Hippo tang
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mickdeja
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Re: Hippo tang
Big Chris wrote:real eye catchers!
Real white spot catchers too :(
gerr- Posts : 44
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I think every single person who has had one of these says the same thing
Paul- Posts : 3966
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gerr wrote:Big Chris wrote:real eye catchers!
Real white spot catchers too :(
really gerr!
That must be soul destroying!
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beautifull fish kelly. take it your mind is going mad over weather to get them or not. very hard to say no once you see the beauty in some of these fish isnt it.
francyboy- Posts : 1172
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I had one of these, they are a real beautiful fish, i always thought their common name was a regal tang, never heard them being called a hippo tang lol.
minky- Posts : 2422
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+1 Have always known them as a regal tang But have heard others call them a hippo
Paul- Posts : 3966
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Big Chris wrote:gerr wrote:Big Chris wrote:real eye catchers!
Real white spot catchers too :(
really gerr!
That must be soul destroying!
Have a regal myself Chris and from time to time it will show signs of white spot and then it will disappear. When i was a novice i would panic at the sight of this in my tank but imo whitespot is a parasite thats present in all tanks. I have 12 tangs and the regal is the only one to ever have whitespot. I add liquid garlic to all my feeds and leave it to soak into the food and again imo thats the only reason my tank aint infested with whitespot.
gerr- Posts : 44
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minky wrote:I had one of these, they are a real beautiful fish, i always thought their common name was a regal tang, never heard them being called a hippo tang lol.
Latin name for this fish is Hepatus. also commonly known as blue tang or pacific blue tang and palette surgeonfish. Only species of tang that has no co species
gerr- Posts : 44
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gerr wrote:Big Chris wrote:gerr wrote:Big Chris wrote:real eye catchers!
Real white spot catchers too :(
really gerr!
That must be soul destroying!
Have a regal myself Chris and from time to time it will show signs of white spot and then it will disappear. When i was a novice i would panic at the sight of this in my tank but imo whitespot is a parasite thats present in all tanks. I have 12 tangs and the regal is the only one to ever have whitespot. I add liquid garlic to all my feeds and leave it to soak into the food and again imo thats the only reason my tank aint infested with whitespot.
Ever tried putting cleaner shrimps in your tank, i had some in mine, really interesting characters. They are meant to feed off the parasites on your fish, and the fish lets them. I only noticed it a few tiems. But i think the shrimps are at there best when the tank is dark or at night time.
minky- Posts : 2422
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Id imagin Ger has a few, and a cleaner Wrasse. Ger have they created a cleaning station in your tank????? Never noticed anything like that in mine as i only had the one cleaner. But surely with a few a cleaner wrasse and a f load of tangs you would have stood a better chance of seeing this than anyone? I use to just stick my hand in the tank and let my cleaner just pickk away at my hands Never had any fear, sometimes it was irritating trying to do maintenance in the tank with super shrimp clinging to your hand
Paul- Posts : 3966
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Bluestreak cleaner wrasse are a must in my tank. Yes the will eat most parasites but not whitespot, same applies to a cleaner shrimp. Whitespot can bore into the skin of a fish or live in the gills.
Because i am now keeping predator fish i had to get rid of my shrimp before they became a big mac meal.
Because i am now keeping predator fish i had to get rid of my shrimp before they became a big mac meal.
gerr- Posts : 44
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Sound yummy! i had a few shrimp in my tank when i converted over from tropical to cichlids they lasted a while until my wee boys got big enough and Yip tasty munch munch!
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also called the regal tang i had 4 of them in my 6x2x2 10 yrs ago and never had any trouble with white spot
BIGPETE- Posts : 107
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BIGPETE wrote:also called the regal tang i had 4 of them in my 6x2x2 10 yrs ago and never had any trouble with white spot
You done very well Pete never to have got any white spot with the tangs, this tang along with the powder blue/ powder brown and the achilles are prone to whitespot due to having very small scales and also they are highly strung fish which causes the slightest thing to stress them out. These two factors combined make it more subceptible to whitespot then most other fish.
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