Fish of the Day: Achilles Tang

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Here’s the one I had. We had to rehome him when we moved. He was my second favorite fish (my zebra moray eel was first).

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I’m surprised that so many people are talking about them being ick magnets. I never had any issues with mine. He did get popeye at one point but went away on its own pretty quickly. I would describe him as the king of the tank though. Very dominant; no overt aggression, but dominant.

I had him in my 120 gallon tank (48”x30”x19). After owning him I wouldn’t put him in a tank that small again. I’d echo the 6’ minimum like others had mentioned. Another is on my list for my next tank (96”x27”x27”)
How big was yours?
 

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Did his teardrop get any bigger as he grew?
Not that I noticed. I only started to pay attention to it when a friend of mine got one and it’s teardrop was huge in comparison. I had mine for about 1 year.
 
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