Seanislav
Rectangular Money Pit Addict
We procured an Orange Shoulder Tang probably about 8 months ago...closing in on a year. It was a very bold two-tone grey with the blue outlines on dorsal and anal fins, and the trademark orange epaulets surrounded with blue. Within a month, the coloration regressed into lemon yellow (juvenile coloration), and the namesake shoulder coloration has faded markedly, to the point that the blue around the orange has all but disappeared.
This fish is living in a 300gal reef with a Pacific Sailfin, Yellow Eye Kole, a Hippo, and a Powder Brown. It's the second largest of the tangs at about 4-5" (second only to the Hippo), and one of the most dominant personalities in the group. It eats like a pig, any and all food types offered...and it also eats sand. I never see it actually eat it, but I frequently see the darn thing poop sand.
Has anyone else out there ever observed a fish in its adult coloration backtrack completely into juvie colors? And if so, do they ever return to adult colors? He's pretty striking and all, but what we really liked was the grown up look we started with.
This fish is living in a 300gal reef with a Pacific Sailfin, Yellow Eye Kole, a Hippo, and a Powder Brown. It's the second largest of the tangs at about 4-5" (second only to the Hippo), and one of the most dominant personalities in the group. It eats like a pig, any and all food types offered...and it also eats sand. I never see it actually eat it, but I frequently see the darn thing poop sand.
Has anyone else out there ever observed a fish in its adult coloration backtrack completely into juvie colors? And if so, do they ever return to adult colors? He's pretty striking and all, but what we really liked was the grown up look we started with.
