Square Tail Bristletooth Tang

DracoKat · Sep 27, 2016

My LFS finally got the tang I ordered over a month ago. So excited to have my final addition to the tank! I was ready to settle for a regular yellow tang since it appears Square Tail Bristletooth Tangs are hard to come by.

Anyway, are they as prone to ich as other tangs? any special precautions with him medication wise as I QT? First time having a tang of any kind.

saltyphish · Sep 28, 2016

They are not as bad as say powder blue tangs but all fish has the potential to carry the parasite even if its not noticeable at first. Always qt.

eatbreakfast · Sep 28, 2016

As far as tangs go, not nearly as susceptible to ich as Acanthurus species of tangs, but they are still a tang.

DracoKat · Sep 28, 2016

thanks, he's in QT now and doing well.

anything I should know about them?

eatbreakfast · Sep 28, 2016

Nothing special. They are comparable to other tangs in the genus, like kole or tomini tangs.

DracoKat · Sep 28, 2016

thanks. I've never had a tang before, so I just want to make sure I got it

4FordFamily · Sep 28, 2016

They will mask parasites during qt frequently if you dont treat pre-emptively. They're not a very aggressive tang and they're good "detritivores"

DracoKat · May 21, 2020

almost 4 years later and he's doing great! He hates my blenny, active and always picking! He gets along really well with my magnificent foxface, always swimming side side which is a surprise since they're both algae eaters, lol.

His color turned more brown, lost it's beautiful orange/yellow colors as it got older, but still an awesome fish!

Don.ald · Mar 19, 2021

DracoKat said:
almost 4 years later and he's doing great! He hates my blenny, active and always picking! He gets along really well with my magnificent foxface, always swimming side side which is a surprise since they're both algae eaters, lol.

His color turned more brown, lost it's beautiful orange/yellow colors as it got older, but still an awesome fish!

Pictures?

DracoKat · Mar 19, 2021

Don.ald said:
Pictures?

Here is one about a year ago. No recent pics presently

polyppal · Mar 19, 2021

DracoKat said:
My LFS finally got the tang I ordered over a month ago. So excited to have my final addition to the tank! I was ready to settle for a regular yellow tang since it appears Square Tail Bristletooth Tangs are hard to come by.

Anyway, are they as prone to ich as other tangs? any special precautions with him medication wise as I QT? First time having a tang of any kind.

I treat all tangs as 'ich magnets' and give them an overly throrough QT period...

They are pretty hearty fish though. I had a White Tail Bristletooth that I purchased with velvet, after the velvet was resolved he displayed ich. He also had worms... Long story short he was in QT/Observation for almost 2 months, but rebounded and now hes the most vibrant fish in the tank