Pls ID this Tang

[DaddyReefer13]

Please ID this Tang:

 

[marrone]

It looks like some sore of Unicorn tang.

 

[ming]

juvenile Vlamingi tang

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Blue Whale.Grows to about 100ft

 

[Breakin Newz]

juvenile Vlamingi tang

+1 Gets very big so make sure you have a big enough tank!

 

[vangoghfish]

Yes, had one at 3", got to 12" in about 2 yrs.

 

[Chris Jury]

Agreed--a beautiful fish that, unfortunately, I wouldn't consider all that appropriate for tanks under ~500 gal or so, and ideally larger than that.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

It's hard to tell it could aslo be a juvenile lopezi, they look almost identical at that size. I agree with Chris, these fish get massive and I've personally handled specimens that were about 18". In fact the ones I saw ended up in Joe's 20,000 gal out at Atlantis.

 

[DaddyReefer13]

Thanks all for the response . . One thing is clear this fish does gets really Big . .

I was holding this for a friend of mine in my 90 Gallon (4' tank) . . he instructed me to sell it but need to make sure it goes to a proper home.

By the way . . this bad boy is already over 8 inches.

Thanks again all.

 

[rkaragozler]

If you need to find a home for him pm me,

 

[Acezwild]

Blue Whale.Grows to about 100ft

LOL love it

 

[ryangrieder]

buddy has one, got it at 6 inches in his 135, now has a 220 and its over a foot

 

[Chris Jury]

Yep, this is a fish that, if it attains normal growth rates ala what the species does in nature, should be about 18" long at about 5 yrs old, whereas the largest recorded individuals (of both N. vlamingii and N. lopezi) are about 24" in length (and were probably a few decades old). Having said this, surgeons/tangs along with some other species usually don't reach normal adult sizes in captivity, except in very, very large aquaria (i.e., thousands of gallons, usually in public aquaria). It's really not clear why this is the case, especially given that the animals can appear healthy in every other conceivable way. Nonetheless, that's a fish that will probably reach and perhaps exceed 12" in captivity, as above.

cj