WANTED clown tang experiences

agreeive?fish · 02/27/2011, 06:44 AM

WANTED clown tang experiences

only personal 1st hand experiences need to respond, no second hand, third hand 100th hand experiences needed

opinions with out 1st hand experiences are not requested

tank size you kept him in

tank mates you kept him with

his attitude as a juvi

his attitude as an adult

size you got him at

his mature size reached in your set up

length of time before he reached his mature size in yor set up

how long have you had him

is he still alive today

if you had the chance to do it over would you

why or why not

what would you do different

your overall opinion of this fish based upon your 1s hand experience

again iam looking for 1st hand experiences ONLY

billdogg · 02/27/2011, 07:24 AM

Because you want only 1st hand experiences, I guess I won't be able to help. I have never personally kept one for a number of good reasons. Despite 20+ years in the hobby, including 10+ in a lfs, doing setup & maintenance on numerous show tanks that have had clown tangs in them.

Oh well

agreeive?fish · 02/27/2011, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billdogg

Because you want only 1st hand experiences, I guess I won't be able to help. I have never personally kept one for a number of good reasons. Despite 20+ years in the hobby, including 10+ in a lfs, doing setup & maintenance on numerous show tanks that have had clown tangs in them.

Oh well

i would think that doin maint of tanks with clown tangs and working in a fish store that carried clown tangs woul qualify as 1st hand experince...

tsiklauss · 02/27/2011, 07:52 AM

I currently have a juvenile in a 92g corner. He is about 2.5-3 inches and hasn't shown any aggression towards any one. His tank mates are a Purple tang, pair of clowns, mystery wrasse, fire fish and 4 chromis. I purchased him thinking I had my purple tang sold, but the buyer backed out. The purple flashes him from time to time, but I have never witnessed contact and he looks has healthy and beautiful as the day I got him. He was very quick to take prepared food. He eats from an algae clip, mysis shrimp and formula one pellets. I have had him for about 2 months now and he is one of my favorite fish. Before I am attacked I under stand this tank will be to small for him in the long run and that they become much more aggressive as they age. Once I feel that he has out grown that tank I will either upgrade or trade him in. I prefer the former, but funding may make that impossible.

billdogg · 02/27/2011, 08:07 AM

Sorry if I came off a little harsh. It's been a tough few weeks for me. I don't consider how a fish acts at a lfs a very good indication of how it will act in it's new home, and because I would visit the customers tanks only every couple weeks (or less, depending on who drew the maintenance card that week, lol), it is difficult to say how they were on a day to day basis.

That being said - IME, (1 1/2 hand?) as juvis, they can be ok, but NEED lots of swimming room. They are very active and will bother more timid fish - not necessarily pick on them, just be out and about so much that others tend to hide more. As adults, unless in a tank with even more aggressive fish (think clown or undulated trigger, larger eels, etc) they will be the dominant fish. Once again, IMO, and IME, not really a very good choice for the average reef tank.

agreeive?fish · 02/27/2011, 09:18 AM

[QUOTE=billdogg;18408907]Sorry if I came off a little harsh. /QUOTE]

if you came off harsh it went right over my head, i dont "read" emotions into words on a computer screen, its too easy to read" the wrong emotion into it.. i read words on a forum the same as i would and always have read an aircraft maint manual..information not feelings

agreeive?fish · 02/27/2011, 08:47 PM

come one people i know there are people on this forum who have had or currently have a clown tang

if your worried about the flaming from the tang people just pm me your data on my questions

Mr.Maska · 02/28/2011, 05:16 AM

i had one, was very aggressive . would attack anything in the tank.

Wolverine · 02/28/2011, 11:23 AM

My experience (and the basis of it) are similar to billdogg's. OK, but not tremendously hardy, as juveniles. Eventually that switch flips in the brain, and they get vicious. They're right up there with sohals and clown triggers with the potential to literally wipe out a tank overnight. I've seen it happen in tanks as large as 500g (though I have seen them successfully kept in tanks that large).

tchndie · 03/09/2011, 09:02 PM

I have a clown tang about 4 inches and he is great with the other 5 tangs and all my other fish in my tank!! They are very hard to acclimatize. I lost the first one I had bought. I would recommend trying to find one for sale from another reefer! At least this way you will have a better chance of keeping him alive! This is just my opinion! Good luck

Chris27 · 03/09/2011, 10:51 PM

Mine is a bit of a bully, swims like crazy all day long, eats like a champ, and likes to bite my hand when it's in the tank. I've had it for two years, my buddy I got it from had it for a year or two as well. It's grown well, perhaps a 1/2"-1" per year, and is currently 5-6".

It's currently in a 180 mixed reef with a purple, yellow, blue and sailfin tang as well as a wrasse, couple of clowns, gobies, cardinals and angels. It's hard to really pick one bully of the tank, for me it's a toss between my clown tang, cinnamon clown, or yellow tang....

The fish is busy, so it needs a good deal of room to swim, open rock structures and a good deal of open water are required, otherwise it may start knocking corals of the rock for more swimming room. It's a very pretty fish, but make sure to add it last.

