huge achilles tang

[clowntang]

yesterday at aquarium enthusiasts they had a huge achilles tang on sale for $300

[Psyire]

I seen it as well, awesome specimen. Hopefully it goes to a good home with lots of 'room'.

[Ruth]

That is my all time favorite tang and I would get one but I don't have a large enough tank to set up as a quarantine and these particular fish are just about guaranteed to get ich when stressed from moving.:sad:

[clowntang]

i can only dream i had a tank big enough to house him

[michika]

I was sorely tempted when I saw it! It was so pretty! I was so beautiful!

[Ruth]

Yeah - I have a big enough tank - just not a big enough q tank. I think that Wendell got one in at OA as well recently and I was so tempted to give it a try but it would have to go into my 190 which has a Naso tang and Maroon Clownfish as well as 3 anemones and live rock so not much chance of treating if it got sick.

[niloc16]

what is a good size for an achilles tang, tank i mean? i love that fish but nervous about the survival rate

[marie]

I quarantined mine in a 4ft, 55g tank with 2 hagen 802 powerheads and 2 maxijet 1200's. He had marine velvet when he arrived and had to be treated with copper but he made it through the 8 weeks alright.

He sure was happy to get into the 175g though :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/achilles.jpg

[niloc16]

that is gorgeous.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

You should see Marie's Achilles in person. It's gorgeous for sure.

Anthony

[fishmaster]

It's(Marie's Tang) unreal, soo much charactor. It cruises around the tank doing barrel rolls, and navigates in and out of the rockwork like a dolphin. Very cool fish. If/when I have a system large enough, I'll be getting one for sure. I'm building a 120 soon, I'm not sure if will be quite enough room.
Shaun.

[j83]

OA has 2 huge ones right now (think they were sold though) and they are amazing. Anything short of 12 feet I think would be unfair to these particular ones - you can tell they need a ton of space to cruise around.

[midgetwaiter]

The tang went to a nice 400g home today. That wasn't quite what we expected when we ordered. It was one of those "why is there only 2 bags in this box? oh wow..." moments.

[Hangfire]

I was at OA yesterday and they we saying that the Achilles (the larger of the two) was going to a 3,000 gallon home. That fish won the jackpot of homes. A very beautiful fish to be sure.