why does everyone have a yellow tang? - Page 4

kng · 01/21/2006, 08:02 AM

I have a yellow tang, and it was the best piece of algae maintenance equipment I added to the tank. No macro or micro algae at all in the display tank.

Plan on putting one is my 30 B prop tank, unless there is something better.

-Kyle

kng · 01/21/2006, 12:34 PM

...any suggestions?

know-it-all · 01/21/2006, 12:43 PM

blennies would be a good addition to a 30b prop tank

Old Yeller Tang · 01/21/2006, 12:45 PM

A nice yellow midas blenny.

zangler · 01/21/2006, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by know-it-all
if everyone was jumping off a bridge, would you?

thats not exactly a sequitor given the meaning of my statement...

the equivalency to mine would be...everyone owns a computer...so im not going to because of it...obviously im capable of understanding what is harmful to me and not...

zangler · 01/21/2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by geekreef_05

Oh and to the guy who's country club decided that yellow tangs are passe: Its so disapointingly typical to find people of that stature/ wealth acting like that. Im 24 years old, just finishing university. I work my butt off for my car, aquarium and every single thing that I own. To have some well-off dude critique the rest of the reefin community like that makes me wanna throw up all over his shoes. Id feel ashamed and disgusted at myself for being friends with a person like that. Dude, Im not trying to flame you or group you into that particular catagorey of people, but there are so many injustices in this world, that looking down on reefers cause they have a particular fish, is just a new low.

i think he was joking...

romunov · 01/22/2006, 02:38 AM

I don't have one.

Any one who has seen a tang in its environment will tell you how big of a tank you'll need to keep one happy.

kabboord · 01/22/2006, 02:57 AM

Because they are hardy, because they eat algae, because they are cheap, and because the bright splash of yellow adds beauty to the tank.

catdoc · 01/22/2006, 08:17 AM

I wanted a tang for the active swimming and color but worried that even my 125 wasn't going to provide enough space for a larger tang. Then I found a local hobbyist who was wanting to rehome her yellow tang and I got him in exchange for a coral beauty who was nipping at my clam/sps.

He's proven to be a very entertaining, busy fish. My YT has paired up with a mellow swallowtail angel and it's hilarious (at least to a fish nerd like me) to watch them. The angel is calmly (almost regally) swimming and the YT is like a hyperactive kid following his mom at the mall: jumping from here to there, then rushing to catch up with the angel, then getting distracted by "what's that?" and wandering off again, just to rush back to the angel when he falls behind again. They do this ALL day long! The YT won't let the angel out of his sight but is like an ADHD kid as far as his attention span goes.

01/21/2006, 12:34 PM	#77
kng Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Alabama Posts: 416	...any suggestions? __________________ 58 Gallon In-Wall Mixed Reef

01/21/2006, 12:43 PM	#78
know-it-all Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: in my now frozen chair (aka Wisconsin) Posts: 1,488	blennies would be a good addition to a 30b prop tank __________________ current tank 94 corner, SPS/LPS basement sump

01/21/2006, 12:45 PM	#79
Old Yeller Tang Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: East Highlands Ranch, SoCal Posts: 3,731	A nice yellow midas blenny. __________________ THE PAC 10 "The Conference of Champions" 359 NCAA titles and counting! 2nd Best, The Big 10 with a distant 212 titles PAC 10 FOOTBALL is 9-6 against the SEC since the turn of the century! Current Tank Info: 170g in-wall reef, In The Zone!(ozone that is), EuroReef CS8-2 Skimmer, 150lbs. lr & no sand, (2) 400w mh's, (1) 110 actinic vho's, 1hp Aqua Medic chiller

01/22/2006, 02:38 AM	#82
romunov Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,453	I don't have one. Any one who has seen a tang in its environment will tell you how big of a tank you'll need to keep one happy. __________________ Life is too short to learn everything from experience. "And ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free."

01/22/2006, 02:57 AM	#83
kabboord Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Pete, Florida Posts: 557	Because they are hardy, because they eat algae, because they are cheap, and because the bright splash of yellow adds beauty to the tank. __________________ Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the waters, see it swimmin? I was swimmin in the carribean, animals were hiding behind the rock, except the little fish... Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon Reef

01/21/2006, 08:02 AM	#76
kng Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Alabama Posts: 416	I have a yellow tang, and it was the best piece of algae maintenance equipment I added to the tank. No macro or micro algae at all in the display tank. Plan on putting one is my 30 B prop tank, unless there is something better. -Kyle

01/22/2006, 08:17 AM	#84
catdoc Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 1,449	I wanted a tang for the active swimming and color but worried that even my 125 wasn't going to provide enough space for a larger tang. Then I found a local hobbyist who was wanting to rehome her yellow tang and I got him in exchange for a coral beauty who was nipping at my clam/sps. He's proven to be a very entertaining, busy fish. My YT has paired up with a mellow swallowtail angel and it's hilarious (at least to a fish nerd like me) to watch them. The angel is calmly (almost regally) swimming and the YT is like a hyperactive kid following his mom at the mall: jumping from here to there, then rushing to catch up with the angel, then getting distracted by "what's that?" and wandering off again, just to rush back to the angel when he falls behind again. They do this ALL day long! The YT won't let the angel out of his sight but is like an ADHD kid as far as his attention span goes. __________________ Christy Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. -George Eliot Current Tank Info: 55 gallon w/spawning onyx percs, bangaii pair & pink spotted goby w/ gbta, softies