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rusty
03-21-2006, 11:17 PM
Can Anyone id this tang
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/xco80917.jpg

Jim Barry
03-21-2006, 11:36 PM
my guess? ...... Atlantic Blue Tang

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/tangs/caribblue.php

Psyire
03-22-2006, 12:05 AM
Definately an Adult Atlantic Blue. Those are it's 'night' stripes.

geopod
03-22-2006, 12:23 AM
Nice fish..Did you pack em up and bring it home too?

rusty
03-22-2006, 12:34 AM
my guess? ...... Atlantic Blue Tang


Thats what I was guessing to :biggrin: Now I just have to find where to get one! The sad thing is I could have brought home a few. As we were walking we found some juv. that were trapped in tide pools and yes I helped them back to the water.

OCDP
03-22-2006, 12:44 AM
I've only ever seen these once here at Big Al's in Calgary. They are yellow when juv. and are very cool fish.

Good luck in finding one.. I hear they get massive.

G1GY
03-22-2006, 12:56 AM
Good luck in finding one..

Gold just had about 40 of them in a couple of weeks ago. :)

Delphinus
03-22-2006, 02:18 AM
They get to be huge. HUGE. Think dinner plate swimming around in your tank ... beautiful fish, but bear eventual size in mind..

Psyire
03-22-2006, 04:02 AM
I have one in my 180g, he's around 3.5" and still is his juvy yellow.

McNasty
03-22-2006, 04:52 AM
I have one, a great fish spends alot of the day picking at rock work, does like to pick at other thengs in my tankl as wqell but so far has not done any dmg.

Tarolisol
03-22-2006, 05:17 AM
There do really get big, Buk A Neer has a pretty large one very nice fish too.

rusty
03-22-2006, 05:48 AM
The biggest on I saw while I was out there was biggger than a dinner plate! but thats ok because he will be going into the new BIG tank !!:mrgreen: