MattL
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I have several years experience worth of keeping surgeonfish. I have a 125gal tank (6ft), and am looking for a new tang resident.
I previously had a Powder Blue Tang, and whatever tang keeping experience and common sense I had was overruled by his shear beauty. I have had him for three years, after which time he became a shear terror to the other inhabitants. People said they are terrors, and those people are right.
Don't get me wrong. He is very large (5-6"), very wide, and has not a spot of Ich on him. I do have a very succesful, copper-free 10wk quarentine program that he went through 3 years ago. He eats a lot.
The tank is not heavily stocked. There is a 4" Majestic Angel, a few Lyretail anthias, and a pair of clowfish.
But the nature of the tank is quite peaceful, and he is the odd one out with his temper.
The situation has become critical, and he most go.
I have an extra system running where he'll go until he can find a good home. He is blind in one eye (always has been). He has the eye, after a year or so I discovered that he is just blind on one side.
Anyhow, I would like to try for another surgeonfish. I feel I can keep species such as the Powder Blue alive and healthy, and I have a mostly empty 6ft tank.
This time, though, I am looking for more peaceful species. Does anyone know about the temperment of the following:
Matt
I previously had a Powder Blue Tang, and whatever tang keeping experience and common sense I had was overruled by his shear beauty. I have had him for three years, after which time he became a shear terror to the other inhabitants. People said they are terrors, and those people are right.
Don't get me wrong. He is very large (5-6"), very wide, and has not a spot of Ich on him. I do have a very succesful, copper-free 10wk quarentine program that he went through 3 years ago. He eats a lot.
The tank is not heavily stocked. There is a 4" Majestic Angel, a few Lyretail anthias, and a pair of clowfish.
But the nature of the tank is quite peaceful, and he is the odd one out with his temper.
The situation has become critical, and he most go.
I have an extra system running where he'll go until he can find a good home. He is blind in one eye (always has been). He has the eye, after a year or so I discovered that he is just blind on one side.
Anyhow, I would like to try for another surgeonfish. I feel I can keep species such as the Powder Blue alive and healthy, and I have a mostly empty 6ft tank.
This time, though, I am looking for more peaceful species. Does anyone know about the temperment of the following:
- Acanthurus pyroferus
- Acanthurus tristis
- Acanthurus tennentii
Matt
