Show off your Tangs

[deerhunter06]

My gem, best fish ever.

 

[Atlantis_Reef]

Tang’s all here!! Lol thanks

You able to get a closer picture of that white tang if possible?

 

[sfairtx]

The Three Agimos...Chevy, Steve, and Martin. Zebrasoma gemmatum, Ctenochaetus flavicauda, and juvenile Acanthurus pyroferus respectively.

 

[Greneis]

Two of my gang.

Is that a convict? How difficult is it?

 

[Squidward]

Is that a convict? How difficult is it?

I've tried them 5 times. All didn't make it past quarantine. Will try again next time I see one. And no I refuse to just drop it into the display even though it'll have a better chance to survive but not with risking the health of my other fish.

 

[Greneis]

I've tried them 5 times. All didn't make it past quarantine. Will try again next time I see one. And no I refuse to just drop it into the display even though it'll have a better chance to survive but not with risking the health of my other fish.

I would love one but I don’t want to kill it

 

[najer]

Is that a convict? How difficult is it?

England here and no I don't qt, I wasn't aware that they are tricky.
I got it at about an inch and it had 2 months in my little tank to fatten up, lots of algae to graze.
It eats anything I feed but is constantly grazing and busy.

 

[kungfujoe]

My gem tang.

 

[Bruce17]

The Three Agimos...Chevy, Steve, and Martin. Zebrasoma gemmatum, Ctenochaetus flavicauda, and juvenile Acanthurus pyroferus respectively.

They all get along fine? Did you introduce them all at the same time?

 

[mfollen]

Powder blue gold rim

hybrid

 

[josh childs]

I don't know if this thread is still active but I got my hands on a reverse Blue Hippo Tang! I will make sure to get a pic with pure white but he is almost all black. Just a hair over 8 inches.

 

[sfairtx]

They all get along fine? Did you introduce them all at the same time?

They do get along well. Whitetail and Gem went in within a couple weeks of each other. They had a head start on the Mimic by about 4 months.

 

[Thomashtom]

Tang pics! Thanks

 

[Blessed Tank]

My favorite purple tang. I just got rid of it today because it was outgrowing my tank.

 

[Zionas]

One peculiarity I have noticed among many East Asian hobbyists is that they put a Tang, usually a Yellow or Regal Blue (often both), as the FIRST fish in their tanks even when the tanks are like 2 foot long. I’m not sure whether they intend to rehouse / rehome then once they get larger or give them away, but the sight of a Regal Blue in a very undersized tank for them just makes me facepalm. Deep inside I’m cringing hard and I’m like “hey do you know that thing’s gonna get to a foot long and requires ideally 7-8 foot or more of swimming space?”

I’d be totally fine with putting a Foxface as among my first fish and I do intend to put in a OSFF and a pair of Ocellaris Clowns as my first three fish. However, I would strongly prefer my tank to have more of an algae bloom before I’d put in any Tang. I know one guy who keeps a Yellow and a Regal Blue in an 80 (cm) cube. He keeps complaining that the Regal Blue gets sick with ick all the time (somehow his Yellow is ok).

Sometimes the more business-oriented LFS in China and Taiwan randomly stock their customers’ tanks because their customers usually have no idea what they’re doing when it comes to the hobby. They’re not hobbyists, they just want something that looks nice and hopefully exotic in their office or hotel lobby or whatever. Sure I mean I’d welcome their money because I have to admit it’s often these ignorant people that are some of the greatest financial benefactors to the hobby, but from the perspective of a hobbyist I can’t help but point out: “Dude, if you want a community tank, a nice reef where the fish are swimming happily and getting along, do you know what it means to put that Six-Line Wrasse in so early?” I guess 99% of them just don’t care. I wouldn’t mind them being generous with their money though, if only they’d share some of theirs with me.

When I was a kid in Vancouver, the dentist place I often went to in Parker Place had tangs (Yellow and Regal Blue) and a LIONFISH all in a nano tank that was built into a wall.

Some people, listening to the very bad advice given by shady LFS or online sellers where I am use Tangs to CYCLE a tank. First of all I’d stay away from anyone that advises using fish to cycle a tank.

Another local hobbyist put it this way: “Rich people don’t care about what they do with their fish, which fish they buy, and the quality of their fish. They just buy whatever looks good and keep replacing.” I can bet if a hotel here has a saltwater tank, the hotel manager has got absolutely no idea how to keep the fish inside.

I can bet if one of these people saw a trio of Moorish Idols in a 75-gallon they’d just go: “Oh that looks nice for the lobby / office / whatever.”

 

[Drew Hitt]

My only tang so far...

 

[ghstrider]

Well ive had my Black Tang about 3 years and hes by far my favorite fish and the boss of the tank so im always scared to add any tangs. Recently i took the plunge and added a Whitetail Bristletooth Tang and my Black paid him no mind so its been great. Then came an opportunity to own a Gem Tang thats been in my LFS for about a year in the coral display tank. About 3.5” and fat this guy is a pig. I always shy away outta fear of my Black but after the previous tang doing so well AND the LFS giving me a great deal I TOOK HIM!

Acclimated for two days in a box then cut him loose. Some hostility so i killed the lights then next day much better. Hes been in 4 days and he eats from the clip and swims freely now. Hoping it keeps getting better!

Heres a few videos...

 

[Shiggknight]

My addition to the 90g barebottom!!

 

[Bruce17]

They do get along well. Whitetail and Gem went in within a couple weeks of each other. They had a head start on the Mimic by about 4 months.

That’s great to hear. Thanks

 

[Zionas]

Nice fish!