Tang suggestions??

Pitcom · Apr 19, 2008

My orange shoulder tang is just awesome. I bought him after i started up the tank to get rid of hair algae and I have never seen a piece in the tank again. he eats CHAETO all day long from the fuge. He even posed for you Rev! Very good personality as well.

reef-nut · Apr 19, 2008

Love the orange shoulder. I have never seen one that color. I thought they were more brown. Is that the juvenile color?

Pitcom · Apr 20, 2008

reef-nut said:
Love the orange shoulder. I have never seen one that color. I thought they were more brown. Is that the juvenile color?

I'm not sure the actual age but i purchased him when he was around <3 inches and now he is as thick as my hand and almost 6" long. From everything i've read on them they never color up in a home aquarium like they do in the wild. I wouldnt call him a juvi anymore only because they develope the orange line as sub-adults. I plan on keeping him for a while and putting him in my new tank, so maybe we'll get to see if he starts to turn grey this year. I've seen some come into the LFS that were already kind of big and they were cream colored in the front and grey in the rear half.

reef-nut · Apr 20, 2008

If he was mine I would want him to stay the way he is, AWESOME! If he is 6 inches, I dought he is going to change any.

FateX8 · Apr 20, 2008

from what ive seen they have 2 different morphs
one that is a brownish grey color and one that is a yellow color

ive read that the yellow is the juvenile color which i dont think is true at all because we had 3 and all 3 were similar sizes and 2 were greyish while the other was always yellow and theyre ~5" now and the same colors and when we got them they were around 2"

revhtree · Apr 20, 2008

Thanks guys!

I ended up picking up a medium purple tang and a salfin blenny.

detguy123 · Apr 20, 2008

a nice choice..can't wait to see your pics

hardcz · Apr 21, 2008

doh....shoulda went with a goldrim tang..those are sweet.

FateX8 · May 4, 2008

just got a new tang over the weekend
my favorite bristletooth

when i decide to break out the dslr then ill get a better pic but until then my phone cam is gunna have to do

revhtree · May 4, 2008

You dog! Where did you get it. I may add one of those too and be done with it.

FateX8 · May 4, 2008

lfs here
i told myself when i got to the lfs i was going to get some nass snails and if they had a chevron for the same price as before id get em
low and behold they had 2 so i had to get em
cheapest price ive seen them for too so i had to get em
hes only about ~3" right now too so not really big

revhtree · May 4, 2008

What did you pay bro if you dont mind me asking and do they ship?

FateX8 · May 4, 2008

nope they dont ship, but i have to drive 1 hour just to get there but its worth it at times

myerst22 · May 6, 2008

How about one like my big boy? Love this guy and pictures do this fish no justice. Tim

scouncil · May 17, 2008

I had a purple for about 8 years and he died with swapping from a 100 gal to 220 gal. I think my yellow beat him up badly and he didn't survive. I was heart broken. He was beautiful, but VERY aggressive. Had to get whopper tangs just to go with him so that they wouldn't kill him.....

That bristletooth is BEAUTIFUL!!!

ServantSoldier · May 17, 2008

I have a chevron myself, and they are beautiful when a juvenile.. but have you all seen pics of them when they mature? I think I would have gone with something different had I known what they grow to be. :-( But as of now he is a bright beauty.