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12-15-2006, 01:01 AM
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squid
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: WI
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tang and clam
the reason i started a saltwater tank was because i wanted to get a clam. but now i may have screwed up by getting a tomini tang. has anyone else had any luck with tangs not nipping at clam mantles? i've heard a lot of horror stories(AFTER i got the tang, course). thanks
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12-15-2006, 03:35 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
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Oh shoot, I just ordered two!
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12-15-2006, 03:37 AM
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Photo Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 1,077
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hmmm..on my new 300G i have at least 10 Clams. From 15" to 5" in sizes and im planning on getting 4 Tangs. But i have never heard of tang nipping clams.
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12-15-2006, 04:03 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 25,835
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My Purple never touch them.
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12-15-2006, 10:58 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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I had never heard of tangs nipping clams either, unitl my buddies yellow tang went on a rampage and tore up his derassa. I now have this derassa for safe keeping and it's on the road to recovery. Unfortanitally it's not exactally in a safe place because my sailfin has aquired a taste for an occasional clam entree as well 
It only seems to like Derassa's though. My Gigas and my Maxima have been so far uneffected. It's a good thing too because one of my Maxima clams would be about 1 bite for that huge sailfin.
Whiskey
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12-15-2006, 01:12 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
Posts: 2,072
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Cool! Big Bertha wouldn't like being nipped!
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12-15-2006, 08:52 PM
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squid
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: WI
Posts: 5
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that makes me feel better, i want to get a crocea(or 2). all i have is a 55g, so i want clams that stay smaller. wish i would've got a 75g.
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12-22-2006, 03:30 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Somewhere in South Pacific
Posts: 30
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Tangs are "considered" reef safe but there is always exception. My Sailfin tang was a model citizen for 4+ years and one day he went bizerk!!! He killed two of my open brains, one nice looking scolymia and started chewing on my neon green (Nepthea) sp? leather. He also killed my two purple tangs and Red sea Naso ( show piece size).
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12-22-2006, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Posts: 834
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Have lots of clams and 3 tangs, never had a problem. Once they nip though, your done, I had a copperband that nipped on them, he was evicted.
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12-23-2006, 07:08 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Somewhere in South Pacific
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Nyles vbmenu_register("postmenu_915904", true);
Nice tank and pics!!!
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12-23-2006, 09:04 PM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Posts: 834
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thanks, working on getting a decent camera, tangs just like any fish can have their own personality, there is never a guarantee. Lots of people have trouble when they get older with them becoming zoanthid nippers as well.
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12-23-2006, 09:41 PM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 14,035
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Tommini Tangs are bristle tooth tangs like Koles or chevrons I've never heard of them nipping at corals. I don't have clams but my tommini hasn't bothered any corals and I do have a few brains and other "fleshy" LPS
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