02/27/2011, 06:44 AM	#1
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	WANTED clown tang experiences WANTED clown tang experiences only personal 1st hand experiences need to respond, no second hand, third hand 100th hand experiences needed opinions with out 1st hand experiences are not requested tank size you kept him in tank mates you kept him with his attitude as a juvi his attitude as an adult size you got him at his mature size reached in your set up length of time before he reached his mature size in yor set up how long have you had him is he still alive today if you had the chance to do it over would you why or why not what would you do different your overall opinion of this fish based upon your 1s hand experience again iam looking for 1st hand experiences ONLY

02/27/2011, 07:24 AM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	Because you want only 1st hand experiences, I guess I won't be able to help. I have never personally kept one for a number of good reasons. Despite 20+ years in the hobby, including 10+ in a lfs, doing setup & maintenance on numerous show tanks that have had clown tangs in them. Oh well __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

02/27/2011, 08:07 AM	#5
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	Sorry if I came off a little harsh. It's been a tough few weeks for me. I don't consider how a fish acts at a lfs a very good indication of how it will act in it's new home, and because I would visit the customers tanks only every couple weeks (or less, depending on who drew the maintenance card that week, lol), it is difficult to say how they were on a day to day basis. That being said - IME, (1 1/2 hand?) as juvis, they can be ok, but NEED lots of swimming room. They are very active and will bother more timid fish - not necessarily pick on them, just be out and about so much that others tend to hide more. As adults, unless in a tank with even more aggressive fish (think clown or undulated trigger, larger eels, etc) they will be the dominant fish. Once again, IMO, and IME, not really a very good choice for the average reef tank. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

02/28/2011, 05:16 AM	#8
Mr.Maska Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield,Mass Posts: 317	i had one, was very aggressive . would attack anything in the tank. __________________ Look at the beautiful creatures in your tanks in amazement, now look to the sovereign God who created them. Current Tank Info: 210 gallon 72x25x30, hamilton belize sun fixture 3x400 watt mh, 2 t5's 80watts.reefbrite all blue48" supplement light, octo extreme250 skimmer, 80 gal sump/40gal refug 40 gal bow front hospital tank

02/28/2011, 11:23 AM	#9
Wolverine RC Mod Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 17,732	My experience (and the basis of it) are similar to billdogg's. OK, but not tremendously hardy, as juveniles. Eventually that switch flips in the brain, and they get vicious. They're right up there with sohals and clown triggers with the potential to literally wipe out a tank overnight. I've seen it happen in tanks as large as 500g (though I have seen them successfully kept in tanks that large). __________________ Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -Douglas Adams Current Tank Info: 14g, 29g nano reefs

02/27/2011, 07:52 AM	#4
tsiklauss Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Louisville Posts: 248	I currently have a juvenile in a 92g corner. He is about 2.5-3 inches and hasn't shown any aggression towards any one. His tank mates are a Purple tang, pair of clowns, mystery wrasse, fire fish and 4 chromis. I purchased him thinking I had my purple tang sold, but the buyer backed out. The purple flashes him from time to time, but I have never witnessed contact and he looks has healthy and beautiful as the day I got him. He was very quick to take prepared food. He eats from an algae clip, mysis shrimp and formula one pellets. I have had him for about 2 months now and he is one of my favorite fish. Before I am attacked I under stand this tank will be to small for him in the long run and that they become much more aggressive as they age. Once I feel that he has out grown that tank I will either upgrade or trade him in. I prefer the former, but funding may make that impossible.

02/27/2011, 09:18 AM	#6
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	[QUOTE=billdogg;18408907]Sorry if I came off a little harsh. /QUOTE] if you came off harsh it went right over my head, i dont "read" emotions into words on a computer screen, its too easy to read" the wrong emotion into it.. i read words on a forum the same as i would and always have read an aircraft maint manual..information not feelings

02/27/2011, 08:47 PM	#7
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	come one people i know there are people on this forum who have had or currently have a clown tang if your worried about the flaming from the tang people just pm me your data on my questions

03/09/2011, 09:02 PM	#10
tchndie Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Angus,ON Posts: 335	I have a clown tang about 4 inches and he is great with the other 5 tangs and all my other fish in my tank!! They are very hard to acclimatize. I lost the first one I had bought. I would recommend trying to find one for sale from another reefer! At least this way you will have a better chance of keeping him alive! This is just my opinion! Good luck __________________ Current Setting up 250G Mixed reef tank, 125G sump, Refugium, skimmer Bubbleking 200, I am using a aquactinics constellation 7 bulb fixture , 4 tunze 6105 power heads, barracuda pump. Everything is hooked up to my Neptune Apex. Fish are ,mated pair oynx clowns, naso tang,Sohal Tang, Lieutenant Tang,Achilles tang, Powdwer blue tang, Horseshoe Tang, Indian ocean orange striped mimic tang, Magnificant foxface, fairy wrasse, cleaner wrasse, six line wrasse, carpenter flasher wrasse,10 green chromis, pistol shrimp, 12 cleaner shrimps, 1 blood shrimp,frog spawn, branching hammer, devils hand, colt coral, leather cabbage coral, leather kenea tree, 2 open brain, green plate coral, mushrooms, GSP, orange crush acan 50 heads,and 18 different sps frags and and a couple of SPS colonies. I am probably missing some corals lol!!

03/09/2011, 10:51 PM	#11
Chris27 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 4,452	Mine is a bit of a bully, swims like crazy all day long, eats like a champ, and likes to bite my hand when it's in the tank. I've had it for two years, my buddy I got it from had it for a year or two as well. It's grown well, perhaps a 1/2"-1" per year, and is currently 5-6". It's currently in a 180 mixed reef with a purple, yellow, blue and sailfin tang as well as a wrasse, couple of clowns, gobies, cardinals and angels. It's hard to really pick one bully of the tank, for me it's a toss between my clown tang, cinnamon clown, or yellow tang.... The fish is busy, so it needs a good deal of room to swim, open rock structures and a good deal of open water are required, otherwise it may start knocking corals of the rock for more swimming room. It's a very pretty fish, but make sure to add it last.

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