Powder Brown Pictures

[Sonicblast12]

I was looking for a powder brown several months ago and ended up taking home a powder blue. (Don't regret that decision at all, the PBT is an awesome fish)

I saw this one floating in a bag before being released into the petri dish known as a Petco tank. Glad I got there when I did, just getting released into a Petco tank could be a death sentence for this type of fish.

Maybe 3.5 inches, exploring the tank and picking rock. Doesn't yet understand the concept of a nori clip, but ate some frozen a couple hours after acclimation. Doesn't appear stressed at all.

I've never seen an acanthurus tang look this good at a lfs. Nice and thick, my powder blue looked really skinny by comparison.

 

[Sonicblast12]

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[deepblue68]

nice looking tang! good luck with it!

 

[rnscross]

I have one of these guys sitting in QT atm, he was also really fat and I think is one of the better looking tangs, better than the powder blue for sure.

 

[rayn]

Nice find and keeping it put of petco.

 

[Sonicblast12]

Now that the fish has settled into it's surroundings, we now see one of a tang's favorite hobbies on display.

The assault of its own reflection.

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[Stormvillefish]

Very nice. Are you putting him in the tank with your pbt? Could mean trouble.

 

[Sonicblast12]

No, he's in a separate system. Those two don't mix.

Ate some NLS pellets for the first time tonight, which is good.

No quarantine, but only tankmate so far is an indestructible bursa trigger. No signs of ich or parasites so far, knock wood.

 

[JPhan1]

Beautiful fish mine is about 3.5 inches full of personality away swimming comes to the front when I'm at the tank and eats like a pig

 

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[Recty]

Looks plump. I wish I could add a powder brown to my mix but I'm quite sure him and the powder blue would not survive together successfully. It's a shame all the most gorgeous fish hate each other.

 

[ReeferBill]

Awesome Powder Brown!!!

Awesome Powder Brown!!!

I miss my Powder Brown Tang :dance:, you picked a great fish and I think they have better personalities compared to Powder Blues

 

[humaguy]

love them! and she really does look quite fat already...beautiful fish...good luck!

 

[Sonicblast12]

I miss my Powder Brown Tang :dance:, you picked a great fish and I think they have better personalities compared to Powder Blues

So far I've had the same experience, powder brown is a lot more chill. Doesn't race around like the blue.

 

[Jasanden]

Awesome fish . Prettiest tang Ime . I miss mine.

 

[AlexS95]

I like the Head-on shot in the first post.

 

[Sonicblast12]

Tripled the flow in the tank, did a nice hearty water change.... and the fish wakes up with ich this morning. That was a waste of salt.

A couple of spot free months and I thought I was out of the woods for this. Oh well, to hypo we go. At least it had a chance to get fat before getting sick.

 

[galio]

beautiful fish.. hope he does fine with the ich

 

[Sonicblast12]

It's like waiting for water to boil. As soon as I stop looking for ich, it shows up.

 

[Sonicblast12]

Decided to take a wait and see approach on the hypo, the fish was clean when I got home from work and clean again today. I run UV on the tank, which I know doesn't cure ich but sure seems to help keep it at bay.