Best Tang for grazing?

[JGoslee]

Any of the tangs from the genus Ctenochaetus would be good. These tangs are known as bristle toothed tangs. Their mouths are designed for grazing on algae. I used to have a Kole tang in my old tank that would eat all kinds of nuisance algae.

 

[oceanparadise1]

so i was also called a NFK... i looked it up and it stands for newbie fish killer, weird i have never killed a fish....hmmm people are so rude

 

[oceanparadise1]

This was the new post he put up after everyone asked what NFK stands for


http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1506285

 

[oceanparadise1]

i think im going to go with a kole tang, also how big are scopas? and would a sail fin eat it as well?

 

[Poseidon]

Phil- YGPM

 

[Lytehouse]

our scopas tang are just in frag tanks with no live rock they will eat it off the egg crate

I also have one in a frag tank. Eats off the sand bed and keeps the frag rocks cleaned off. Like him a lot. Got him when he was about the size of a quarter....

 

[oceanparadise1]

so this is probably a stupid questin but is a yellow tang a scopas? this is the link i found for one is this a good buy?

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/scopastang/


i kinda want some thing a lil more colorful esp since its not gonna live in this tank forever, also how long can this fish(if its the only one in the tank) be happy in a 65??

 

[JGoslee]

Please keep to the topic and refrain from bashing other reef forums.

 

[I-K@ndY]

Please keep to the topic and refrain from bashing other reef forums.

Thanks J!... :bigsmile:

 

[oceanparadise1]

so back on topic it is


so this is probably a stupid questin but is a yellow tang a scopas? this is the link i found for one is this a good buy?

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/scopastang/


i kinda want some thing a lil more colorful esp since its not gonna live in this tank forever, also how long can this fish(if its the only one in the tank) be happy in a 65??

 

[Poseidon]

Scopas are in the same family as Yellow, they are both Zebrasoma, but they are not the same fish.

Yes, that is a good price, but I think shipping is going to kill you....

I don't blame you for wanting more color, also in that family are Yellow and Purple, along with Gem, and the uber expensive Black tang.

 

[ficklefins]

Scopas are great tangs and you should be able to get them locally. They are much more attractive in person with some having small blue spots on them and a blue trim around the dorsal fin.

 

[oceanparadise1]

woulda scopa and kole get along

 

[roshi719]

Deffinitely, why not throw in a sea hare as well, they always nock out about any algae problems I have. I just bounce mine back and forth between the display and the frag tank.