cebu island phillipine tang

[budddman]

picked this guy up a few days ago and that is where my lfs shipment came from. Wondering if anyone can i.d.

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l535/budddman1/DSC_0174.jpg

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l535/budddman1/DSC_0168.jpg

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l535/budddman1/DSC_0161.jpg

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l535/budddman1/DSC_0158.jpg

 

[jaa1456]

Almost looks like an atlantic blue tang. But also looks like some type of bristle tooth of some sort.

 

[winsbxnyc]

He maybe a cross breed


Wins

 

[albano]

Almost looks like an atlantic blue tang. But also looks like some type of bristle tooth of some sort.

An Atlantic blue, would be yellow at that size...



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[jaa1456]

I have seen smaller ones turn blue and that is about the size they turn blue. But the lines are not normally that well developed in the smaller ones.

 

[jaa1456]

My juvi Bariene tang was shipped as a juvi orange shoulder and even sold as one. Clearly a mistaken identity.

 

[budddman]

Thanks guys just trying to figure it out

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[jaa1456]

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=blue+tang&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&biw=1016&bih=563&tbm=isch&tbnid=fXiRfUpmXrX51M:&imgrefurl=http://www.aquaticauthority.com/catalog/index.php%3FcPath%3D26_63&docid=tlKEMmF13rKMpM&imgurl=http://www.aquaticauthority.com/catalog/image/atlantic_blue_tang.jpg&w=501&h=289&ei=gAyfToa6COf30gHy1-z6CA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=114&vpy=273&dur=16&hovh=170&hovw=296&tx=158&ty=154&sig=111366772191612069664&page=5&tbnh=159&tbnw=248&start=30&ndsp=6&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:30

 

[jaa1456]

These are pics of atlantic blue tangs http://www.google.com/imgres?q=blue...&tbnw=210&start=66&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:66

 

[jaa1456]

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=blue+tang&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&biw=1016&bih=563&tbm=isch&tbnid=fXiRfUpmXrX51M:&imgrefurl=http://www.aquaticauthority.com/catalog/index.php%3FcPath%3D26_63&docid=tlKEMmF13rKMpM&imgurl=http://www.aquaticauthority.com/catalog/image/atlantic_blue_tang.jpg&w=501&h=289&ei=gAyfToa6COf30gHy1-z6CA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=250&sig=111366772191612069664&page=5&tbnh=159&tbnw=248&start=30&ndsp=6&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:30&tx=51&ty=100

 

[budddman]

Looks about right to me...but if its carribean whats it doing coming in from phillipines.

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[jaa1456]

They don't always get it right when they ship fish. Sometimes 1 or 2 fish will slip in their that are not supposed to be in a shipment or it was mis labled at the large warehouse. Who knows, what happens or why it does. Keep an eye on the fish see if it changes at all when it gets bigger. I saw a purple tang once come in a Hawaiian shipment and they come from the Red Sea.

 

[budddman]

Its funny cuz the guy is only as big as say a half dollar...and there isnt a stitch of yellow on him

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[albano]

Its funny cuz the guy is only as big ...a half dollar...and there isnt a stitch of yellow on him

a half dollar coin?... IMO...there is NO WAY that is a Caribbean Blue, (all blue) at that size.

also...FYI (just in case)...Carib. Blues get very aggressive


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[jaa1456]

At a half dollar it should still be yellow or at least a hint of yellow. It should get a to a couple of inches pretty quick. Then you should be able to tell better.

 

[budddman]

Yea, hes not very big at alll, and yeah i read 9inches in size as an adult....hes in a 50 now...he was so small i decided to try em out. He gets along with my rusty angel as of now.

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[budddman]

Any recommendations on sea weeds that i should feed it.

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[jaa1456]

Just go with Nori for now, I feed my tangs Green,Brown and red. They don't care for the Brown to much though.

 

[marrone]

I highly doubt it's an Atlantic Blue tang. Outside of it not having some yellow in it, which at that size it surely would, there is a big difference is in the tail, not to mention the shape is wrong for a Atlantic Blue. Also Atlantic Blue have stress bars that run up and down the body, which are pretty easy to see. I think it's in the family of Ctenochaetus, which a lot of them look very blue when they're small, the Blue Line tang is a prefect example of this.