Trouble finding decent powder blue tang locally

If anyone is still looking for a powder blue, I have one that I am thinking of selling. It is about 4-5" and very healthy. I have had it for around 6 months. I have several other tangs and have found that he is quite the bully and would like to find him a good home, with at least a 6' long tank.
 
if you still have it in about a month when our new tank is up and running we would be interested. But before then I don't feel that we could adequately house it.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8848548#post8848548 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jacmyoung
But then I remembered reading somewhere tangs don't mate in pair but in large group, huge number of eggs get fertilized in the current then drifted away, a few lucky eggs end up somewhere safe and live on. Which can be very difficult to duplicate in captivity.

On the other hand, humans are known to do the impossible.
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Your totally correct. In the wild they do not pair up, but rather broadcast spawn. Kinda hard to tell who's sperm ended up in which egg :)
 
hmm, I wonder what that dance they were doing was that we saw then ? They would swim in a tight circle together, clockwise for a couple of revolutions then quickly switch and go counter clockwise for a few revolutions, then back again. It was truly beautiful and graceful to watch. They were Powder Browns if memory serves and their colors were stirking as they quickly swam about, kind of like watching a fast spinning kaleidascope.

Any ideas then ?


Oh, and I was going to make some off hand comment about your last post reminding me of some parties I had attended when I was younger (much, much younger), but decided against it :D
 
I don't know much about Powder Blue's in the wild but saw a program on the discovery channel that included a clip of Powder Blue's. The film showed a "Pair of Powder Blue Tangs and their territory" being invaded by a school of convict tangs. The two Powder Blue's started attacking the convict tangs and eventually they drove them off. The program said nothing about the Powder Blue's except that they were a pair defending their territory. The implication was that they were a "mated pair" that had a territory however no mention about how they would breed or if this was normal for the fish. I should also say that I have no idea of how they edited the footage or if it was in some way a "setup".
 
One week after the PBT introduction, thought to post a picture. Unfortunately don't have a good camera, need to upgrade some day.

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nice looking fish, hope he makes it for ya :). We still want one for our tank once it is up and running (and stable) :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8892273#post8892273 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sparkss
nice looking fish, hope he makes it for ya :). We still want one for our tank once it is up and running (and stable) :)
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Cross my fingers too. BTW been following your tank thread from the start, it is coming along very nicely.
 
Sorry...didn't take a pic, Tom. Last week, they were asking $90. Yesterday, it dropped to $70. It's full-bodied and appears healthy, but I didn't ask to see it eat.

The pattern is just like a PBT, but the color is like the Blue-Violet listed here: http://www.baseplate.com/colors/
 
sort of like a cross between a purple and powder blue tang, huh ? Too bad out tank won't be ready for more fish for another month or so :(.
 
More like a cross between purple tang and powder brown tang, or a gold rim tang and PBT. I have seen "hybrid PBT" there twice in the last month or two so no worry.

Not only they had a deeper blue body but the gold rim goes around both top and bottom, though the rim was much darker than the bright yellow on PBT. I have a feeling if put side by side with a nice PBT the PBT will look more brilliant in color overall.

And the key word is NICE. For all the hybrids I've seen there had consistent deep color.

To think back when they were in the old location, from time to time they would get 10 to 15 NICE PBTs in one tank on special for $24.99/ea, those were the good old days except I did not have a tank ready for them back then.
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8891864#post8891864 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jacmyoung
One week after the PBT introduction, thought to post a picture. Unfortunately don't have a good camera, need to upgrade some day.

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Looking good, how big is it?
 
He is about 4" sold for $45. As I indicated I don't have a good camera, this was the clearest out of a dozen I took, and he was not lined up with the lens rather at a slight angle, the actual body is a little more elongated.

He is however as fat as the picture shows and eats like a pig.
 
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Drove by Exotic during lunch, saw that hybrid PBT again, only this time labeled as PBT and priced at $45. His yellow rim is full-bodied and body color much deeper than a few other PBTs there. If anyone fancy one of this specimen the price is as low as you can get. Of course someone at the work there can catch the mistake. Also saw two gold rim tangs, now I am convinced the hybrid was a cross between gold rim and powder blue.

Bad news for me though, my PBT after over a week of healthy eating this morning showed signs of bad ich outbreak. What are my chances? Should have taken the advice and avoid him.
 
Keep him well fed, perhaps with garlic soaked food. Some selcon might help, too. If he can't fight it off in the next couple of days, you'll want to do a hyposalinity treatment in a hospital tank.

They have an awful track record, but not impossible to keep. The fact that he's eating is a big plus.
 
The price tag for the hybrid is at the top of the tank, not at the bottom with all the other ones. You'd like it, Tom. Gorgeous specimen. Worth the short drive, I'd say:p
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8906666#post8906666 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
Keep him well fed, perhaps with garlic soaked food. Some selcon might help, too. If he can't fight it off in the next couple of days, you'll want to do a hyposalinity treatment in a hospital tank.

They have an awful track record, but not impossible to keep. The fact that he's eating is a big plus.
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I know I can find answers somewhere, but can you give me a quick pointer on how hyposalinity works and how successful it maybe? If it is more than a short paragraph, I will gladly search for answers on RC. Thanks.

Among other food, I have been feeding him frozen Formula II with garlic it is his most favorite food.
 
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