Mata Tang

[super7]

I just rescued two fish, a chevron, that died, and a Mata Tang. The previous owner thought the Mata tang was a tomini, it isn't. Since I know little on the Mata tang I was wondering if anyone knew of a site that could give me info on the Mata Tang, so that I can decide what to do with him.
Thanks Super7

[Der_Iron_Chef]

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1255

Apparently reaches about 19.7 inches in length. What type of aquarium were you planning on housing this beautiful beast in? I'd think something like 280-300G might be a minimum.

It also says they feed exclusively on zooplankton. I wonder what that means in terms of keeping them in captivity. :question:

[super7]

wasn't planning on keeping him, I just wanted to get him out of that tank. It was a disgusting tank, overstalked, never cleaned, never anything.
I will probably trade sell it, with the funds going towards a 250watt halide.
Super7

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

They are nice looking fish when healthy, but not spectacularly coloured. I bought mine last time as a baby for $20. It grew an inch a month & in less than a year, it was approaching a foot long in a 100g 4' tank. I then set up a 6'6" fowlr 160g fowlr for it but it got sick & died during the transition period.

Here's an old pic of mine:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/Elongatetang.jpg

Anthony