Show off those chunky tangs

[Reeffraff]

I've seen a lot of tanks with wafer thin tangs swimming around in them lately. Anyone who's swam on a natural reef knows tangs in nature are actually pretty thick bodied. I think some people have a different perception because by the time purchase a tang, it likely hasn't been eating well for several weeks. This is a pic of a naso tang swimming on a reef in Hawaii:

I know I'm not alone in my goal to keep my tangs looking like they do in nature.... thick and chunky. So let's see those healthy chunky tangs!
Here are a few of mine

 

[smlarson72]

Here are mine.

 

[Feet4Fish]

Where are mine! They are all pigs!

 

[jeffrey750750]

Vlamingi tang, only front view I could find. He is getting pretty wide though

 

[Reeffraff]

Where are mine! They are all pigs!

That's quite the epic tang gang you've got (as well as an awesome collection of other fish)! Love it. How big is your tank?

 

[Mr_Knightley]

I've got a super chunky Orangline tang, I may be able to get a pic tomorrow.

 

[BAUCE]

some absolute UNITS in this thread

 

[Feet4Fish]

That's quite the epic tang gang you've got (as well as an awesome collection of other fish)! Love it. How big is your tank?

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[X-37B]

My 2 in a 120.
Convict is the tank boss. He is thick and would eat all day long if it could.

 

[Fishurama]

Meet Big boy. Gets a full 10x10(or 12x12 i forget the size) sheet of Nori a day all to himself. About 9 inches.

 

[najer]

I have a smaller yellow scopas that is even wider.

 

[Zionas]

Nice Tangs, but perhaps even more, nice Bannerfish! Recently I made a heartbreaking decision to not have the Bannerfish and instead have a trio of Yellow Pyramids instead because my LFS only has the Longfin in stock, the non reef friendly variety. I sort of envy you lol, especially with a large tank you can keep a trio or more.

 

[Zionas]

You guys have some really nice Tangs. I think the secret to keeping them plump is to feed them a lot of high quality herbivore foods.

-Nori strips

-Formula 2 Pellets

-Spirulina Flakes

-Hikari Seaweed Extreme

-Hikari Mega Marine Algae

-Hikari Algae Wafers


Stuff like this.


The Naso and Vlamingii Tangs look really cool, especially the Vlamingii, but I know they get huge. For these more active fish I am not too comfortable having them in a tank where they cannot swim at least 7 body lengths back and forth, 8 better...... Maybe I’m being too conservative.

Maybe one day I will try a Naso if I can have a 10 foot tank, and a Vlamingii if I can have a 16 foot tank. xD

For now I’ll be sticking to a Yellow.

 

[jeffrey750750]

I finally got one, this fish is always in my face but never from the front. About as thick as filet o fish

 

[Reeffraff]

I think the secret to keeping them plump is to feed them a lot of high quality herbivore foods.

Definitely. These fish literally graze from dawn till dusk in nature.
There was a question of the day poll a little while back on how frequently people provide nori/other algae based foods to their tangs

QUESTION OF THE DAY - A TANGS DIET: Do you supplement your tangs diet with algae sheets or other algae based foods?

Most of us love tangs (surgeonfish) and probably a lot of us have these fish in our reef aquariums or have at one point or another. One question that always comes up is how much and how often should you provide algae sheets (nori) or algae flakes for your tangs. So let's talk about that today...

www.reef2reef.com

I was really surprised to see that over 60% of tang owners feed algae based foods less than once a day! I feed a big sheet of nori twice a day and sometimes I feel that isn't enough.

 

[h2so4hurts]

Everyone that visits tells me my tangs are obese and I couldn't be happier

 

[Squidward]

I have some Meaty Thick Tangs too but my picture taking skills aren't the best. My latest addition was a convict tang who is on the skinnier side. He's been eating like a pig so I would think he'll get fat pretty soon too. He was actually my 5th or 6th try …. all previous convicts didn't make it past quarantine.

 

[Debramb]

Mine get veggies in am, spiirilla flakes, other and Selcon, Vitamins enriched brine or Formula 2.alittle lazy on the Vitamins, seaweed every other day

 

[OrionN]

 

[OrionN]