Tang sighting

[29reef]

You never know what you'll see at your LFS sometimes...

So yes that little fish WILL get big.

 

[Devaji108]

+1

 

[aleonn]

Wow, what kind of tang is that? And can it fit in my 10gal? I kid, I kid!

 

[rpjaws74]

I want it!!

 

[nikon187]

Looks to be Acanthurus mata

 

[robs.mark]

Wow, speechless! My lfs has a 9" hippo in ATM and I was pretty amazes the the sight of that, but you win!

 

[humaguy]

wow, that is one very beautiful fish...

 

[SDguy]

Holy moly, that's like buying a dog!

 

[Allmost]

thats a nice and big tang !

I wanna play too lol my frined and a large unicorn :

poor fish was splashing water out of the tank everytime it turned lol

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Those are some beauties!!

 

[sandwi54]

That's a good-sized mata, but it's only half of the wild adult size. At my LFS there's a 1,200 gallon tank with a full-size yellowfin surgeonfish. It's almost the length of my arm (I'm not kidding!). I did not measure it but it's at least 20" long, and around 4" wide.

I hope people who put tangs in tiny-a$$ tanks can have the opportunity to see full-sized ones in person, then they'd understand why it's not a good idea to do that.

 

[cdc84]

Wow, what were they asking for it? I bet it wasn't cheap.

 

[29reef]

I'm sure if you had a tank big enough for it you could take it home. That fish eats easily $30 in food a month if not more....

 

[aquaph8]

Yeah that guy will swallow a cube of mysis whole.