Exactly, and that set up is perfect to avoid initial stress. It looks like your powder brown(?) is already very interested in them. It looks like that acclimation box will help avoid some aggression when you release them to the main display.
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Exactly, and that set up is perfect to avoid initial stress. It looks like your powder brown(?) is already very interested in them. It looks like that acclimation box will help avoid some aggression when you release them to the main display.
Gill the 3rd
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I have to echo what others are saying as well. My biota yellow tang colored up after a few weeks and its just as yellow as my wild caught was.
They are actually in a 100g stock tank full of old live rock. The powder brown is scavaging the food that falls through the box. It will probably be coming up to my new tank and the yellows will be released into the stock tank to grow out. I'm fortunate to have the room to grow them out. I probably wouldn't have gotten them otherwise. Reason because I have 6 petty large tangs total and wouldn't risk dropping the little yellows in with them. I may even bring the little yellows into the new tank first and let them own the tank for a while before transferring everything but I haven't decided yet.
areefer01
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No - you said "the colors seem to come in" which can be read as they are not present. The truth is captive bred or raised fish are purchased months old or a tick more and do not have their full color yet. As they mature that color comes in. Nit picking probably I am but again clarity and context is important. You may be asking why the nit pick but the problem is these misconceptions continue to be spread. If not corrected they become truth. Future buyer could balk because they read captive bred/raised are not the same color...
Note - we are just talking not saying you are spreading gossip. And these are just my opinions when I read posts about captive bred animals.
I was asking you to clarify you post as it is misleading.
"It also seems to me that every one I've seen has HLLE scars on its head."
I wanted to know how many you have seen. Is it one, two, three, a hundred to help fellow hobbyist understand if it is rare or common. One out of a hundred is 1%. One out of 1,000 is .1%. Do you see the pattern?
The yellow color is not present in the tiny juveniles that come from Biota, but the yellow develops as they age... is what I meant. They don't have the color we are used to seeing at first, but the colors eventually come in.
I can't possibly say how many I've seen here on R2R. Gun to my head, somewhere in the 30-50 range. Almost all (I can't say all, because there is probably 1 out there and I'll be called a liar) have what I would call pretty significant scars on their heads.
How many have you seen without scars on their heads? How many total have you seen? Care to post links with pictures of flawless specimens?
areefer01
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Right - which is what I thought. You don't actually know but clearly state all or almost all.
I couldn't tell you. I don't keep track nor is it something I am concerned with. I was just zeroing in on your comment about the color (which we actually agree) and HLLE (which we don't).
On that note I think we can leave it at that and hope your day is going well.
Your reasoning is flawed here. Of course I don't know how many yellow tangs Biota produces, and how many have HLLE. I don't have a spreadsheet with all of that data. No one does. That was never my point.
My point was that I've seen many captive bred yellow tangs here on R2R, and (almost) all have HLLE issues. This isn't something I've made up, and it isn't something that I don't know. I know that (almost) all specimens that I've seen have HLLE issues.
When I first posted in this thread, there was only one picture in the thread of a Biota yellow tang, and it had scars on its head. Then I did a quick Google search so that I could post links, and of the first 6 captive bred yellow tangs pictured, all 6 had scars on their heads.
If you would care to debate this, please provide some pics.
areefer01
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No, it isn't. You stated all. Not I. If someone was to do a search before purchasing one and saw your post stating "all" how do you think they may react?
I don't know - food for thought.
There is nothing to debate. Just asking you to clarify which you finally did by not knowing numbers.
I think I remember reading of the early ones having issues with hlle but haven't heard much about it lately. I'll keep an eye on mine and will update in my build thread since I bought them for that tank.
Here is a video of what our captive bred yellow tangs look like in our Florida facility before we ship them to customers:
Kmst80
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Take a seat. They are around 1500 aud in Australia.
I stated
"It also seems to me that every one I've seen has HLLE scars on its head."
I stand by that. If someone is thinking of buying a captive bred yellow tang, and he/she comes across that post from me, that is perfectly fine.
Ridiculous. How can anyone know the numbers that you are requiring? It's impossible. My observations don't count, in your mind, because I don't have an exact count of how many tangs they produce and how many have scars on their heads.
Boy, this subject matter has REALLY blown up!! I absolutely understand this. I am just saying a price that goes up 6 to 8 fold, is certainly questionable. I am all for fish being raised rather than wild caught. It is only for the best for all of us, as all well as the oceans around the world. BUT, as I said, having previously purchased one for about $59. not that long ago, to looking at now $300. to $400. is a very tough pill to swallow. I do not pretend to know the costs involved in raising them, I am glad to see this being done, it just makes one think. At the end of the day, buy what you want. IF it is captive bred, that will always be a good choice.
I never finish anythi
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Ship to the UK ?
aww, he is beautifulLove my Biota YT. Still on the smaller side, but I’ve had it for a couple of years now. That’s also a Biota Royal Gramma as well.
I was not aware until now that you could purchase directly from them. I am quoting prices in the LFS industry. Which must mean they have a very healthy hand in the upcharge
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