Next Fish - Advice Please

[gridley]

Good evening

We are wanting to add to our tank now and would like some advice. We have a 90g mixed reef tank and currently have two Perculas, one Foxface, and four Royal Grammas.

For a next addition we are thinking between:
- Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
- Atlantic Blue Tang
- Kole's Tang
- Yellow Tang
- Scopas Tang

Thoughts and recommendations please and thanks!

[riceboy]

I would choose the kole tang, good algea eater and beautiful fish and not to expensive.

[fishoholic]

The Yellow Longnose butterfly fish are known to nip at corals and get kinda big for a 90g, but I admit they are pretty. Atlantic Blue Tang's also get to big for a 90g. I would pick the Kole tang, they are pretty and make good algae cleaners.

[Leah]

Kole Tang

[subman]

i"ll agree go with the Kole

[naesco]

Choose the kole. You will be very happy

[gridley]

Wow, five votes for the Kole - no dissenting votes? :biggrin:

[craigwmiller]

I picked up a Kole this week +1 vote for the Kole! (check my journal in my sig, near last post, for a picture of the Kole, beautiful!!)

[gridley]

I picked up a Kole this week +1 vote for the Kole! (check my journal in my sig, near last post, for a picture of the Kole, beautiful!!)

I checked out your tank build - your Kole looks incredible - the ones I've seen are a brown color - what makes the difference? Is it the light it is under, or is yours from a different location?

[craigwmiller]

I checked out your tank build - your Kole looks incredible - the ones I've seen are a brown color - what makes the difference? Is it the light it is under, or is yours from a different location?

Not 100% sure where this Kole came from originally. I'll try to find out from Steve. Googling seems to show similar looking ones from Hawaii, but thems internets aren't always accurate :)

It did look very similar at Red Coral, under very different lighting, so this is it's natural color.

[George]

There are at least 2 different species of tang that are commonly called Kole tang in the trade. make sure you know what you are getting. When young both species look similar. When they become adult, they look different (just different. I am not saying one is ugly than another. :))

[gridley]

There are at least 2 different species of tang that are commonly called Kole tang in the trade. make sure you know what you are getting. When young both species look similar. When they become adult, they look different (just different. I am not saying one is ugly than another. :))

Thanks - This is interesting - so how do I tell the difference and get one that will have a blue look rather than the brown?

[gregzz4]

George (gridley) I may be wrong, but I understand the only differences in Kole Tangs is in the body patterns, and I can't even find images of ones different than mine from Hawaii
A true Kole tang ( Ctenochaetus strigosus ) is a copper/brown color
What I see on the web as 'blue-looking' Koles are just lighting differences

Maybe someone can elaborate if I'm incorrect