Some baby Black Tangs

[pecan2phat]

Booze,

You have better skills with the pics on your BBT, now I need to go take a few more hundred shots

cali,
Time will tell but from my limited research, they should adapt as easily as any other Zebrasoma species.

 

[Bob 1000]

What is the survival rate of these black tangs so far? Are they all from the same source?

I've had mines for almost 3 month's now... When I got it, it was 1 inch now it's about 2.5 inches... It started out eating off the rocks for about 2 weeks, then it started eating spectrum pellets.. I've also had my 1 inch misbar regal for that amount of time and it just started eating pellets 3 days ago...

 

[lunner]

Wow Bob, 1" and it survived. Thats nice!

 

[Dace]

i was at Michael sterns to pick up some fish, sorry to state this but the black tangs these size look awful compared to how they look full grown, he had some 7 to 9" black tangs and they were the most beautiful fish i ever seen, i don't think i can deal with waiting for it to be 5" plus. There snout look adorable. Have to save to put a 5" plus in my tank. but on another note, when yours grow out they will be to die for. Congrats to you all, Black tang Owners

 

[cali_reef]

cali,
Time will tell but from my limited research, they should adapt as easily as any other Zebrasoma species.

Experience tells me easy species may still have a high mortality rate if they were handled by the WRONG person :irked:

 

[lunner]

i don't think i can deal with waiting for it to be 5" plus.

HMm after seeing your tank thread, I though you are one of those really patience guy,,, LOL j/k
I know what you mean waiting for them to grow... (Those Super male Fairy Wrasses come into my mind :scratchch)

But I think most of these guys like to watch these baby/juvenile grow. Thats not just for their physical size but also their personality.

 

[pecan2phat]

So my baby blacks exhibited spots yesterday. This was somewhat expected hence they are in a QT tank. I am an avid believer that almost all tangs carry the parasite and true to this statement, it always pops up in about 10 days of isolation.
But no worries because that is why they are in **QUARANTINE**

 

[Bob 1000]

Get a neon goby I have 4 of them and they don't stress out fish like cleaner wrasse do.. My orange shoulders were covered in ich the second day I had them an the next morning they had no signs.... It was very weird because I hadn't seen ich in my tank for a long time.. I also run a UV sterilizer..