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imcosmokramer
03-31-2011, 06:49 PM
Just saw this white tang for the first time. Someone said it would sell for $10K!!

http://reeftools.com/news/white-tang-showcased-at-world-wide-corals/
saltcreep
03-31-2011, 07:03 PM
I wonder what they call the black tang...lol.

(no need to offer suggestions)
Ryan
03-31-2011, 07:06 PM
They call it a longnose tang.
Funky_Fish14
03-31-2011, 09:13 PM
I thinks this fish looks like a leucistic yellow tang or something. Incredibly cool nonetheless! Cause that does not happen often.
(Just to clarify: "Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin." -Wiki)

Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,

Chris
imcosmokramer
03-31-2011, 09:27 PM
Chris,

that's a very interesting idea.

I thinks this fish looks like a leucistic yellow tang or something. Incredibly cool nonetheless! Cause that does not happen often.
(Just to clarify: "Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin." -Wiki)

Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,

Chris
AquaticFinatic
03-31-2011, 10:44 PM
It must have something to do with the lights being blue as they don't show it under normal white lights!
saltcreep
03-31-2011, 11:02 PM
There's another yellow tang in there for colour reference. I thought the same thing until I saw the other one.
Kevotron
04-01-2011, 12:36 AM
Maybe the Tang is just Bleached :P
haha
High tide
04-01-2011, 01:10 AM
Poor guy, i'm sure Zeovit has a supplement to bring its yellow back.
imcosmokramer
04-01-2011, 02:40 AM
Maybe the Tang is just Bleached :P
haha

LOL! to much light.
shrimpchips
04-01-2011, 03:25 AM
I think I saw that a while ago on.....ReefBuilders? I'm pretty sure the guy's not for sale :)

If you look in David saxby's tank he has a whole bunch of piebald (Yellow, black and white) yellow tangs - but none of them are stunning like Casper!
asylumdown
04-01-2011, 06:39 AM
Does anyone know if that's actually a separate species, or is it just a super rare colour variant of the yellow?
shrimpchips
04-01-2011, 09:10 AM
It's "just" a variant of yellow. If it was a separate species, we'd see a lot more of them :)