Atlantic Blue Tang care?

[nevermore84]

Anyone ever had one of these or know about any special requirments they may have? I'm just trying to do a little research before I think about buying one. I'm also looking for info on how difficult they are to keep. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

It would be housed in a 125g reef.

 

[marrone]

I'm assuming you mean this tang and not the Hippo tang.
Acanthurus coeruleus

Small Juv. start out as yellow and the start to change over into the blue color that is in the picture. Full adults get very large and a 125gal reef tank would really be pushing it. Smaller Juv and adult would be fine for a while. Very easy tang to keep.

Here are a couple of links:
Blue Tang
Blue Tang 2

 

[nevermore84]

Yes. That's the tang I was speaking of. Thanks for the info

 

[Jeffie]

They get much to large to fast for a 125.

 

[Denadai]

Hi,

We can find this fish here in Brazil. This fish donÃ"šÃ‚´t have a good rate survive in home aquarium here.....I think you can take a better fish for you

Regards

 

[marrone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7053245#post7053245 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Denadai
Hi,

We can find this fish here in Brazil. This fish donÃ"šÃ‚´t have a good rate survive in home aquarium here.....I think you can take a better fish for you

Regards

It's just the opposite here in the US as the fish is very hardy. People actually pull them right out of the ocean and right into their tanks.