A few pics of some of my Tangs

[Tangman]

Here is my pride and joy my Lipstick Tang plus my Yellow and Powder Blue Tang. Sorry about the pics being a bit blurred but they move that fast and are hard to focus. Eric

[celtic fish]

nice tangs,i must ask is it true about achilles tangs having to live with at least one yellow tang they appear to have some sort of thing going on simbiotic i beleive they call it

[Tangman]

Hi CF i have not heard that one, but i suppose anything goes in nature. Its the one tang i have not had is an Achilles Tang nice fish as well. Eric

[stegoodall]

They look very nice, that lipstick looks massive

[Tangman]

Hi Stephen. Thanks for the comments, The lipstick is about 12 inch long and about 2inch wide he's a really friendley fish and eats out of my hand. Eric

[Macca]

Eric some advice plese,

My tangs

1 yellow
1 dory
1 brown
1 purple.

The purple will not leave the yellow alone when feeding. Constantly bullys him/her. They have been put in a 80 gallon tank until the 250 matures. Do you think it is because they are in a small setup?? I know if a fish is under the weather it can get picked on. Do you think I should remove.

a. The bully or b. the victim

any advice would be much appreciated.

James

[Tangman]

Hi James. Its because the Yellow and the Purple are the same species IE Sailfins. I had a Scopas and he bullied my Yellow Tang to nearly death until i removed the Scopas. If i were you i would separate them if you can as it wont get better as its a fight for the feeding ground thats causing it. My little Kole tang harrasses my algae blenny to bits some days but he's to quick for him to do any damage.HTH. Eric

[oakwell]

stuning tangs eric , i have been lucky enough to see erics fish in person STUNNING!!

[Tangman]

Why thank you kind Daz. Eric

[Gillybaby]

I love tangs too and yours are gorgeous. Wanted a lipstick but decided our tank was too small :(

James, I have 3 yellow tangs in my tank and once I had to sump one of them when it decided to try and kill one of the other two. Was advised at the time that I wasn't feeding enough :eek: Apparently, this is their natural shoaling behaviour, kill the weaker members to leave enough for the rest of the shoal to survive. Not sure if this is true or not but when I started feeding flake more often during the day and nori every day instead of every other day the behaviour stopped and they've been fine together ever since (over a year now) HTH.

[Macca]

Gilly to be honest since I have re - homed them I havent been keeping up a strict 3 day feed. It has been once a night and they used to get on so that might well be the answer.

Thanks

James

[liquidlogic]

gourgious tangs m8

[Tetley]

Yep,

Great Tangs. I also have seen Eric's tank - WOW.

ATB

Ian

[lenny]

hi eric they seem nice fish. how big are they. also when you come down to see me bring your cameras with you and i will help you get some really good photo,s of my tank and yours.talk soon lenny

[Tangman]

Hi Lenny. The Tangs are my favourite fish, my lipstick is about 12inch long and about 2inch wide fat b----r. Powder Blue is about 6 in, Yellow is about 6 inch as well. The sailfin is 8 inch, Regal 6 inch, Kole is 4 inch, Emporer is 4 inch. I will try and get some pics of them all together when they are feeding and post them up. Eric

[Kev]

I have to say, I have seen Eric's set up a few times, and the Tangs are very impressive. To be honest, I don't refer to Eric's system as a tank, i call it an ocean its that big. The Powder Blue has to be the best one in the sea for me though! Got any pics of the new smaller set up yet Eric?

Kev

[Tangman]

Hi Kev. I will do some when i get it as i want it, got to do a bit more scaping yet and add a few mushrooms and frags and not forgetting the Seahorses. Eric

[tonyponty]

beutiful fish they are had a wisper at shop you was setting another tank up eric

[Tangman]

Hi Tony. I have setup a Rena 100 Panorama which is a bow front, going to keep Seahorses and pipe fish and a few mushrooms in it. I will put some pics up when it is finished. Eric

[total*clowns]

WOW stunning tangs, great little family you got there

[leggit]

stunning looking lipstick just wish i had a tank big enough for one

[Tangman]

Hi Leggit. They are my fave fish but need a large tank, i am thinking of upgrading mine in the near future just for the sake of the Lipstick. I might go to 48x48x36 instead of 7x2x2 it will be more water but not as long for them to swim in. Eric :)

[leggit]

nice tank wish i had the money and room for somthing like that well i can allways dream

[Kev]

Eric

Don't do it. You will have to sleep in the front garden with that monster in your home.:eek:

Kev

[Tangman]

Hi Kev. I know m8 people have said to me about flooding the lounge and sitting in the garden to watch the fish but i think its a bit sad doing that. It would mean getting rid of my sofa and getting one easy chair instead but i think it would be worth it. Eric :)