keithntracy
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Introducing Tommy!! Thanks Marcye!!
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keithntracy
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Thanks Brian!! When he outgrows us in a few years, Merry Christmas to you!
keithntracy
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Thanks!! 
lifesworksataol
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very cool!
cschweitzer
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What kind is it, again? I saw it up at the store and it was awesome...looks beautiful.
keithntracy
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Thanks, it's a Thompson's tang.
waterfaller1
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So happy to see such a gorgeous fish go to a good home! Good luck with him...
keithntracy
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Thank you very much!!!
Just a question. Nobody blow up on me.
I've been talking with John at FAOIS since I saw Brian Greene's Acanthurus thompsoni. All of the pics that I can find, show the A. thompsoni with a white or light grey tail. Knowledgeable folks have told me that other tangs are sold as A thompsomi, that look very similiar. Since the fish came from Marcye, I would be confident in it's identification. Any one know about that light tail thing???
I've been talking with John at FAOIS since I saw Brian Greene's Acanthurus thompsoni. All of the pics that I can find, show the A. thompsoni with a white or light grey tail. Knowledgeable folks have told me that other tangs are sold as A thompsomi, that look very similiar. Since the fish came from Marcye, I would be confident in it's identification. Any one know about that light tail thing???
keithntracy
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Ok, don't quote me on this and in the morning, my hubby Keith can post too if I am mis-guided. As I understand it, either one, ours is a juvenile and hasn't gotten the light tail yet or two, it's from a different area. I want to say Hawaii. Anyone feel free to comment on this if I'm wrong.
keithntracy
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Two species or one?
The fish now called Acanthurus thompsoni occurs from East Africa to Hawai`i. In Hawaiian waters its tail fin is dark, the same color as the body. Everywhere else, however, its tail fin is bright white. The body also tends to be darker. Might two species be involved? Other than color ,there seem to be no physical differences between the two. Perhaps the issue could be resolved by DNA. If there are two species, the Hawaiian one will retain the name thompsoni because it was originally described and named from Hawai`i in 1923 (Hawai`i is its "type locality"). It will be considered endemic. Its cousins outside the Islands will probably be called Acanthurus philippinus, a name given in 1927 to white-tailed specimens obtained in the Philippines. At present, A. philippinus is considered a "junior synonym" of A. thompsoni.
That appears to answer the question. Thanks Tracy.
The fish now called Acanthurus thompsoni occurs from East Africa to Hawai`i. In Hawaiian waters its tail fin is dark, the same color as the body. Everywhere else, however, its tail fin is bright white. The body also tends to be darker. Might two species be involved? Other than color ,there seem to be no physical differences between the two. Perhaps the issue could be resolved by DNA. If there are two species, the Hawaiian one will retain the name thompsoni because it was originally described and named from Hawai`i in 1923 (Hawai`i is its "type locality"). It will be considered endemic. Its cousins outside the Islands will probably be called Acanthurus philippinus, a name given in 1927 to white-tailed specimens obtained in the Philippines. At present, A. philippinus is considered a "junior synonym" of A. thompsoni.
That appears to answer the question. Thanks Tracy.
keithntracy
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Thank you Brian!!! I'll have to make sure Keith reads this, it proves I do pay some attention when he talks about the tank...
...J/K...Although, did alot of research on this guy before we got him.
keithntracy
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wow...very interesting...thanks!!
waterfaller1
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Not alot of info on them , but found this...interesting..
Food: Acanthurus thompsoni (Thompson's surgeonfish) consume zooplankton, chiefly large gelatinous forms. They also eat fish eggs and crustaceans. They need to be fed small amounts spread out over the day
Food: Acanthurus thompsoni (Thompson's surgeonfish) consume zooplankton, chiefly large gelatinous forms. They also eat fish eggs and crustaceans. They need to be fed small amounts spread out over the day
keithntracy
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mflamb, he's eating anything i put in!! reef plankton, frozen veggies, veg and meat pellets, mysis and veggie flakes!! and i think an auto-feeder will be a good idea!
