Tangs?

[Scott M]

Anybody ever successfully breed say, yellow tangs? Zebrasoma are more abundant so I thought maybe they might have been at least tried. Comments?

 

[FB]

From what I have heard many large aquariums ie Georgia aquariums have had spawnings but I don't think any were successfully raised.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Ahhh ... the holy grail. Whoever comes up with the replicable procedure for raising Zebrasoma flavescens is going to be a rich guy. Unfortunately, they're really tough.

 

[rkelman]

They are very hard. I don' t think anyone has raised any. If you've ever seen a Tang spawn you'll see why its so hard.

 

[FB]

I just did a search and it looks like a couple (yellow tang) may have been raised in hawaii in a university lab, using tons of live ocean plankton.

http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/November-2002/Breeding-Business/

http://www.oceanicinstitute.org/nav.php?loc=research&page=hawaii_sustainable

 

[rkelman]

without reading the story. (no time) Didn't they harvest very small larvae from the ocean and raise them? If they did that's not the same thing as we know...

 

[crvz]

I've heard of only very rare accounts of tangs breeding in captivity, and never have I come across successful rearing of the fry.

 

[kar93]

I've heard of them mating but for them to spawn you need a huge tank. They are open water spawners. Whoever succesfuly breeds and raises the fry will be not only a very lucky but a very rich man too.