My first tang!

[vetteguy53081]

Can you tell my looking at these pictures? He’s still a little bitty guy.

Too much blue to tell. Need brighter white photos

 

[Solo McReefer]

I have seen copperbands in nature the size of plates, never see them that big in tanks either.

I did

At a restaurant tank in Oahu

Blue tangs
Yellow tangs
Naso tangs

The size of plates or basketballs

Tank had to be 15 feet tall, huge

I remember thinking, "even those yellows must be $1000 each, the nasos $3000". This was the 90s, and yellows were $8 fish

I have never seen any other tank specimens that large before or since

It was a month after Iniki, so whenever that was. Just checked, 1992

 

[Goaway]

Can you tell my looking at these pictures? He’s still a little bitty guy.

What do you think?
Pulled from facebook, not mine.

 

[Solo McReefer]

What do you think?
Pulled from facebook, not mine.

Aussie Dussumieri Tang Juvenile

Acanthurus dussumieri

schooloffishonline.com

Or so it says

 

[derek12261984]

What do you think?
Pulled from facebook, not mine.

Looks similar! My guy came to be a little bit more of a gray color

 

[Goaway]

Aussie Dussumieri Tang Juvenile

Acanthurus dussumieri

schooloffishonline.com

Or so it says

Yes, was giving pic to help id.

 

[Goaway]

Looks similar! My guy came to be a little bit more of a gray color

I really think @vetteguy53081 is probably correct.

 

[derek12261984]

I really think @vetteguy53081 is probably correct.

Crap lol…. I picked up some bristle tooth because they stay fairly small compared to most

 

[Formulator]

Crap lol…. I picked up some bristle tooth because they stay fairly small compared to most

Well the good news is you have a fish worth probably double what you paid for it!

 

[Goaway]

Crap lol…. I picked up some bristle tooth because they stay fairly small compared to most

Well, im speechless.

Well the good news is you have a fish worth probably double what you paid for it!

A beauty too.

 

[derek12261984]

Well, im speechless.


A beauty too.

Well … we are going to need a bigger boat.

 

[Goaway]

Well … we are going to need a bigger boat.

A very big boat!

 

[littlefoxx]

Well … we are going to need a bigger boat.

Probably at least a 300 gallon if it is the fish we think it is!

Edit looked into it, minimum looks like a 360! Big big fish!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Crap lol…. I picked up some bristle tooth because they stay fairly small compared to most

If dussomieri, will grow quite quickly and can get temperamental. Mine went from 3" to 8" in 4 -5 months

 

[derek12261984]

If dussomieri, will grow quite quickly and can get temperamental. Mine went from 3" to 8" in 4 -5 months

Haha I guess I’ll find out in a few months. I will try to get a better picture of him when I get home. I’ll turn on all my whites to give you a better idea. I’m really hoping it is what I thought, but I’m sure my LFS will take him on trade. I don’t think I could get a 300 gallon in my house safely without the floor collapsing lol. I live in an old farmhouse so the floors are not the greatest.

 

[derek12261984]

If dussomieri, will grow quite quickly and can get temperamental. Mine went from 3" to 8" in 4 -5 months

Here is a pic from the shop I believe .

 

[littlefoxx]

Here is a pic from the shop I believe .

Oh yeah not a bristletooth lol

 

[derek12261984]

Oh yeah not a bristletooth lol

Is it a dussumieri?

 

[littlefoxx]

Is it a dussumieri?

I believe so. @vetteguy53081 would know for sure.

 

[littlefoxx]

This is a juv. Look very similar to me