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11-12-2003, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: austin texas
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unofficial poll: how big is/are your tang(s)?
I was just curious what the average size of people's tangs are in captivity, would like to know also how many people have raised one to full size in captivity (respective of genus/species)...
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11-12-2003, 08:44 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Yellow tang is my biggest 7 inchs 
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11-12-2003, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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my Kole is 6 inches. i do not think it has grown much in the 4-5 years i have had it. right now it is the fattest it has ever been also. 
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11-12-2003, 11:18 PM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
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Yellow about 5.5, purple about 6, Hippo about 7, and my sailfin about 8.
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11-13-2003, 12:14 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South Cali
Posts: 1,541
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Tangs are chill
Here we go
Naso Tang (Nacho) 5.7"
Sailfin Tang (Shannon) 1.9"
Regal Tang (Dory "my sisters fish allright) 4.3"
Kole Tang (Baden) 3.8"
Belive it or not while the Naso Tang is the ring leader the meanest is the sailfin, they all like eachother though
tank is about 160 gallons
At my LFS I don't think they have many tangs they have raised to full size that were born in captivity but they have a 3 foot spotted puffer they raised from about a inch long, the beak on that sucker...whooo.....I wouldn't put my hand in the tank
Last edited by ruhspolostar; 11-13-2003 at 12:17 AM.
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11-13-2003, 01:26 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
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scopas tang is just about 4", i got the tang when he was just under 2" just over a 1 1/2 yrs ago. he is the only tang in the tank.
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11-13-2003, 07:44 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tucson, AZ
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2 tangs... two tanks..... purple tang about 4 inch... powder blue about 4 inch.
largest I saw raised was neighbor in CO had a small regal (about 2 in) and by the time I left CO it was at least 9 in maybe larger.
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11-13-2003, 08:00 AM
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Ghetto Reefer 101
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: georgia
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Yellow tang, got him 14 months ago at 1.5", he is now about 4"
Kole tang, got it about 6 months ago at 3.5", hasn't grown much but has got fat!!!
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11-13-2003, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: austin texas
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jimcfar, how long had you been in co and what did he feed his tang?? thats a lot of growth
keep the comments rolling, so far the winner is jimcfar's neighbor in CO!
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11-13-2003, 10:05 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tucson, AZ
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he fed his tank a fairly large amount of food. Mostly it was frozen cube. The frozen food of choice was Reef Stroganoff. The fish went crazy for it. My fish loved it too. But he had a 135 so his fish got larger.
I was in Co Springs for 12 years. I loved it. But I've been gone from there for 6 years and I have gone back.... but I don't think I would want to live in Colorado Springs any longer... although Pueblo would still be nice.
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11-13-2003, 10:16 AM
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Location: austin texas
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colorado is cool, i lived in the loveland/fort collins area for three years (moved there for a boy which I later married), but all my family is in texas so I moved back here (dragged the boy with me!)
what is reef stroganoff?? homemade concoction?
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11-13-2003, 10:41 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tucson, AZ
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Nope it was something bought at the lfs in Colorado Springs. I haven't seen it down here although I always ask and look when I go to any lfs in this state. But I've never had fish attack any food like that one.
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11-13-2003, 10:52 AM
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AKA Scooterman
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lafayette, La.
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Regal, 2.5" Sailfin about 3"
& aetting Fatter!
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11-13-2003, 07:21 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South Cali
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Oh I didn't know there was a "contest" well, my friend gotta 3" pacific Sailfin Tang and now its at least a foot maybe 14" long, juge gorgeous fish and I've seen bigger but thats the only one I've seen riaised from a baybe with out being given away, I plan on getting rid of of my other tangs down the line but not the naso tang, I want to raise him into adult hood |
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11-13-2003, 09:39 PM
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Location: austin texas
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theres not really a contest. well kinda, I just wanted to know who's seen the biggest tang in captivity raised by a hobbyist
(ulterior motive: want to know how big my tangs would actually get under my care; if they will get as big as the ones in the wild, although I would guess probably not since I cant duplicate their varied diet and large quarters in the ocean...not that I wont try my best to take care of them though!)
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