stimpy4242
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How many tangs can I keep of different species? Can I have three yellow tangs and two blue hippo tangs? Does it make a difference? Let me know.
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stimpy4242
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It would be going in there. Really? Why is that? I see some people with tangs in smaller and in more quantity...
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essop3
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You can get away with a lot of things that aren't advisable. The people that do this are often the ones that come back with problems later. Not all the time, but often. Pushing things closer to the edge just makes falling off more likely.
I'm a pretty liberal member of the tang police, but I agree. 1 yellow and 1 blue hippo. If you do more aggression could be a problem, especially with 2 hippos.
People sometimes have schools of yellow tangs but it really limits what else you can do fish-wise.
I'm a pretty liberal member of the tang police, but I agree. 1 yellow and 1 blue hippo. If you do more aggression could be a problem, especially with 2 hippos.
People sometimes have schools of yellow tangs but it really limits what else you can do fish-wise.
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jamparty
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i would only recommend one of each.
and make sure to qt any and all tangs before introducing them to the dt
and make sure to qt any and all tangs before introducing them to the dt
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jamparty
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I have a yellow, kole and hippo (blue)
none of them have ever had problems with one another.
different families.
none of them have ever had problems with one another.
different families.
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essop3
Guest
Originally Posted by renogaw
well, technically no you cannot. a blue and a kole are technically surgeon fish, where the yellow is a tang.
besides semantics, the blue and the kole may have issues, but the yellow shouldn't bother them.
All tangs are called surgeon fish. The name comes from the little "scalpel" near their tails. You can see the little white dot on the tang police logo
yellow= Zebrasoma
Kole= Ctenochaetus
Hippo= Paracanthurus
well, technically no you cannot. a blue and a kole are technically surgeon fish, where the yellow is a tang.
besides semantics, the blue and the kole may have issues, but the yellow shouldn't bother them.
All tangs are called surgeon fish. The name comes from the little "scalpel" near their tails. You can see the little white dot on the tang police logo
yellow= Zebrasoma
Kole= Ctenochaetus
Hippo= Paracanthurus
myreef05
Member
Originally Posted by essop3
All tangs are called surgeon fish. The name comes from the little "scalpel" near their tails. You can see the little white dot on the tang police logo
yellow= Zebrasoma
Kole= Ctenochaetus
Hippo= Paracanthurus
I think a "badge" will be revoked soon, right essop3?. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
All tangs are called surgeon fish. The name comes from the little "scalpel" near their tails. You can see the little white dot on the tang police logo
yellow= Zebrasoma
Kole= Ctenochaetus
Hippo= Paracanthurus
I think a "badge" will be revoked soon, right essop3?. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
stimpy4242
Member
Well I am glad I asked. And my blue and yellow tang are having fun with each other. They swim together all the time. Fine I won't add any more tangs, what about the pink anthias? How many of them should I add? People said I needed to add like one male and three females or seomthing like that...what do i need to do to get them?
renogaw
Active Member
The terms Tang & Surgeon are often - erroneously - used interchangeably when referring to certain members of the 6 genera, however only the Zebrasoma genus can be correctly termed "Tang". For example, Ctenochaetus Tominiensis is often attributed the common names "Tomini Tang" or "Goldrush Tang", when in actuality it belongs to an entirely different genus. As far as common names mean anything at all, a correct one would be "Tomini Surgeon".
here you go
here you go
renogaw
Active Member
Originally Posted by myreef05
I think a "badge" will be revoked soon, right essop3?. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh also:
Acanthuridae ("thorn tail") is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs.
I think a "badge" will be revoked soon, right essop3?. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh also:
Acanthuridae ("thorn tail") is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs.