Blue tang coloring

[mlandrigan]

Check out the link below. This blue tang is very similarly colored to mine, particularly on the underneath side. The forehead on mine is darker blue. Is this the natural coloring of the fish or is it deficient in vitamin/mineral nutrition to bring it that way?
https://www.***********.com/diversde...5899&siteid=20
Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions.
Matt

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by mlandrigan
Check out the link below. This blue tang is very similarly colored to mine, particularly on the underneath side. The forehead on mine is darker blue. Is this the natural coloring of the fish or is it deficient in vitamin/mineral nutrition to bring it that way?
https://www.***********.com/diversde...5899&siteid=20
Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions.
Matt
Before yo get you hand slapped, your not suppose to post competadors links here, im sure the ods will remove it. That is the Hawaiian Hippo I think, YOU Might have one, because the standard ones DO NOT have any visable yellow on them, and if yours does you probably have the Hawaiian.

 

[mlandrigan]

picky picky... either way, here is the picture.

 

[mlandrigan]

What are the differences between the types??
And if that isn't good enough for the picture, then here is another...

 

[scarface]

This one is a lot rarer then the hippos we commonly see. They are both the same. These are referred as yellow belly hippos.

 

[m0nk]

The yellow-belly variety lives in the Atlantic and the standard variety lives in the Pacific/Indonesia regions.

 

[crimzy]

That's a Yellow Belly Blue Hippo.