Atlantic blue tang

[Rwpdunne]

Anyone keeping Atlantic blue tang seen three in the lfs put a deposit on one ive never seen them before nice fish

 

[75gsalt]

I had one once, my old 55 sprang a leak during the night. I guess you can see where this is going. Very sad day

 

[Phyxius]

I had one yrs ago. Great fish and really neat to watch it grow from juvenile yellow to the adult blue coloration. Ours was a very sociable fish and ate out of my hand all the time.

 

[lola302]

I have one, he is a great fish, thats him on the left,(forgive the blurriness it was taken on my iphone x[ ) Hes a very nice fish we got him from a a friend who collects, sometimes he bosses my orange shoulder around even though he is smaller, if you do get one, I would recommend making sure that he is the smallest, cause he can get a bit fisty, he will sometimes try to show my Dussumieri tang around, lol but shes much bigger then him
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[TampaReefer79]

I've had one and it was a great fish. As others said, it can be a fighter. I hope that Achilles in your avatar isn't in your tank because you might have some issues when you try to add the atlantic blue. I also hope your tank is huge, the atlantic blue gets big.

 

[cccapt]

Great fish. When I got mine, even tho was still a juv, it had the blue adult colors. After a few weeks in my tank, it went back to the yellow juv color. I've had it a little over a yr now.

 

[tozzi]

Mine was a fighter, smallest tang in the tank and he's the boss! They all get along good now. He will eat anything. Beauitful blue in color

 

[Rwpdunne]

Thanks for the replies he will be going in with a purple tang achillies tang and a Dussumieri tang

 

[Beaun]

They get really big and can be bullies. I saw two in a LFS that were very large, beautiful fish when they are adults.

 

[TampaReefer79]

Thanks for the replies he will be going in with a purple tang achillies tang and a Dussumieri tang

What size tank? Footprint? Most public aquariums I've been to keep atlantic blue tangs in their humungo displays and they are just massive. SOOO thick. lol

 

[jd474]

We had a few, they do get really big, and can be pretty aggressive towards other tangs.

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

Years ago I had a 3" yellow juvi that grew into a 7" blue beauty after 6 years and it would still flash lt gray/yellow when it got upset at the other tangs. It was a good hearty fish and I think I only paid $35 for it at the lfs...

 

[anbosu]

They are one of the underrated tangs in my opinion, and they do require a large tank. I guess I would hope/assume if you already have an achilles & duss you have an appropriately sized tank.

 

[Rwpdunne]

the tank is 750l including sump my achilies tang will keep him in check hes the boss in the tank and the purple is next

 

[Rwpdunne]

anyone know what tang this is

 

[jjk_reef00]

fowleri tang

 

[Eric the half-bee]

I've had one in my tank for about 1.5 years. Mine can be a little pushy once in a while also.