Show off your Tangs

[Gumbies R Us]

My tang gang minus one from this morning.

Great selection of tangs!

 

[littlefoxx]

Excited you said? My mimic has to only have food on his/her mind! That fish literally follows the others eating even all the turds behind the other tangs! It’s wild!

Lol those strips only appear when she knows she is getting food! At first I thought she was stressed out but noticed they only appear when Im about to dump food in. Shes a funny fish

 

[littlebigreef]

Big guy was popping his colors this evening.

 

[MegabiteOG]

Same tangs, new pictures. Been practicing fish pics with whiter lighting.

 

[winxp_man]

Same tangs, new pictures. Been practicing fish pics with whiter lighting.

Need to get better with the phone! Gonna post a short recent video of my gang.

I’m almost at the mark I wish I did a bare bottom to blast some current haha. The powders love riding the current.

 

[MegabiteOG]

Need to get better with the phone! Gonna post a short recent video of my gang.

I’m almost at the mark I wish I did a bare bottom to blast some current haha. The powders love riding the current.

Great video and beautiful tangs! Love the wide tanks!

 

[winxp_man]

Great video and beautiful tangs! Love the wide tanks!

My next build in about 3 years maybe sooner we will see how business goes haha, I’m planning on a 120-144” x 25 x 30-36” build! I like length over all. These fish love swimming as we know haha.

 

[Lumous]

Same tangs, new pictures. Been practicing fish pics with whiter lighting.

Nice shots

 

[Aquarist76]

My new Hawaiian Yellow Tang pair from the coasts of Oahu. Had them for a bit over a week (thanks to a friend that knows how to swim way better than I do lol). On day 2 of therapeutic levels of copper power; got a really aggressive ick or maybe velvet within 12 hrs of having them. Very happily eating mysis, trying to teach them to enjoy seaweed extreme. A bit nervous still but warming up to me (having company over is a different thing though lol).



Little Guy


Bigger guy

 

[winxp_man]

My new Hawaiian Yellow Tang pair from the coasts of Oahu. Had them for a bit over a week (thanks to a friend that knows how to swim way better than I do lol). On day 2 of therapeutic levels of copper power; got a really aggressive ick or maybe velvet within 12 hrs of having them. Very happily eating mysis, trying to teach them to enjoy seaweed extreme. A bit nervous still but warming up to me (having company over is a different thing though lol).



Little Guy


Bigger guy

Make sure you check copper at all times when you have rock in the QT system or sand. Absobtion is a real thing. Unless this tank is not a QT.

Here is mine in copper as we speak. Doing well eats about everything. Saved him from possibly death from the LFS I got it from. About 4” and I think it was a turn in from a client. Love them yellows! Have another two in my 300g system.

 

[Zionas]

Do you get to catch wild YTs as shallow as tide pools? I think it’s not that Hawaii bans our hobby but it’s just that only certain soft corals are allowed right? And no collectors unless you get your own permit.

What about Biota stuff?

 

[Aquarist76]

Make sure you check copper at all times when you have rock in the QT system or sand. Absobtion is a real thing. Unless this tank is not a QT.

Here is mine in copper as we speak. Doing well eats about everything. Saved him from possibly death from the LFS I got it from. About 4” and I think it was a turn in from a client. Love them yellows! Have another two in my 300g system.

Yup. Checking copper daily with Hanna. Not my first rodeo. LOL. Gonna treat 35d since this is the only tank I have right now. In the process of selling my house and moving off island. My realtor made me "clean things up" so had to get rid of all my other tanks. Left this one up so I could get some yellows before I left. Have a 150G and 260G back home for them to be housed in.

 

[Aquarist76]

Do you get to catch wild YTs as shallow as tide pools? I think it’s not that Hawaii bans our hobby but it’s just that only certain soft corals are allowed right? And no collectors unless you get your own permit.

What about Biota stuff?

Hawaiian residents can pretty much collect whatever they want for themselves, no permit needed. There are some size restrictions possibly. I think there are much more rules with freshwater fishing than marine life. There are many protected areas on the island so you can't catch there (like Waikiki and much of the southern shore and several places on the north shore and west shore). I think visitors might need a permit. Just cant sell what you catch, has to be for yourself or another resident. I've tried catching my own but I'm not a good enough swimmer to chase them down so a friend helps me.

It's sad because even the local LFS can't go out and catch local fish and sell them to residents. Any catching for resale whether on island or off is banned. I don't think you're allowed to catch coral but I've never tried. Never really seen anything interesting coral-wise in Hawaii.

Moving here with fish you need a permit. Only certain ones (but most) are allowed and no coral is allowed except a few softies if I remember correct. I had to leave all my coral behind on the mainland with my family when I moved here, and unfortunately they didn't fair well. So now I just have FOWLR.

No online livestock vendor will ship to Hawaii because they'd need permits and it's just not worth it. If you want to bring something to Hawaii you have to ship it yourself from the mainland or bring it as a carry on (no checked livestock allowed since COVID) and then you have to have a permit to bring it in and declare it.