Advanced tangers....any experience with:
- Thread starter EmilyB
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I owned one for 3 days before I shipped it out to someone else. From what I can tell from my brief encounter, this is a fairly rugged, hardy Acanthurus that should do well in captivity. It fed the day it was introduced, and wasn't shy or skittish whatsoever.
Hopefully, someone else has personal experiences with this species (at least longer then 3 whooping days
)
Hopefully, someone else has personal experiences with this species (at least longer then 3 whooping days
)Leonard,
here is a question for you about references for species max size.
In Baensche it says 45cm max growth for Emily's new tang. Yet on fishbase.org it say max 31cm.
How do we read this 14cm difference in sizes given? Which do we take as a good reference?
curious.
here is a question for you about references for species max size.
In Baensche it says 45cm max growth for Emily's new tang. Yet on fishbase.org it say max 31cm.
How do we read this 14cm difference in sizes given? Which do we take as a good reference?
curious.
Max size (more accurately referred to as max length) can be described using three different units of length: Standard, Total, and Fork.
In laymen's terms, standard length is the measure from the tip of the fish's head to the beginning of the tail (end of vertebrate column known as the caudal peduncle). Total length is the measure from the tip to the very end of the fish's tail (including streaming caudal fins). Fork length is the measure from the tip to the middle caudal fin ray.
It really depends on what unit is used to describe "max size." And keep in mind, max size is an approximation at best. It's used as a relative number, not an absolute number. A fish with a max size of 10 inches may grow to only 8 inches, or perhaps 12 inches. Just as humans don't have an absolute max size, fish are the same. Phenotype variations exists, and sometimes the resulting deviations are quite drastic.
I am planning on writing a series of articles concerning fish biology for my ezine. Should be out end of year, and hopefully elucidate people on things like this.
HTH
In laymen's terms, standard length is the measure from the tip of the fish's head to the beginning of the tail (end of vertebrate column known as the caudal peduncle). Total length is the measure from the tip to the very end of the fish's tail (including streaming caudal fins). Fork length is the measure from the tip to the middle caudal fin ray.
It really depends on what unit is used to describe "max size." And keep in mind, max size is an approximation at best. It's used as a relative number, not an absolute number. A fish with a max size of 10 inches may grow to only 8 inches, or perhaps 12 inches. Just as humans don't have an absolute max size, fish are the same. Phenotype variations exists, and sometimes the resulting deviations are quite drastic.
I am planning on writing a series of articles concerning fish biology for my ezine. Should be out end of year, and hopefully elucidate people on things like this.
HTH
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