My new Caribbean blue tang

[Vincent100]

Love this fish , can't wait for it to change to blue , been in the tank for 2 weeks with no QT , had been in my Lfs for over 2 months and iv looked at him once a week , was put in a tank with copper when he arrived at the shop so I'm confident he bug free
Didn't get on with my yellow tang at first but now they seem to be ok

 

[helen ann]

Beautiful!

 

[drawman]

Very pretty tang!

 

[Neo Jeo]

How is your tang doing? I just got one. One web site says max size is 9” and another day’s 15”.

I don’t know what is what now. I hope he’s not to big for my 120g

 

[saltyhog]

They definitely can get to 15" in the wild but probably not nearly that big in captivity. Mine was a jerk even as a 3" yellow juvie. I may have just been unlucky but I seem to have heard others have problems with aggression from them.

 

[Vincent100]

Well he turned into a jerk
After the aggression from my yellow tang died down and he got settled in he started to Chase and bully my Regal tang to the point of stressing him out
The regal got ick and it spread to half my fish including the Caribbean tang

I ended up loseing 8 fish including the Caribbean tang
Funny thing is the regal survived

Good luck with yours , beautiful fish but a bully

 

[Neo Jeo]

Thanks for the info. I have had him in the tank for a week and just added a yellow tang. He is being a bully to the yellow tang. I hope that will go away soon.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+2730+328&pcatid=328

On live auaria it says that the tangs max size is 9". Is this a different tang or is the website incorrect? I have a 120g and a 15" tang would be to much...

 

[Neo Jeo]

I called live aquarai.com and they said they have sizes around 5" -9" and some at 15" it all depends and each one can be different.... So I dont know what there max size meaning is on the website.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Well he turned into a jerk
After the aggression from my yellow tang died down and he got settled in he started to Chase and bully my Regal tang to the point of stressing him out
The regal got ick and it spread to half my fish including the Caribbean tang

I ended up loseing 8 fish including the Caribbean tang
Funny thing is the regal survived

Good luck with yours , beautiful fish but a bully

Ouch sorry to hear that!

 

[nereefpat]

Out of curiosity, what is the size of the tank?

 

[Neo Jeo]

Out of curiosity, what is the size of the tank?

Mine is 120g

 

[Dilan Patel]

4ft,5ft or 6ft long?

 

[Neo Jeo]

4ft,5ft or 6ft long?

4’ x 2’ x 2’

 

[Dilan Patel]

ahhh well gl with the tang. I had an established one...put a purple tang in after lets just say it didn't end well. lesson learned tho

 

[Neo Jeo]

ahhh well gl with the tang. I had an established one...put a purple tang in after lets just say it didn't end well. lesson learned tho

Bummer . About to get home from work . Hope he’s calmed down

 

[Neo Jeo]

ahhh well gl with the tang. I had an established one...put a purple tang in after lets just say it didn't end well. lesson learned tho

How big did yours end up at?

 

[Neo Jeo]

My new yellow and blue are doing just fine lol! First day my blue was super mean! Now they are just friends . Super happy about that

 

[Dilan Patel]

2.5inches

 

[Neo Jeo]

2.5inches

Did you miss a 1 at the front?

 

[shred5]

Tangs are hard to mix especially in smaller tanks where their territory is the full tank..

Even if they get along for a while it can change on a dime.