Scopas Tang?

zombies913

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Today my lfs had a scopas tang for sale. It was a very pail yellow color and seemed very stressed. I picked it up as it was fairly cheap and I've never owned a tang. After acclimation, I added him to my tank. He quickly became friends with my coral Angel and explored the tank. After lights out, I went out to my kitchen and noticed that he had turned almost completely black with a bit of gray on his face. This surprised me as it looks nothing like the fish I had purchased. I expected a bit more color as I know he was stressed before, but not something that drastic. Any ideas? I've seen people posting that they've gotten scopas that are black hybrids, as that would be cool I wanna make sure it's not him being more stressed and showing it in a different way.
 
If its after lights out then you will be seeing it's night time colouration. Tangs I'll differ in the dark to their daytime colour. If yours is yellowish during the day you may have scored a nice find though. Add a picture so others can advise as well.
 
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