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acanthurus imaginaricus
Requires min 14g tank, is immune to cryptocaryon, and photosynthetic, only requiring occasional nori as a treat. ;-)
My guess is it is not real, considering it has the "scientific name" of "imaginaricus"I googled this and found nothing. What is it?
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what's your opinions on getting a three inch hippo tang (lfs has one right now) in a 55 for around six months? it'd be the only fish in there and it has LOTS of algae and the rockwork is set up so there's as much swimming room as possible. any thoughts?
that's pretty much what i was expecting to hear. the only reason i was considering it was because he would be the only fish in there and we need to get rid of caulerpa. and my boyfriend REALLY wants one haha. but he can deal without it, i don't want to lose the fish, i get really sad. sorry to hear about your nem, it's a bummer when fish hurt inverts or corals.
My only disagreement is the "80g - min: 4ft" which could just as well be 75G 4 ft. 5 gallons isn't going to make a difference. It's like adding less than an inch to the height of the tank...
This is a very debatable topic and there are lots of opinions out there. It is more than just the tank size though as there are compatibilities with other tangs, amount of live rock or coral affecting swim room, and bio-load can all affect the decision to buy a tang or two. Unfortunately some (the few) people tend to gravitate to hard numbers like a tank size chart and just go buy all that fit their chart and wonder why they have bad luck. You should split up the list into their groupings genetics and label compatibility as well just so others know which ones to keep away from others.
How about some of us who have a Cube tank? mine is 30x30x24 and I have one Kole Tang that loves it in there. I have the rockwork setup in the middle so he takes advantage of it by going through all the holes into the middle rock work or just swimming superspeed through it like a lap...
Honestly I see zero issue with keeping one tang in a tank with this dimension so the 4' min imo is not always applicable.
I have an 80 gallon and it has a 4x2 footprint. I find this has much more swimming room overall than a 75 gallon, more room for turn arounds etc.
I was looking through fish on various sites, Aquacon lists the tank bred blue hippo tang as a minimum of 20g?? Are these bred to not grow big, or are they misinforming shoppers?