RIP: RS sailfin tang

[regal]

My Red Sea sailfin tang got infected by some sort of parasite after I cleaned out my sump a few weeks ago. :banghead: I had to send him to fish heaven before I went out of town last week.

Now, any suggestions for a new fish? I was thinking either another tang or a large angel.

Current fish list:
PBT
Chevron tang
Hippo tang
Regal angel
Flame angel
Potter's angel
Anthias (only 1)
Cleaner wrasse
Flame hawk
Diamond goby
Paired marrone clowns
Paired true percular clowns
6-line wrasse

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

sorry to hear that.sailfin is on the way to reef heaven.:smile:

 

[loismustdie]

Sorry about the sailfin.
Do you have a Kole Tang? If not, I'd lean towards one of them first. Off of your list, my choices first to last:
Chevron tang (just as good as a Kole and probably better looking)
PBT
potters angel
I'm impartial with the rest although I do like Regals and the orange splash of the flame angel.
Flame hawks are just cool fish.
I'd stay away from the six line. I hate mine.
Hippos are cool, but mine seems a little too aggressive.

 

[alistair]

I have a large sailfin I was planning on selling if you are interested?

 

[Tim]

How about a clown tang?

 

[regal]

Sorry about the sailfin.
Do you have a Kole Tang? If not, I'd lean towards one of them first. Off of your list, my choices first to last:
Chevron tang (just as good as a Kole and probably better looking)
PBT
potters angel
I'm impartial with the rest although I do like Regals and the orange splash of the flame angel.
Flame hawks are just cool fish.
I'd stay away from the six line. I hate mine.
Hippos are cool, but mine seems a little too aggressive.

LOL. That's the list of fish I currently have in my tank.

 

[MightyMike]

I think the achilles tang (acanthurus achilles) is a great looking fish. Plus I love the whole "A goddess dipped me in something that makes me invincible" thing ...

 

[loismustdie]

LOL. That's the list of fish I currently have in my tank.

:redface:
Is the regal reef safe?

 

[michael stern]

:redface:
Is the regal reef safe?

Hit or miss. I have a lot of people putting them in their reefs.

Jonathan, sorry to hear about your loss.

M

 

[regal]

I have a large sailfin I was planning on selling if you are interested?

No thanks. I want to try something different, less aggressive. My sailfin was pretty aggressive against my PBT and the regal angel. (and the CBB I used to have)

 

[regal]

:redface:
Is the regal reef safe?

Mine is not safe for zoas and certain LPS. He did not touch any of my SPS and the clams I used to have.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

What size is the tank for one? Two: a clown tang is in the same family as the sohal and really shouldn't be in anything smaller than a 300g for their sake and the sake of the rest of your livestock. At around the 8"-9" mark (about maturity) they can snap and go completely ballistic. I've known them to knock over corals and attack fish even in a 400+gal. They get very large and are an aggressive tang. Three: the Achilles while an awesome looking fish also gets very large and more often than not gets aggressive at adult sizes. When I say they get aggressive I mean more so than most fish, let alone tangs.

What kind of fish are you looking for? Something in the same size range as the tang or something in a different direction?

 

[michael stern]

FYI, Jonathan's tank is 400 gallons. But I agree that a clown tang is likely not the best choice. They get very aggressive.