steel tang

[glxtrix]

anyone ever hear of this guy? I know its most likely a generic name because I cant find anything about this fish...Anyone know a scientific name or a more common name that gives some info?

 

[glxtrix]

heh, I didnt make up the name...the LFS did. I'll try to get a pic of this guy. He sure is cute

 

[suasati]

See if you can find it in this website. there are seven pages.

 

[glxtrix]

got some pics, I'll post tomorrow when I get to work. Thanks Suasati for posting that link....kinda hard to tell tho which or if he is one of those.

 

[glxtrix]

some pics of this lil beauty....I shall call him "Blue Steel" from Zoolander...lol..silly movie.
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[george]

Doctorfish?

 

[glxtrix]

hmmm could be...maybe I'll ask him

 

[linda lee]

Doctor, Doctor.... give me the news.......

Does look like a surgeonfish... isn't that a scalpel @ the base of the tail?

 

[glxtrix]

yeah its definately a surgeonfish aka tang. Just need to kno which one. I asked him if he was a doctor fish but he didnt give me a striaght answer, just went behind the rocks for a few and came out like this....silly guy.
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[jmaneyapanda]

looks like acanthurus bahanius to me. But with those little'uns, it's hard to tell.

 

[jessezm]

Definitely looks like an acanthurus to me, but hard to tell at this stage...

 

[jgoal55]

glxtrix;73400 wrote: yeah its definately a surgeonfish aka tang. Just need to kno which one. I asked him if he was a doctor fish but he didnt give me a striaght answer, just went behind the rocks for a few and came out like this....silly guy.

that's not photoshop.......silly you! He went to my best friends med school....

 

[glxtrix]

lol thank you all, thank you.....and I also do photoshop things for print and for extra side cash...dont be shy and ask I work with PS quite a bit at work so i always have fun doing lil things like that. Took me all but 5 minutes to throw that on there, could have done better but I realized its not for anything special.

 

[jgoal55]

broke my heart....I guess it its photoshop after all....

silly me.

 

[glxtrix]

oh no...jorge....its not PS....no...not at all......he really does swim around the tank with a lil mask and stethoscope on :whistling:

 

[suasati]

Andy at MRC has one of these in his main tank, I forgot what he told me it was.... maybe you can ask him.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Lee, something to think about, whether it it is a A. bahanius or a A. chirurgus, they will both get pretty darned big.

 

[glxtrix]

yeah I know that thanks for lookin out. I'm upgrading to a 75 shortly, and I have a feeling I'll be setting up a larger tank not too much further down the road for FO. Fortunately hes pretty small right now 2-2.5" Cute lil guy.

 

[suasati]

glxtrix;73512 wrote: yeah I know that thanks for lookin out. I'm upgrading to a 75 shortly, and I have a feeling I'll be setting up a larger tank not too much further down the road for FO. Fortunately hes pretty small right now 2-2.5" Cute lil guy.

They are atlantic tangs, max size of 15"... so plan accordingly if you decide to get it...
here is what adults look like... they are a beauty though... I saw a few at the chatanooga Aquarium...

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