Tangs
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Craig Manoukian
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Bryan,
Check this out!
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=391
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Check this out!
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=391
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Craig,
I looked at all of those.....thats how i have been narrowing it down but i want to get some expierences from people who have them.....i think they are also called powder brown tangs as well - can you verify that? The lfs has on in stock and it looks nice but the body is "brown" instead of purple-blue like liveaquaria says.
Thanks for helping out with my decision process.
Bryan
I looked at all of those.....thats how i have been narrowing it down but i want to get some expierences from people who have them.....i think they are also called powder brown tangs as well - can you verify that? The lfs has on in stock and it looks nice but the body is "brown" instead of purple-blue like liveaquaria says.
Thanks for helping out with my decision process.
Bryan
Craig Manoukian
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Could be a Powder Brown, check the scientific name to be sure.
Don't have any Personal experience, what does your LFS have to say? Should mix well with the Kole.
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Don't have any Personal experience, what does your LFS have to say? Should mix well with the Kole.
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Scooterman
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I've heard they are agressive but that was the LFS in his 500g display.
nigle
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Oi!
My powder blue tang nips at my lawnmore blenny, and only occasionally at a chromis [usually during feeding] so it's not all that agressive. It might be that there isn't all that much room for it to be territorial.
I guess it would also depend on the amount of room in the 90. 90 gal - rock - sand makes ? gal. I know they need room to swim. I have one PB tang in my 75 gal, but it's probably only 30 gal at most water [8" sand bed and lots of rock, HA!] so I'm gutting it very close to the amount of room that mine has to swim. It does line to go in the 'holes' between the rocks I have to give it 'something to do'.
Cheers!
nigle
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My powder blue tang nips at my lawnmore blenny, and only occasionally at a chromis [usually during feeding] so it's not all that agressive. It might be that there isn't all that much room for it to be territorial.
I guess it would also depend on the amount of room in the 90. 90 gal - rock - sand makes ? gal. I know they need room to swim. I have one PB tang in my 75 gal, but it's probably only 30 gal at most water [8" sand bed and lots of rock, HA!] so I'm gutting it very close to the amount of room that mine has to swim. It does line to go in the 'holes' between the rocks I have to give it 'something to do'.
Cheers!
nigle
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Craig Manoukian
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Would everyone mind responding with the scientific name of the tang they are referring to to reduce any confusion, thanks!
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Scooterman
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Craig Manoukian
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Thanks for the link Scott!
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Jakets
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I have had a Acanthurus japonicus White-Faced Surgeonfish for about a year now. in the past it was prone to light bouts of ick. But has been healthy for about 6 months now. It's a great fish that was introduced after three chromis. After he was in the tank a Bicolored Blenny, 2 false Percs, and a cleaner wrasse were introduced there was little to no harassment and everyone gets along great. I think the Bicolour and the Surgeon my be forbidden lovers as they always hang together.
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Craig Manoukian
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Thanks J!
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dgasmd
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PSU4ME:
They are not the same fish, but are mistakenly named the same common names. I have had a Acanthurus japonicus, which is what I have tipiclly refered to as the powder brown. I ahve never actuallys een a nigricans in my lFS stores, and I believe they are somewhat harder to find too.
Mine eats very well, but came down with ich shortly after getting it. It actually gets bullied a bit from time to time by other fish in the tank like the achilles tang. This is more the rarity and not the rule. Despite both of them having similar body shapes, they have both done well over time.
They are very active swimmers, even mor so than all my other tangs (yellow, naso, achilles, and hippo). They are also very sensitive to ich, and even more so than any of the other tangs mentioned. I think the powder blue is the only one ahead of him in that department. If I was to have this fish in a 90 gal, which with all the rock, sand, and corals is going to to be tiny for him in 6-9 months, I would keep him by himself. Will do better in the long run.
Knowing what I know now, this and a moorish idol are the only fish I would quarentine.
They are not the same fish, but are mistakenly named the same common names. I have had a Acanthurus japonicus, which is what I have tipiclly refered to as the powder brown. I ahve never actuallys een a nigricans in my lFS stores, and I believe they are somewhat harder to find too.
Mine eats very well, but came down with ich shortly after getting it. It actually gets bullied a bit from time to time by other fish in the tank like the achilles tang. This is more the rarity and not the rule. Despite both of them having similar body shapes, they have both done well over time.
They are very active swimmers, even mor so than all my other tangs (yellow, naso, achilles, and hippo). They are also very sensitive to ich, and even more so than any of the other tangs mentioned. I think the powder blue is the only one ahead of him in that department. If I was to have this fish in a 90 gal, which with all the rock, sand, and corals is going to to be tiny for him in 6-9 months, I would keep him by himself. Will do better in the long run.
Knowing what I know now, this and a moorish idol are the only fish I would quarentine.
Craig Manoukian
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Looks like a Scopas tang to me Mark.
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Craig Manoukian
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No problem Mark!
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