Convict tang group?
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LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Recty used to have a small group.
Bax
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Here's a post by Recty on the convicts. It's an interesting experience with them. I really like convicts. I've tried adding one, it passed QT was eating and looking great but then withered and died quickly. I have to assume it had internal parasites or it was a collection issue, I just don't know. I will try one again though they are very under appritiated tangs IMHO.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15710498&highlight=convict+tang+group#post15710498
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15710498&highlight=convict+tang+group#post15710498
I watched a piece on the TV one day, it showed a little patch of algae that was being tended by two powder blue tangs. They guarded it and ate from it, never straying too far away.
Then suddenly, this large school of convict tangs, maybe 50 members, descended on the algae patch. The powder blues swam around trying to defend their little algae patch, but to no avail, they were hopelessly outnumbered. The convicts ate every last bit of the algae, then moved on. The powder blues were left with no algae. If a fish can look sad, those two were it.
A very interesting piece, in my opinion. It shows why powder blues are somewhat aggressive to other fish, and it shows how a group of convicts work together.
Then suddenly, this large school of convict tangs, maybe 50 members, descended on the algae patch. The powder blues swam around trying to defend their little algae patch, but to no avail, they were hopelessly outnumbered. The convicts ate every last bit of the algae, then moved on. The powder blues were left with no algae. If a fish can look sad, those two were it.
A very interesting piece, in my opinion. It shows why powder blues are somewhat aggressive to other fish, and it shows how a group of convicts work together.
I wish I remembered. I think it was Nova or maybe a Planet Earth. It was a cool piece of footage though.
Recty
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I believe so, I saw it also.
It looks like you already read through my thread where I tried this, but I'll just restate in case you didnt get it all, I wouldnt recommend having a multiple grouping of convicts in your tank unless it was going to be huge. What made me want to try was seeing them in Hawaii in small and large groups without any apparent bickering so I thought I could get away with it in my tank. After a couple days the fighting was pretty much nonstop. It wasnt as if they were killing each other, but they were chasing a lot and stressing out the other fish in the tank, plus they were absolute gluttons at feeding time, even pushing aside the much larger angels/tangs that I had.
They have a definite gang mentality in my opinion, "convict" tang is a good name for them not just because of their appearance
gasbatalla
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firereef has three in his tank you can ask him Firereefs shallow island build. . You can see pictures here Added fish today...
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