Black tang!!

[alzika]

I bought a Black Tang this week. He's awesome! I love the long nose compared to a yellow tang.

I'd try to get pics but he hides too much. Do tangs eventually swim around the tank a lot when humans are around?

 

[Shane Hoffman]

Thats a mighty expensive fish to buy without researching it first. Good luck and congrats on the new fish. I have 3 tangs and all 3 love the camera, give him some time.

 

[Shane Hoffman]

ps...


pics are going to be necessary or were just going to assume this mythical camera shy black tang is in that little imaginary aquarium in your head.....

 

[alzika]

ps...


pics are going to be necessary or were just going to assume this mythical camera shy black tang is in that little imaginary aquarium in your head.....

Trust me, if I were going to lie, I'd say I have a pair of gem tangs, lol.

This fish cost me $650. I wish I could have gotten it cheaper, but he is a beautiful specimen.

 

[agreeive?fish]

this thread is worthless...without pictures

 

[iamwrasseman]

what size is your tank and what tank mates do you have in it . I'm not a tang guy but the black tangs are pretty cool as i mat purchase one for algae control .nice catch dude !

 

[alzika]

what size is your tank and what tank mates do you have in it . I'm not a tang guy but the black tangs are pretty cool as i mat purchase one for algae control .nice catch dude !

75 gallons.

i'll try to get pics if he comes out in the open

 

[iamwrasseman]

nice ,yes pictures would be cool too !

 

[BeachBumm]

Pics Please

 

[jbird69]

I think Id need a whole bottle of quervo followed by a whole bottle of tums to spend that much on a fish. Cant wait for the pictures!

 

[drewp808]

i wish i could stomach spending that on a tang, saw one at my LFS and they are very nice. good luck

 

[alzika]

I'm surprised I was able to spend this much on the fish, heh. I'm a poor graduate student. Here's the best pic I could get. He's too quick and afraid of humans.

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

How's he eating? Are you feeding the right foods to keep him healthy?

 

[alzika]

How's he eating? Are you feeding the right foods to keep him healthy?

He eats mysis and spectrum pellets. He hasn't started eating any nori yet.

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

Cool. He'll probably do fine. I buy pre-cut little nori flakes. It's the only nori my tangs seem to like. It floats around like other fish food.

 

[Chris27]

They are shy at first, but they'll come around. My LFS had a few in his coral tanks over the last year, and they hid for a few weeks before they started to come out regularly.

Train it with some food, dump the food in the front a few times a day, eventually whenever someone comes in the room they will come right out thinking it's dinnertime.

It's a beautiful fish and I wish you luck with it.

 

[floydie83]

Very very cool...grad school and this hobby dont mix too well...i'm in the same boat!

 

[KafudaFish]

You cannot be "that" poor of a graduate student if you are buying that fish.

Good luck though.

 

[sikk50]

Beautiful fish!

 

[iamwrasseman]

nice catch there !