How old is the oldest tang?

[Jeremy Lain]

Hello,

I was wondering is someone knows how old the oldest tang is? Does someone have pictures of this?

 

[Captain Quint]

@Jeremy Lain I have no clue how old the oldest tang is, but I'll regurgitate part of an old thread on one of mine for many years which was discussed in another thread some time back.

Ultimately the answer would be 2005 to present time and in her new 14,000g display she can easily live 2o more years give or take a few. This is one of mine. I cannot answer your direct question, only IME. Sorry.

'In 2005 I had a friend who owned an LFS. He called and asked if I had an aggressive tank running. I had a 125 FOWLR for some fisty ones. Eel, a couple of triggers, yadda yadda.

So I get to LFS and h my friend was 'you gotta take this fish she has killed ~a dozen fishes the day he got her in. I was expecting to see some monster and it was an Atlantic Doctorfish about the size of a silver dollar. I laughed and took her home. Did QT then added to the 125g. She was the boss but didn't kill anything.

As she grew I kept buying larger tanks, a 225, and ultimately an 8' 300g. I really loved her. Anyway, she grew to 16 inches and a flick of the tail she was at the other side of the 8 foot and I knew she had outgrown it. She was very loving to me and got upset if my hand was in the 300g and I didn't pet her. She could have bitten the end of my finger off but would gently nibble on my arm or hand until I would pet her. I would come home and she was like a puppy waiting and always got excited.

It was breaking my heart knowing I was confining her to a 300g. I used to volunteer at http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher cleaning the inside of the larger tanks for sharks and such and called one of my contacts. They generally don't take fishes from folks but said they would take mine. Four years ago I transported her there and she resides in a 14,000DT with other Doctorfish. I go see her often as we go to Kure Beach frequently and she comes to the glass and looks at me every time. Crazy but true.

The pics are in the 300g I was running up to 3 years ago.

***The very last photo shown is at the aquarium from a couple of months ago coming to see me.

Thanks for the thread and allowing some great memories.'

 

[Michelle Crossley]

@Jeremy Lain I have no clue how old the oldest tang is, but I'll regurgitate part of an old thread on one of mine for many years which was discussed in another thread some time back.

Ultimately the answer would be 2005 to present time and in her new 14,000g display she can easily live 2o more years give or take a few. This is one of mine. I cannot answer your direct question, only IME. Sorry.

'In 2005 I had a friend who owned an LFS. He called and asked if I had an aggressive tank running. I had a 125 FOWLR for some fisty ones. Eel, a couple of triggers, yadda yadda.

So I get to LFS and h my friend was 'you gotta take this fish she has killed ~a dozen fishes the day he got her in. I was expecting to see some monster and it was an Atlantic Doctorfish about the size of a silver dollar. I laughed and took her home. Did QT then added to the 125g. She was the boss but didn't kill anything.

As she grew I kept buying larger tanks, a 225, and ultimately an 8' 300g. I really loved her. Anyway, she grew to 16 inches and a flick of the tail she was at the other side of the 8 foot and I knew she had outgrown it. She was very loving to me and got upset if my hand was in the 300g and I didn't pet her. She could have bitten the end of my finger off but would gently nibble on my arm or hand until I would pet her. I would come home and she was like a puppy waiting and always got excited.

It was breaking my heart knowing I was confining her to a 300g. I used to volunteer at http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher cleaning the inside of the larger tanks for sharks and such and called one of my contacts. They generally don't take fishes from folks but said they would take mine. Four years ago I transported her there and she resides in a 14,000DT with other Doctorfish. I go see her often as we go to Kure Beach frequently and she comes to the glass and looks at me every time. Crazy but true.

The pics are in the 300g I was running up to 3 years ago.

***The very last photo shown is at the aquarium from a couple of months ago coming to see me.

Thanks for the thread and allowing some great memories.'

Aw. Your post has made me happy and sad at the same time.what a lovely fish

 

[Captain Quint]

Aw. Your post has made me happy and sad at the same time.what a lovely fish

@Michelle Crossley thank you very much.

 

[dantimdad]

There was a pet store in Arlington Heights Il. that had a 21 year old yellow tang that was white he was so old. The hex tank he was in looked like the black lagoon because they were afraid to stress him and kill him.

That was in in 1992. Yes, you read that right. The fish was from 1971!

I didn't believe it either but the owner had old pictures of when they first opened with the fish in the same tank.

 

[Captain Quint]

There was a pet store in Arlington Heights Il. that had a 21 year old yellow tang that was white he was so old. The hex tank he was in looked like the black lagoon because they were afraid to stress him and kill him.

That was in in 1992. Yes, you read that right. The fish was from 1971!

I didn't believe it either but the owner had old pictures of when they first opened with the fish in the same tank.

Love it! That is so cool.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I've heard that with the right conditions and diet, they can go as long as 20+ years. My clowns are 12 years old, heard they can go 30 years.

 

[dantimdad]

I've heard that with the right conditions and diet, they can go as long as 20+ years. My clowns are 12 years old, heard they can go 30 years.

I had a 13 year old maroon with yellow strip clown that was 5" long. Don't know how old it would have gotten to because someone vandalized the house we were moving out of and killed both reef tanks.

 

[Captain Quint]

I had a 13 year old maroon with yellow strip clown that was 5" long. Don't know how old it would have gotten to because someone vandalized the house we were moving out of and killed both reef tanks.

Holy cow! I am sorry to read this. I can't even imagine. Hope they have some leads on the suspect(s). Probably a good thing you were not home for the vandal's sake.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I had a 13 year old maroon with yellow strip clown that was 5" long. Don't know how old it would have gotten to because someone vandalized the house we were moving out of and killed both reef tanks.

;Bucktooth:mad:!

 

[dantimdad]

Holy cow! I am sorry to read this. I can't even imagine. Hope they have some leads on the suspect(s). Probably a good thing you were not home for the vandal's sake.

That was in August of 2009. It was handled.

I lost a 10 year old tang, about $1500 worth of corals and literally threw the entire setups away for fear of contamination.

Oh and $750 worth of TBS rock and GARF grunge.

 

[Captain Quint]

;Bucktooth:mad:!

+1 one and more I won't say.

That was in August of 2009. It was handled.

I lost a 10 year old tang, about $1500 worth of corals and literally threw the entire setups away for fear of contamination.

Oh and $750 worth of TBS rock and GARF grunge.

I'm glad it was handled but my heart really goes out to you and the critters.

 

[Flippers4pups]

+1 one and more I won't say.


I'm glad it was handled but my heart really goes out to you and the critters.

Yep, break into my house while I'm home and........plainless!

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

This last summer, I had a client lose her coral beauty.

It was one of the first fish I put in her tank...16 years ago.

She called it Keith Richards, because for more than half of its life, it looked like it was already dead, but it just wouldn’t die.

 

[MarinaP]

2003, the year I got my first digital camera, tank has been running for a couple of years



2018, powder blue still behaves like an idiot