yellow tang? lol

[salt reefer]

well got my last bit of stuff from a great diver in florida was suposed to get a yellow tang and a pink tip hathion an. but this is what i got , i like but i think the tang is a blue eye or a mimic tang the aninome i havent a clu its purple all except the base. yall tell me .are these good tangs and is the aninome good for my clown.
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[corallus caninus]

You received a Juvenile Atlantic Blue Tang.

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Juvenile Atlantic Blue
Tank: Fish only; live rock-based fish-only system; reef aquarium with care. Provide 106 gallons or larger and is best kept singly. In a very large system it can be maintained in small groups of three to five.

Aquarium Behavior: Can be highly territorial and harass newly introduced fish to their death. Should be one of the last introductions to the tank and allow plenty of room!

Maximum Length: 5-10 in (average) </em>

Food & Diet: Provide plenty of dried algae, supplemented with particulate foods such as brineshrimp, mysis, and chopped shellfish.

Reef Compatibility: May nip at polyps if sufficient dried algae is not present.


Quick Notes: Juveniles have a yellow base color with a pale blue pigment around the pupil of the eye that darkens with age and comes the characteristic blue coloration of Atlantic and Caribbean surgeonfish. Adding a specimen that is significantly smaller or larger than the existing fish helps to reduce territorial aggression.



This is what he will look like:

Atlantic Blue Tang

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[corallus caninus]

By the way they are actually reef safe I don't think that they nip at polyps at all. All standard tang rules apply. I copied the image but really didn't want the text that went with it. He looks pretty good.

 

[smoothie]

Yep. Atlantic blue juvi. I've seen plenty of them snorkelling.
Adult get pretty large in the wild. He will graze all day long so please have some seaweed for him

 

[salt reefer]

thanks cool i ordered a yellow got that he will be awsome the wife just told me i better get her a yellow tang lol i hope i can have them both in my 231 gallon tank.. he he.

 

[salt reefer]

yep i got like 300 sheet of nori . for him lol.

 

[smoothie]

Sweet. Selcon is a helluva drug. Rick James!
He'll benefit from the extra vitamins in it. Swet deal on the nori. I get the large packs frm the asian market as well as whole seaweed

 

[salt reefer]

cool i got mine from a wholesaler by accident but i only paid like 6.00 for 300 4 X8 sheets . lol the fish stor wanted 15.00 for 50 4x4 lol.

 

[smoothie]

No joke. Get mine for 7.99. Sounds like you should stay friends with this wholesaler

 

[salt reefer]

yep i will lol.

 

[smoothie]

On the tang- be wary if you want to add another acanthurus to the tank. (powder blue, brown, achilles etc)These guys can be very very territorial with one another.

 

[salt reefer]

do you think it will be ok with a yellow tang and maybe down the road a yelloe belly regal tang . are they in the same genis.

 

[smoothie]

Read read read into it. A tank that size and as young as he is you should be fine with similar aged/size fish. Just be prepared if you go with a much larger tang or any size one from the acanthurus family

 

[salt reefer]

cool ill try the yellow first a little bigger i think. might have to for get the regal (my favorite) but the wife wants the yellow dagom nemo lol.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

The anemone is a Condylactis sp., which is atlantic, and typically does NOT host clowns. It occasionally does happen, but clowns are not Atlantic species (neither are yellow tangs), so anemones found there do not facilitate hosting by pacific clowns.

 

[jennm]

Diver in FL = Florida/Caribbean stuff.

"Yellow Tang" (Zebrasoma flavescens) is from Hawaii, so a diver in Florida isn't likely to find one (although there are a few Pacific species turning up in the Caribbean - but that's another post).

I echo what Jeremy said about the anemone. Occasionally Clark's clowns or Maroons *might* host in it but that's the exception, not the rule. Condylactus are not host anemones, at least not to Clownfishes - they would never encounter each other in the wild. "Pink Tip Haitian" is just one of the common names for the Condylactus.

Keep in mind those Atlantic Blues get really large.

Jenn

 

[salt reefer]

tks i have a maroon we will watch and see lol. yea ill keep the blue till he gets to big then trade time lol. he seems happy getting along with everyone in there. he should be ok for a good while i hope its a 231 gallon tank.