passive tang?

[fungia]

are there any tangs that are not as aggressive as most others or are they all mean by nature?

 

[Anonymous]

Passive tang is an oxymoron. I have found, however, that Paracanthurus hepatus, or regal tang, is fairly non-agressive.

 

[Anonymous]

In general, Ctenochaetus spp. tangs are the least aggressive. No tangs are passive. I like Tomini tangs for a lot of reasons. They're beautiful, relatively peaceful, and are damn hardy IME.

 

[bubblepuffer]

I like Hippo tan. .they so cute and always busy checking thing out in the tank. At night they always spy on you during your bedtime when the fish tank in your bedroom

 

[Anonymous]

I had regals and yellow and my yellow was much more passive than the regals but then I had 2 regals.

 

[turnburn]

My yellow is like a big puppy dog most of the time.

 

[Anonymous]

If you ever get a chance to go to Atlantis Marine World in NY you can watch tons of different tangs interact. The hippo's/regals are by fair the gnarlest fighters in that HUGE tank. I watched them fight for over 20 minutes

 

[Anonymous]

If you ever get a chance to go to Atlantis Marine World in NY you can watch tons of different tangs interact. The hippo's/regals are by fair the gnarlest fighters in that HUGE tank. I watched them fight for over 20 minutes

You can see it in downtown SF too. We have 3 or 4 adult P. hepatus in a 20k tank and they are not happy with each other one bit. The tiny juveniles seem to get along just fine, it's the adults that are aggressive.

On the flip side, we have 11 (or 12?) Ctenochaetus tominiensis in a range of sizes in the same tank that get along much better.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

 

[bleedingthought]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

Ctenochaetus tominiensis is the tomini tang. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

Ctenochaetus tominiensis is the tomini tang. :lol:

k, thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

No! No, no, no! I do it on purpose so folks will learn latin names. You know what a Xenia, Acropora, Favia, and Tubastraea are, right?

Now, if I just said "blue tang"...you know how many different blue tangs there are? Well, okay, I don't either, but at least 3. :lol:

An easy place to look them up, by the way:
www.fishbase.org

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

No! No, no, no! I do it on purpose so folks will learn latin names. You know what a Xenia, Acropora, Favia, and Tubastraea are, right?

Now, if I just said "blue tang"...you know how many different blue tangs there are? Well, okay, I don't either, but at least 3. :lol:

An easy place to look them up, by the way:
www.fishbase.org

Ok, ok, ok, ok! I will further keep looking them darn things up!

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

Our toy poodle is getting a bit of an attitude, I've officially described him as Pseudonanopoopus curmudgeoni, not to be confused with the true Nanopoopus genus which our Daisy belongs to...Nanopoopus tinkleri. (she still pees a lot)

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, can you edit with common names. I hate having to look up the scientific names.

Our toy poodle is getting a bit of an attitude, I've officially described him as Pseudonanopoopus curmudgeoni, not to be confused with the true Nanopoopus genus which our Daisy belongs to...Nanopoopus tinkleri. (she still pees a lot)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 8)