Is 4 Tangs too much for a 60g?

[randomfishdude]

Please tell me you have pictures...

Give me a year for when I get a massive 1000g built in and I'll take some.

 

[Rmckoy]

Yep, that's Hawaii. It's legal to fish for them (usually with a spear), you just can't export living specimens outside of the state. I think that fishing for them is reasonable, even if I wouldn't partake. It is a very sustainable source of seafood because they are plentiful herbivores, and Hawaiians have been eating them for centuries. I also heard they taste pretty good.

So when I go to Hawaii . They are on the menu ?


@vetteguy53081 was tang on any menu while on vacation ?

 

[bluemon]

Was this the picture? Also, note the convicts.

I guess they were sustainably harvested and a fish's a fish, but I still feel bad for the poor Nasos. They also look a little underseasoned. If you're going to eat a tang, at least give it some proper salt and pepper!

I see some white spots on some of the fish. Hmm.. Do you guys think it's ich or just a mucus cone blockage?

(just kidding)

On another note, I know how to name my posts next time I need a lot of engagement

 

[Rmckoy]

I’m curious if they are cheaper to buy if they’re grilled ?

 

[bluemon]

I’m curious if they are cheaper to buy if they’re grilled ?

100%.

Its easier to kill a fish and put it on ice than it is to keep it alive and well enough to put into a tank.

Has anybody had tangs before (to eat)? How do they taste? I've really only had coldwater fish

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I see some white spots on some of the fish. Hmm.. Do you guys think it's ich or just a mucus cone blockage?

(just kidding)

On another note, I know how to name my posts next time I need a lot of engagement

Better give them a peroxide dip and monitor for 30 days with copper on hand. Just to be safe. I don't want to catch anything, though that looks a little more like lymphocystis to me.

I wonder if fish can get parasites by eating something that has them? I guess I'd better start quarantining my frozen food, maybe the pellets too just to be safe.

 

[bluemon]

Better give them a peroxide dip and monitor for 30 days with copper on hand. Just to be safe. I don't want to catch anything, though that looks a little more like lymphocystis to me.

I wonder if fish can get parasites by eating something that has them? I guess I'd better start quarantining my frozen food, maybe the pellets too just to be safe.

100%.

Thays how many internal parasites get to fish. Things like roundworms, etc (things you would find in terrestrial vertebrates will have something like it in the ocean) reside on something that fish eat, and later get pooped out as eggs, which get eaten by an intermediate host, and then finally to get eaten by fish.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

100%.

Its easier to kill a fish and put it on ice than it is to keep it alive and well enough to put into a tank.

Has anybody had tangs before (to eat)? How do they taste? I've really only had coldwater fish

The tang police might put me in solitary for saying this, but it actually looks kind of good... At least this one they seasoned properly.

Here's a link if you want to try it. It's actually surprisingly cheap, I might have to give it a go

Unicorn Fish Fillet

Comes Flash Frozen.Average 6-8 ounce portion. Also known as filefish and leatherjacket, this tropical marine fish is a member of the Monacanthidae family and is related to triggerfish. This medium sized fish can grow up to 3.6 ft with a compressed oval shaped body that usually has unique...

www.freshfishfast.com

 

[OrchidMiss]

Where's @Cyndi

 

[bluemon]

The tang police might put me in solitary for saying this, but it actually looks kind of good... At least this one they seasoned properly.

Here's a link if you want to try it. It's actually surprisingly cheap, I might have to give it a go

Unicorn Fish Fillet

Comes Flash Frozen.Average 6-8 ounce portion. Also known as filefish and leatherjacket, this tropical marine fish is a member of the Monacanthidae family and is related to triggerfish. This medium sized fish can grow up to 3.6 ft with a compressed oval shaped body that usually has unique...

www.freshfishfast.com

That one is actually just file fish, and not a tang.

I've had seasoned filefish jerky before (popular Korean snack) and it's very good. And file fish is more common elsewhere than tangs are

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

That one is actually just file fish, and not a tang.

I've had seasoned filefish jerky before (popular Korean snack) and it's very good. And file fish is more common elsewhere than tangs are

Look at the description of the product. It says filefish/leatherjacket, but they're definitely describing something from the genus Naso. I've heard them called that by spear fishermen, although I don't know how they'd get them mixed up.

 

[bluemon]

Look at the description of the product. It says filefish/leatherjacket, but they're definitely describing something from the genus Naso. I've heard them called that by spear fishermen, although I don't know how they'd get them mixed up.

They do say that but they also mention Monacanthidae, which is filefish.

Not sure which one is correct.

There is also a unicorn filefish that is found off the coast of Mexico. Could be that

 

[Rmckoy]

Where's @Cyndi

Cyndi can come fishing with me any day !

 

[Rmckoy]

They do say that but they also mention Monacanthidae, which is filefish.

Not sure which one is correct.

There is also a unicorn filefish that is found off the coast of Mexico. Could be that

It says closely related to a triggerfish .
Perhaps filefish are related to triggers ?
They almost have similar body shapes

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

They do say that but they also mention Monacanthidae, which is filefish.

Not sure which one is correct.

There is also a unicorn filefish that is found off the coast of Mexico. Could be that

I bet they just googled some basic facts using the name leatherjacket. I guess it could be the unicorn filefish, but I don't think there's much of a commercial fishery for them. I'm not certain either.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So when I go to Hawaii . They are on the menu ?


@vetteguy53081 was tang on any menu while on vacation ?

None but hundreds in the water especially yellow and white cheek tangs. Some jumbo orange shoulder and others.
I got home almost a couple of hours ago. Have unpacking, laundry, etc then pics will be posted as soon as tomorrow. We are pooped out as we had to be up early to get to airport.

 

[bluemon]

It says closely related to a triggerfish .
Perhaps filefish are related to triggers ?
They almost have similar body shapes

Yea they are related. Which leads me to believe these are filefish.

 

[Rmckoy]

Back to the op original question
You might get away with a kole or other small tang but I would restrict how many you stock a little .

This depends on so many things ?

Corals ?

 

[vetteguy53081]

It says closely related to a triggerfish .
Perhaps filefish are related to triggers ?
They almost have similar body shapes

Triggers are members of the group Balistidae which inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on their dorsal fin and filefish are Monacanthidae related to group leatherjackets but are indeed related

 

[vetteguy53081]

Also, pics will be posted on thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/snorkeling-collecting-discussion-group.412414/