My new tang

[iReefer]

here is my new tank mate. According to the orginal owner, it called yellowtail tang and he said its very rare. I have never seen such a tang before either online store or LFS. It looks some what similar to the gem tang. Despite its size (4"-5"), it is still a beautiful fish and it made my tank look a lil smaller now. Hopefully it wont be too aggressive toward my powder blue.

 

[Paul_N]

It looks like a hybrid Gem/purple tang. Very cool. Can you get a better pic straight on from the side?

 

[revsgirl]

Nice!

 

[Emoney]

+1 on better pics...still a Rad fish!

 

[starfire550]

Mustard tang

 

[mpoletti]

Mustard tang

Thats my guess as well. I've seen them over 12" in the wild 1smile1

 

[akabryanhall]

Purple tang wearing his I'm po'd look, here is mine just after putting him in the tank

 

[akabryanhall]

Nah different nevermind

 

[akabryanhall]

100% not mustard tang

 

[akabryanhall]

Should be fine twoards the powder blue, added last and different body shape

 

[FishLipz]

For what it's worth, yellowtail tang is another name for the purple tang. I would say it's def. a Zebrasoma or hybrid of a Zebrasoma. Cool looking though.

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Whatever it is, it's an awesome looking fish! Very nice pick up!

Dave

 

[BlueWaterTropicals]

Its a Yellowtail surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius... Common around Costa Rica/Central America

 

[FishLipz]

^^^Good call!^^^ Never heard or seen one of those before. He's gonna be a big boy one day!

 

[jordan3548]

Holy crap says they can grow to 2 feet long lol. Are there other Tangs we keep that grow that big?

 

[iReefer]

yeh that is in the wild though, but home aquarium, i dont think so as this fish had been keep by the previous owner for like 2 and half years.

 

[BlueWaterTropicals]

The most common size found is 10"s in the wild, so I would expect it to get atleast that big in an aquarium. Fish can live for a long time if they don't have any predators. Fish in aquariums typically don't live long due to aquarium issues, so nobody knows how big they get in the home aquaium.