Yellow tang

[exnisstech]

I got my 3 biota yellows, I'm trying to source a purple now as well. My tang obsession will be complete.

Honestly the sailfin tang is probably my favorite, but he put the three yellows thru their paces when they initially got in the tank, thankfully over-feeding for a couple days mellowed him out!

I'd like to have a desjardini sailfin but with 8 tangs getting along for the most part I don't want to disrupt things. I had a sailfin but lost it and quite a few others including a wild yellow to velvet several years ago. My purple and naso are the only two fish I have that I managed to save.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ive seen many Biotas over the last few months at growth and hard to tell the difference from my wild caught. Biota really filled the GAP with absence of Hawaii species

 

[OrionN]

My favorite tang. I loved them when they were cheap and common, and I love them now when other people reefers come to their sense and get them even if they are expensive.

 

[winzig]

My yellow from @Biota_Marine is thriving, was the size of a quarter when I got him 2 years ago and now he’s the boss of the tank!Mine as well

 

[TX_REEF]

My favorite tang. I loved them when they were cheap and common, and I love them now when other people reefers come to their sense and get them even if they are expensive.

Thicc :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[axb]

I have 3 yellow tangs from Biota. The oldest is about 3 years old. As previously stated, initially they come very small and have a translucent appearance. All three are thieving and have grown quite a bit. In general, I have always had great experience with fish purchased directly from Biota.

 

[JPM San Diego]

I bought 5 yellow tangs from Biota. Naturally they were small at first. I named them 1 through 5 based on their pecking order. Number 5 had his fins torn off twice so he went into a separate tank to regrow his fins and then was sent to a new home. Number 1 was a butt-head and number 2 was his lieutenant. Number 3 went to live in a unclaimed part of my tank and grew faster than all the rest. Number 2 abandoned number 1 and went to live with number 3. The pair (3 and 2) took over the tank. Number 4 and number 1 bowed to the rule of number 3 and peace has reigned ever since. Number 3 is a chill leader and my school of yellow tangs are the highlight of my tank.

 

[JayM]

Considering that captive bred tangs are the offspring of wild caught tangs, I’m of the opinion that anyone saying there’s a difference are simply falling victim to confirmation bias because they know which is which.

I’d bet that if you had ten of each in a tank that were all about the same size/age, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference, if you even could.