OMG!!!! My hippo tang has gone haywire!!!
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aquaknight
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Typical Hippo tang behavior... By far an away, they are the least reef safe tang commonly kept.
flower
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3216526
Typical Hippo tang behavior... By far an away, they are the least reef safe tang commonly kept.
I have never heard that before.
I did have a Hippo Tang that ate my Xenia...nobody belived me at first. However I have kept a Hippo (not that one) for years with no problems.
http:///forum/post/3216526
Typical Hippo tang behavior... By far an away, they are the least reef safe tang commonly kept.
I have never heard that before.
I did have a Hippo Tang that ate my Xenia...nobody belived me at first. However I have kept a Hippo (not that one) for years with no problems.
aquaknight
Active Member
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3216570
I have never heard that before.
I did have a Hippo Tang that ate my Xenia...nobody belived me at first. However I have kept a Hippo (not that one) for years with no problems.
Hippo tang, aka Regal tang, aka Palette surgeonfish, are not typically herbivores in nature. They are planktivores (just like say a Crosshatch trigger, or a Lamarck Angelfish) that eat food stuffs (zooplankton, etc) out of the water column. As they are still tangs, so algae does makes up a large percentage of their diet.
Look at their scientific name, Paracanthurus hepatus. They are the only fish classified under the Paracanthurus genus, quite unique.
ladylinn
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Wow I must say this tang all of sudden is goin thru something.. Due to his large size. when he says no he does not want something somewhere he knocks it down by pushing it, like a nice piece of rock full of polyps I say thats where its perfect and he says no and I literally c him push it .he is begining 2 b a bully.. had him 4 4years and I think he is going thru teenage years.
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by ladylinn
http:///forum/post/3216615
Wow I must say this tang all of sudden is goin thru something.. Due to his large size. when he says no he does not want something somewhere he knocks it down by pushing it, like a nice piece of rock full of polyps I say thats where its perfect and he says no and I literally c him push it .he is begining 2 b a bully.. had him 4 4years and I think he is going thru teenage years.
Mine is 4 years old and is still a good boy...Since he is now the largest fish in the tank he is a bully. The largest fish is always a bully.
http:///forum/post/3216615
Wow I must say this tang all of sudden is goin thru something.. Due to his large size. when he says no he does not want something somewhere he knocks it down by pushing it, like a nice piece of rock full of polyps I say thats where its perfect and he says no and I literally c him push it .he is begining 2 b a bully.. had him 4 4years and I think he is going thru teenage years.
Mine is 4 years old and is still a good boy...Since he is now the largest fish in the tank he is a bully. The largest fish is always a bully.