ORA Borealis in the middle, it has doubled in size in the last month and a half..... But I think the base should be a bit darker might move it a bit lower in the tank??

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Not sure what's going on with this Chalice ? It was much darker and the back 1/3 still is..... Doesn't seem to be loosing tissue? And if its bleaching out why? It's on the bottom of the tank.

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what do you run for lights joel?

We'll always take ya back dougie!:mrgreen:


Joel, any pics of the Tri-color? ;)

T5's 10X48"

Good to hear Doug! How's the reef tank doing?

Hi Josh.....
Will put more pictures up latter! But I think it wasn't the Tri-colour I got lol...... Picked up so many lost track of names;)

Thinking of putting a Achilles Tang in my tank, so question is the tank big enough? 135 gal
Second question will it be ok with my Purple Tang?
Any advise wold be appreciated


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If I had to guess, i would guess that your Purple Tang owns the tank at the moment. This means that any fish you add after him is going to get hazed. The severity of the hazing will depend on your Purple Tang's temperment (how mean he is) and how threatened he feels. For example, if you put in a tang of a similar shape to him then he will probably feel VERY VERY threatened and will want to KILL the new addition. Luckily the Achilles Tang doesn't look anything like a Purple Tang so in theory your Purple Tang should feel slightly less threatened. However, your Purple Tang will probably still want to assert his dominance on the Achilles. It's hard to know for sure how long this will last. Could be just a few hours. Could be a few days maybe. There are things you can do to help though. What works for me with most of my more aggressive fish is the mirror trick. I tape an Ikea mirror to the side of my tank and leave it there for a few days. All my fish go crazy over their reflections and generally leave new additions alone. Also, introduce the new fish at night while the other fish are sleeping or groggy.

Couple things I've noticed about the Achilles tang

Lots of flow......as much as you can provide this fish loves turbid water


Bullying.....Achilles should be added first if lots of tangs, while they can become aggressive them selves and make it hard to add other range they don't do well with being picked on and your shooting for stress free as Achilles are ich magnets.

Food.........be prepared to feed this fish like no other fish you've fed, mine gets pellets every hour and could prob eat more.

Disease ......they are ich magnets that's why no bullying and lots of food and flow.

Size.......be prepared to rehome this tang with in 1-2 years if you can even find a small juvie:)


Beautiful fish but hard to take care of and some sacrifices to be made:) they need to stay fat and ich free

+1 .. they live right in the surf zone in the wild. Very strong swimmers!

To be honest if it were me and this my tank, I don't think, that I'd consider it for a 4' tank. They'll do so much better in 6' or more. Maybe if you found a small one with the intent to rehome down the road (or upgrade) but IME small versions of large fish rarely stay small for long. Probably not the advice you were wanting to hear, sorry!!