Anyone ever owned a Finelined Tang?

[nonstopfishies]

I have seen a couple of these recently on DD and was wondering if anyone had any info on them. Anything special? Picky eaters? Aggressive? etc.?

 

[HASBRO]

Noticed that one too. Bet it would be most the same as Dusumari Barrinne or a Fowler tang. I want one!

 

[jd474]

I have 2, one small, around 8", and one giant 16"+. Not as aggressive as most Acanthurus sp., but they get absolutely huge, and grow very fast. No way I'd put one in something under 500 gal., and preferably something over 1k.

 

[nonstopfishies]

I have 2, one small, around 8", and one giant 16"+. Not as aggressive as most Acanthurus sp., but they get absolutely huge, and grow very fast. No way I'd put one in something under 500 gal., and preferably something over 1k.

Interesting. DD has them as getting to 14 inches which is smaller than all the other acanthurus they look similar to like bariene, horseshoe, duss, etc.

Do you have any pictures of yours?

 

[jjk_reef00]

Interesting. DD has them as getting to 14 inches which is smaller than all the other acanthurus they look similar to like bariene, horseshoe, duss, etc.

Do you have any pictures of yours?

I saw that size too, now that I think about it I'm kind of skeptical. I use to have a yellowfin that grew from 5" to 14" in about a year...

 

[jd474]

Interesting. DD has them as getting to 14 inches which is smaller than all the other acanthurus they look similar to like bariene, horseshoe, duss, etc.

Do you have any pictures of yours?

No pics, not my favorite fish. What exact species is it? A. grammoptilus or A. blochii? Both are commonly referred to as "fine lined," and is another reason why common names suck. The yellow-masked tangs are all very similar in appearance (except A. barienne), but max sizes can vary quite a bit between species.

 

[nonstopfishies]

No pics, not my favorite fish. What exact species is it? A. grammoptilus or A. blochii? Both are commonly referred to as "fine lined," and is another reason why common names suck. The yellow-masked tangs are all very similar in appearance (except A. barienne), but max sizes can vary quite a bit between species.

Grammoptilus.

 

[nonstopfishies]

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=4749&genusname=Acanthurus&speciesname=grammoptilus&AT=acanthurus+grammoptilus&lang=English

Fishbase says maximum 35 cm. That would be sweet if that's the case. I want to get a hold of a smaller one than 7 inches though.