What are your favorite tangs?

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking of making my 200 gallon into a tang tank. What are the coolest tangs?

 

[tangir1]

PURPLE TANG :?

 

[fishfanatic2]

yellow tang, hippo tang, black tang, naso tang, unicorn tang(push the limit).

just an idea-add a grouper like a panther grouper. that would be a cool tank, IMO!

 

[Baianotang]

Love em all, maybe a black longnose tang, purple tangs are realy special too. :mrgreen:

 

[K9coral]

I happen to like my yellow eye tang. Hes cool looking and he eats any algae that he can get to.

 

[cdeakle]

What are your favorite tangs?

Any that I can fit into a 5 gallon cube! :wink: :lol:

I like yellow tangs, kole tangs, hell, all tangs 8)

 

[hdtran]

Red Sea sailfin (Zebrasoma desjardini, except I think that the ichthyologists (somebody check the spelling please) renamed it to Zebrasoma veliferum Red Sea variety).

No, not orange-flavored tang.

 

[Anonymous]

LOL, the orange flavored tang thing was hilarious.

 

[Len]

I like Black Tangs and Dussemeri tangs, but too bad the latter gets huge. Maybe someday when I have my 500+ gallon

 

[elpescado]

Red Sea sailfin (Zebrasoma desjardini, except I think that the ichthyologists (somebody check the spelling please) renamed it to Zebrasoma veliferum Red Sea variety).

Not to sure about this as the fin ray structure of a Z. veliferum is different than Z. desjardini, as with the overall juvinile pattern and adult pattern. Possibly somebody's hypothesis, but I cannot forsee them being catagorized as the same species.
At any rate. Zebrasoma tangs make good schools. That is how they are found naturally. A school of yellow tangs (even though it is not one of my favorite tangs) is very striking. It just stands out from a distance.
My favorite is Acanthurus lineatus (clown tang).
If you have a few thousand gallons to play with a nice school of Naso vlamingi are pretty cool too.

 

[Unarce]

I like Black Tangs and Dussemeri tangs, but too bad the latter gets huge. Maybe someday when I have my 500+ gallon

At over 20", you're gonna need at least 500g. Still, there's nothing like a beautifully lined Red Sea Purple Tang.

 

[Anonymous]

Ooh, the chevron tang, C. hawaiiensis. P. hepatus is also a standard favorite. This is another one of my favorites

How big is your tank?

 

[Anonymous]

I've got a Nasso. Eats out of my hand...great personality.
~wings~

 

[TOMMY323]

For me, I like a small tang such as Yellow Tang (must have!), and purple tang or blue tang. Last two I like equally.

 

[Anonymous]

My favorite seems to be whatever one I currently own. I'm loving this immature mimic tang:

 

[Anonymous]

I like the yellows. Powder blues are sweet too.

 

[Anonymous]

What do you guys think about Sohal and Clown tangs? I know they can be a bit troublesome, but has anyone had any luck with them? I think i'll probably get a yellow, purple, blue hippo, red sea sailfin, and sohal or clown if they won't go crazy on all of the others. WIll this combo get along or fight like crazy?

 

[Anonymous]

They are the most beautiful, imo. I particularly like the sohal. I think they can be a bit worse than "troublesome" though.

Never had one myself.