Emerald525 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Shout out to @CuttleFishandCoral! This is a little late in coming! Last week Sirena picked up a purple tang for her daughter’s 25 lagoon. The kids loved it and of course call it “Dory” She has had an issue with macroalgae overgrowing the rock. Anyone who has dealt with this knows what a pain in the [language filter] it is and how difficult it is to find things that will eat it. I have always had good luck with purple tangs clearing out algae that other tangs and fish won’t eat such as bryopsis and macroalgae. This one didn’t disappoint. Only 2 days in the tank and already snacking on the algae and clearing it out. (Top picture is before ) This was only after a day ! Oh and before the tang police come calling , realize I have done my research and have had great success with purple tangs in smaller tanks. I had one for years that thrived in a 40 gallon frag tank. I had one in my Reefer250 until I took it down. Not all tangs are the same and unlike the Blue Tangs and Achilles Tangs who require a lot of room and tend to travel great distances in the wild , Purple Tangs and others in their species (yellow tang) tend to spend 75 percent of their time grazing and cover a smaller territory in the wild. They can be aggressive and territorial so I would never have one with other tangs in a smaller space. Although I did have one with a yellow tang who did quite well because it was a baby. I do think this tang will likely outgrow the 25 at some point but I’m sure I will have no problem selling a well acclimated beautiful algae eater like this!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 They are beautiful fish and I have had great luck with Yellows in not so large setups in the past also! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Hey Kim - glad to see you are training up a new algae killer for me! I would be happy to put that little guy to work if/when you get tired of him 😃 @Emerald525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, albertareef said: Hey Kim - glad to see you are training up a new algae killer for me! I would be happy to put that little guy to work if/when you get tired of him 😃 @Emerald525 I don’t think I could ever grow tired of these beauties. I love a fish that is both beautiful and useful. (That’s how I choose women too 😉) However when “Dory “ gets too big for her home , I will keep you in mind. Interestingly what I have noticed when I raise them in smaller tanks , their growth seems to slow. Mattv and I both years ago got purple tangs from the same group and same size and his ended up being twice the size as mine . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) Here’s another progression shot. The annoying macroalgae is almost gone! This is just in 2 weeks. Edited October 8, 2018 by Emerald525 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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