Mimic Tang anyone? RMS Willoughby

[CleveYank]

RMS has mimic tang for sale as yellow tang.

Wonder if they really know it's being sold as the wrong thing? I guess technically or rather layman's it's a tang and it's yellow, but it's definately not a Zebrasoma flavescens...

 

[goteenb]

Tropical Aquarium in Brunswick had the Mimic for less than a yellow tang as a regular price, so I'm not sure if this is a windfall or a rash of mispricing. Incidentally the mimic has done a great job battling my endless ick epidemic unlike:

-yellow tang
-powder brown tang
-blue hippo tang

All of those fell victim before they made it to a month.

 

[DiscoReefRover]

mike i was there when they put those in the tanks i got a good chuckler out of it not a bad price either i might add

sean

 

[CleveYank]

Good Eye Sean.

I think they are lemonpeel mimic type as well based upon the way they spread out their fins. Truth be told. I have never seen one before. The behavior was really neat to observe.

 

[DiscoReefRover]

it was real hard not to pick one up as i have not seen one either but I already have one tang from there in qt an absolute must when you by from there.....

 

[SaltyWaters]

I bought one at the Middleburg hts RMS about a week ago.
They where calling it a Philippine yellow tang. HAHA I kept telling them that it was a mimic tang.i even brought in my book to show them.
Philippine yellow tang does not even exist and the owner told me it would stay yellow its whole life.haha

 

[aznnutty]

I can get ahold one one for cheap if anyone wants one around 20bucks

 

[CleveYank]

bryopsis eater too.
I cannot believe the way these things mow it down.

Too bad they are intolerant of each other and possibly other tangs even in a rather large tank as they mature if the information online is correct.

 

[Jeff Trout]

Is it a chocolate tang?

 

[Kreeger1]

nah, I stopped in. Wish it was I would have gotten one then.