Scopas tang

Cleo642 · Jul 19, 2015

Does anyone have a scopas tang? Can you tell me your experience, tank size, etc?

IAMC · Jul 19, 2015

Scopes are cool. One minute you have the expensive all black tang. Then another minute you have a half brown half black tang, 2 in one deal! Lol. @20 bucks you won't regret! On top of that, it grazes and is always constantly doing something

Cleo642 · Jul 19, 2015

IAMC said:
Scopes are cool. One minute you have the expensive all black tang. Then another minute you have a half brown half black tang, 2 in one deal! Lol. @20 bucks you won't regret! On top of that, it grazes and is always constantly doing something

I like that, I think they are beautiful.

IAMC · Jul 19, 2015

Half black and half brown is still cool, but wait till he turns all black, AMAZING! lol. When I had mine, it would turn all black while the cleaner wrasse did his business on him and then switch back to black and brown afterwards. Lost it to disease

Cleo642 · Jul 19, 2015

IAMC said:
Half black and half brown is still cool, but wait till he turns all black, AMAZING! lol. When I had mine, it would turn all black while the cleaner wrasse did his business on him and then switch back to black and brown afterwards. Lost it to disease

:( what disease did he get?

ca1ore · Jul 20, 2015

Meh .... my scopas is a drab brown and the next time it eats any GHA will be the first time ......

cginter · Jul 20, 2015

My opinion... They are the same as yellow tangs, just different color. Mine was small, had him in a 125g. needs room to grow so keep that in mind as they do get fairly large and are very active once adjusted to your DT.

KJoFan · Jul 20, 2015

I've had mine for a couple years now and it's never grown a whole lot. It's probably medium sized. Was in a 120, now is in a 4' 80g. He's the shyest, most skittish thing. Freaks out every time you're near the tank. Maybe I just need more dither fish to help him swim out in the open.

Don't know how much grazing he does either, but I don't need him for that. All in all, a decent choice if you want something different than the usual yellow tang.

Reeferdude56 · Jul 20, 2015

I love mine I have had him for about 2 years. Easy to feed, but the only problem is that they can be aggressive because they are scopas tangs. If you have other twngs add him last.

Cleo642 · Jul 20, 2015

Reeferdude56 said:
I love mine I have had him for about 2 years. Easy to feed, but the only problem is that they can be aggressive because they are scopas tangs. If you have other twngs add him last.

Do you have a pic of him? What size tank is he in? They say that about ago tangs generally, but then I always see people with multiple tangs in their tanks.

Reeferdude56 · Jul 20, 2015

I have him currently in a 180 with one other tang (a Lieutenant tang). he is also slightly aggressive towards my lamarks angel. He isn't extremely aggressive, just every once in awhile he will slap tails with the other tang. My lieutenant tang is definitely better at eat algae, but Scopas eventually get an extremely beautiful blue spotted pattern on their sides. I have always heard them been referred to as a "poor man's tang". He is probably 3-4 inches slightly under sized to my lieutenant tang.

Cleo642 · Jul 20, 2015

Reeferdude56 said:
I have him currently in a 180 with one other tang (a Lieutenant tang). he is also slightly aggressive towards my lamarks angel. He isn't extremely aggressive, just every once in awhile he will slap tails with the other tang. My lieutenant tang is definitely better at eat algae, but Scopas eventually get an extremely beautiful blue spotted pattern on their sides. I have always heard them been referred to as a "poor man's tang". He is probably 3-4 inches slightly under sized to my lieutenant tang.

He is a beauty. An earlier post said they eventually get darker. I guess another attraction is the Scopas isn't something everyone has like the blue tang or yellow tank. It's different, if it eventually turns all dark or black, than its better to pay $20 than to pay $800 for black longnose tang. I like the black tangs too.

Cleo642 · Jul 20, 2015

Reeferdude56 said:
I have him currently in a 180 with one other tang (a Lieutenant tang). he is also slightly aggressive towards my lamarks angel. He isn't extremely aggressive, just every once in awhile he will slap tails with the other tang. My lieutenant tang is definitely better at eat algae, but Scopas eventually get an extremely beautiful blue spotted pattern on their sides. I have always heard them been referred to as a "poor man's tang". He is probably 3-4 inches slightly under sized to my lieutenant tang.

Hey, you have a red tail triggerfish?

Reeferdude56 · Jul 20, 2015

Cleo642 said:
Hey, you have a red tail triggerfish?

Actually it is a female bluethroat, I have heard they are the most reef safe and she has been quite the model citizen.

Cleo642 · Jul 20, 2015

Reeferdude56 said:
Actually it is a female bluethroat, I have heard they are the most reef safe and she has been quite the model citizen.

I heard that if red tail triggerfish too. If I'll risk a triggerfish, it will be the one I get.

Reeferdude56 · Jul 20, 2015

They are awesome fish with so much personality, I would risk it, as long as you don't totally starve them they won't touch inverts.

Cleo642 · Jul 22, 2015

Reeferdude56 said:
They are awesome fish with so much personality, I would risk it, as long as you don't totally starve them they won't touch inverts.

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