Tang ID?

kaylshouse15 · Oct 30, 2019

hiya, looking for someone to ID this fish, was told it was a white tip surgon but I'm not so sure ?

Jon Fishman · Oct 30, 2019

Does it have ich?

kaylshouse15 · Oct 30, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
Does it have ich?

no dosent seem to ? what would make you think it has ? It's very active and eating great

Jon Fishman · Oct 30, 2019

kaylshouse15 said:
no dosent seem to ? what would make you think it has ? It's very active and eating great

Just looking at second picture. I take terrible pictures so I hope my fish never get sick...... they all look pale and spotty from my potato phone pics!

UCF Alum · Oct 30, 2019

Mimic surgeonfish aka mimic tang.
Looks healthy to me. Second pic is from the phone not ich

kaylshouse15 · Oct 30, 2019

here's a video which might be better, looking for an Id

Seanislav · Oct 30, 2019

I'm not 100%, especially if it's still a juvenile, it it does look a lot like a bariene tang (Acanthurus bariene) I had a couple years ago and lost to ich/brooklynella/velvet, along with every other fish except a Melanurus wrasse. Adults are rather striking.

Jon Fishman · Oct 30, 2019

What size tank is that?

Seanislav said:
I'm not 100%, especially if it's still a juvenile, it it does look a lot like a bariene tang (Acanthurus bariene) I had a couple years ago and lost to ich/brooklynella/velvet, along with every other fish except a Melanurus wrasse. Adults are rather striking.

If so, I hope he has a BIG tank!

mort · Oct 31, 2019

Agree it looks like a bariene tang but sometimes it's hard to tell them from juvinile fowler or dussumieri tangs. I think it's the former (not watched the video) but they are all nice tangs that grow large.