Yellow Eye Kole Tang (With No Yellow Eye?)

[DancingShark]

That's not a yellow eyed kole tang. I have both. Have had them for years.

Yours has a whiter tail. That's why I say juvenile. Mine lost the white tail once it matured.

This is what this guy looks like today.

 

[jaredrah777]

That's not a yellow eyed kole tang. I have both. Have had them for years.

Yours has a whiter tail. That's why I say juvenile. Mine lost the white tail once it matured.

This is what this guy looks like today.

thats exactly what i got

 

[DancingShark]

Question. What happened that yellow eyed are going for 150 bucks?

 

[Tamberav]

i paid 140 fully quarantined from dr.reef for a yellow eye kole tang

Let him know... he sent me the wrong goby before and refunded me for it.

 

[Tamberav]

Question. What happened that yellow eyed are going for 150 bucks?

Hawaii closed but you can still get many different kole versions that look similar to the one from hawaii

Also he paid for a fully QT fish so that ups the cost

 

[jaredrah777]

Question. What happened that yellow eyed are going for 150 bucks?

it was also fully quarantined

 

[Blanco_Reef]

Also ordered a yellow eye spotted tang from de reef, got here yesterday and doesn’t have the yellow eye, we are on the same boat. Anyway im
Happy with the fish

 

[jaredrah777]

Also ordered a yellow eye spotted tang from de reef, got here yesterday and doesn’t have the yellow eye, we are on the same boat. Anyway im
Happy with the fish

wow okay, are you going to contact him about it?

 

[Blanco_Reef]

wow okay, are you going to contact him about it?

Just took a pic of mine under white lights, got him yesterday, so this is not a yellow eye spotted tang? Maybe juvenile ??

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Looks exactly like my orange-lined tang, Ctenochaetus striatus, no resemblance to any of the "kole" type fish. Mine is solid black 80% of the time, and the rest of the time he's displaying to his tankmates with a brilliant bright stripes that seem to come out of nowhere. In addition to this, C. striatus has the same small black spot at the base of the tail as yours does.
I love mine to bits, and it's one of my favorite fish in the tank. However, they do have to potential to get 8"+ long with age, so keep that in mind. Mine has grown from 2" to 6" in 3 years.

 

[jaredrah777]

So update:

i got on the phone with Dr.Reefs staff and they passed along my picture and videos of the tang and he states that it for sure is a yellow eye kole tang…. and his representative said its “yellow eye maybe faint because of stress” ummmmmm????

im upset….

this is what i wanted and expected…


no way this is the same fish…

 

[Mr_Knightley]

here's an adult C. striatus. The young adults have a black spot at the top of the peduncle:

 

[Tamberav]

Really should just turn the blues off completely and whites on for a better pic for us and for Dr Reef.

 

[jaredrah777]

Just took a pic of mine under white lights, got him yesterday, so this is not a yellow eye spotted tang? Maybe juvenile ??

wow, how can they say this is a yellow eye kole tang!!!

i just got off the phone with his representative and he said its 100% a yellow eye kole tang!!

unbelievable! the representative told me he spoke to mike and confirmed that it is indeed a yellow eye kole tang…

representative then told me “the yellow from his eye has fainted due to stress” WHAT!!!??!!?

 

[Ricox]

Wow! Yes it is definitely a blue eye/two spot Kole tang. Just got one myself.

 

[jaredrah777]

Really should just turn the blues off completely and whites on for a better pic for us and for Dr Reef

best video i can possibly get with all whites on

 

[Tamberav]

Just took a pic of mine under white lights, got him yesterday, so this is not a yellow eye spotted tang? Maybe juvenile ??

My guess is a two spot... I see one of the spots in the back. Does it have a blue colored eye?

 

[Beau_B]

It’s already been mentioned, but I thought Yellow-eyed were essentially only found in Hawaii. With the ban in place I’m curious of the origin for your fish.

 

[Tamberav]

It’s already been mentioned, but I thought Yellow-eyed were essentially only found in Hawaii. With the ban in place I’m curious of the origin for your fish.

There is a spotted yellow eye that is not hawaii only. Called the Square tail tang... I think venders started calling them spotted kole tangs after the ban to increase sales? idk maybe that always another name but I don't remember hearing it till after the ban.

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[jaredrah777]

My guess is a two spot... I see one of the spots in the back. Does it have a blue colored eye?

no its eye isn’t colored at all he is all gray and his tail is a whitish color… front of his face has dark dots half way down his body and then the rest are smaller dark lines