What is your favorite tang?

[domination2580]

So far bioload is doing fine...only thing that has been up is my nitrates. Everything else is at zero and I rarely do water changes once a month if that. I've got chaeto in the sump and a about to add copepods to produce live culture in the tank. Also have some bristle worms that reLly help out on bioload

 

[domination2580]

And hoping to upgrade to my 125 gallon within the next year. Then if I can get money together I have a 220 gallon I want to go get

 

[domination2580]

 

[MadCityReefer]

Pootie tang

 

[craig colbert]

I had a mimic and a powder brown but white spot wiped all my fish out... I am not adding another tang to this tank... It's a shame my favorite fish killed all my others would hate it to happen to anyone else... Would choose the same again.. Although the white tail is also gorgeous. Good luck

 

[BigJohnny]

Achilles tang without a doubt. Very active beautiful tang. He is currently going thru the tank transfer method and will be in my 55QT with a Tunze 6205 in a little over a week. He is eating very well and I got him from Liveaquaria to go into my 220g after the QT

Stunning fish

 

[BigJohnny]

Mine top 3 are black/chevron/achillies- i go in and out of which is number 1
i have a chevron named squishy about 4 months in my 200g tank- he has lots of personallity and schools with a tamarin and golden rham.
and a zebr. scopas/rostratum hybird in qt now
achillis some day

That is absolutely beautiful

 

[BigJohnny]

here is a update on squishy my chevron about 5 months later, he has grown alot and colors are turning to the darker side- lot of less orange lots more black and olive - pardon the wrasses, but this is the best pic i could get and if i cropped it, it became to zoomed in.

What are those wrasse with red n orange tails?!

 

[garrettm]

Lavender tang please!

 

[hobbzz]

Probably chocolate mimic adult coloration.

 

[T Haynes]

I've not owned one yet. Just started salt water bout a month ago. I love the blonde naso and hippos though. Torn between which one to put in my cycling 65. Got time to figure it out. Would love both but I don't think I have enough room.

 

[ReefPharmer]

I've not owned one yet. Just started salt water bout a month ago. I love the blonde naso and hippos though. Torn between which one to put in my cycling 65. Got time to figure it out. Would love both but I don't think I have enough room.

not to be the bearer of bad news but is neither a choice? I havent had a hippo but nasos are serious swimmers and get very large/have alot of waste. I had one in a 180 and thought it was large enough for the fish but when I moved him to a 300, i realized that the 180 6 foot tank was like a small room for that fish. They can swim 8 feet in a second so consider that when buying tangs.

If are set on a tang, be sure to know what you are going to do w/ it when it grows and starts getting aggressive. In a smaller tank, i would go with something like a yellow eye kole tang if possible as those dont get as large and arent open water swimmers like nasos

 

[T Haynes]

I may hold off until I get a bigger tank then. I plan on adding 2 cardinals to my qt after I move my perculas and bta to the 65. Having the qt will give me time to do research. How long does it take most hippos to be full grown? When I get my house I'll start cycling a bigger tank. Been doing fresh water for yes and just started salt water but I've been spending pretty much every night on different places to take in as much as I can

 

[bobkill]

What are those wrasse with red n orange tails?!

Yellow and red tail tamarins

 

[Lord_Spice]

This guy I bought him at Less than inch in size he's the reason I have steadily been upgrading ,started with a 90 now in a 210 and getting a 350 built and then maybe a 500 probably will upgrade until I can t keep him.

 

[Mael]

Chevron is my fav, achilles is 2nd and Kole eye very close 3rd, I only own a kole but love the pattern and personality on it, one day Ill afford a chevron.

 

[nuxx]

Chevron is my fav, achilles is 2nd and Kole eye very close 3rd, I only own a kole but love the pattern and personality on it, one day Ill afford a chevron.

They've been going down a lot in price actually.

Used to be a $200 fish, now more like $150.

Our Chevron has a great personality as well

 

[Grassroots]

My favorite is the Sohal Tang

I have one in a 300g he's about 9-10inches and shows no aggression towards any of the other fish. That could be because of the Broomtail Wrasse, they seem to keep each other in check.

 

[kenpau]

For beautiful colouration I'd go with the Powder Blue

pbt by kenpau01, on Flickr

As a sheer allrounder you can't look past the yellow, probably my favourite tang

yeltang by kenpau01, on Flickr

But....if I could have any tang, either of these two would be my choice, unfortunately the Achilles is about $800 here in Australia, and I'd have to remortgage my house to get a Black Tang!!!

Achilles_Tang by kenpau01, on Flickr

blacktang by kenpau01, on Flickr

 

[DavidinGA]

Clown or powder blue