Any Clown Tang (a. lineatus) success stories?

[seaguru]

If ANY actually exist!

Would any fanatics out there please share any details to your success (spelled: kept greater than 1 year and it NOT killing most of his other tank mates) with the infamous Acanthurus Lineatus or standard "Clown Tang"?

Please contribute:

-tank size
-its size, initially and currently
-# and kinds of other tangs if any
-frequency of feedings

Thanks

 

[mesocosm]

Greetings All !

seaguru,

These guys were introduced together on May 14, 2003 ... all still playing happily together. Pictured are Powder Blue Tang, Mimic (Eibli) Tang, Clown Tang, and Chevron Tang.

Feeding: Live blood worms and/or brine shrimp 4X weekly, with a constant supply of live Gracilaria. The Gracilaria is the key ... why fight when you can graze?

This is their home ... 48 X 20 X 20 (approx. 84G) glass; G2 skimmer; 4 X 96W PC; Rio 20 HF & Rio 26 HF returns; Sea Swirl; approx. 76 lbs. Live Rock.

HTH.

 

[wstellwagen]

Check advanced aquarist.com

Walt

 

[seaguru]

Were Walt? I have searched there many times with only limited info obtained... maybe you can share the magic?
Thanks.

 

[wstellwagen]

I believe it was either in an editorial or in Scheimers collumn. As I recall both terry and greg have kept them successfully.

Walt

 

[Denadai]

Hi Guys,

This one has 4 years old.....he just eat tetra marine flakes....

Regards


Roberto

 

[Kent E]

This is only, what, 2 years old. I'm looking for the same answer. Anyone with success?

It will be going into a 900 gallon tank with lots of other tangs but smaller, different body shaped tangs.

 

[ozadars]

I have a friend who keeps one with a yellow tang for about half a year. Well the first thing to keep in mind is to find a healthy specimen. Dont forget to quarantine before adding to the tank. As they are Acanthurus species, they are fast swimming and needs lots of place for this. Give him a lot of swimming place of his own. And dont feed him only with algae but also give him some protein as clown tangs also hunt on shrimps in the nature.

 

[Kent E]

Thanks ozadars. My father lives in Izmir, can't say I see him much.
But it's good to see a turk reefkeeping.

 

[ozadars]

Well you should see him more as the seas over Izmir is covered with very beautiful marine species
I used to live in Izmir btw but I moved to Istanbul for collage last month.

 

[ci11337]

A good friend of mine has had a clown tang in his 180 gallon super reef for almost a year now. It is housed with a black tang,blue tang, and a yellow tang. He got it after all the other tangs and it was the smallest of the bunch.