Hes growing up...FINALLY!

[user 26995]

I got my orange shoulder tang jan 1st 2011. He/she is finally growing up. Just wanted to share. I am excited to see the color change.
Although hes been a very pretty yellow.

The first pic is him jan 3rd 2011 a couple days after I got him.

second pic is him feb 2012

the third and forth is yesterday.

 

[senji]

verry nice. glad to see hes doing so well. cudos!

 

[Spinner]

Very Cool, pretty fish

 

[Krish]

When I saw the thread title I thought you were talking about Scooty :lol:

Very nice Lorrie!!


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[NC2WA]

nice.....had no idea it was a yellow fish..thought it was more lavender in color....

 

[user 26995]

Adults are actually two tone "olive brown" with orange marking over their fin. Mine is still a juvenile. I've been waiting to see it change. He has a long way to go yet though.
Orange Shoulder Tang - Acanthurus olivaceus - Profile of the Orange Shoulder Tang - Acanthurus olivaceus

 

[pandora32]

Very nice lorrie, now, what does it get on its b-day? Haha

 

[user 26995]

When I saw the thread title I thought you were talking about Scooty :lol:

Very nice Lorrie!!


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HAHA!!! Why would we want Scooty to grow up!

 

[user 26995]

Very nice lorrie, now, what does it get on its b-day? Haha

Hmmm, dont know what I could give him that he doesnt already get! All they really think about is food. And they get plenty of good food.
Ice cream and cake maybe?

 

[Baboso]

How long do you expect it to take for him to fully change?

 

[user 26995]

You know I am not sure.
I am going to try to take pics every week to see how long it does take.

 

[Derbird]

Hmmm, dont know what I could give him that he doesnt already get! All they really think about is food. And they get plenty of good food.
Ice cream and cake maybe?

My bristle tooth loves a shiney white frag plug. He will toss it up in the water column and try to catch it. Its funny now but it wasn't when I first dicovered this. Now if I get a new coral frag on a white plug he gets a nice new empty one :mmph:

Congrads on the great looking tang, I love tangs

 

[user 26995]

Well, its been over a month. He hasnt changed much. We'll see next month if there are any changes.

 

[iroll253]

I wish i could do a reef that large, orange shoulders are among one of my favorites.

 

[NanaReefer]

Love to see posts about happy, healthy fishes. He is definitely both. Beautiful!!!

 

[blk822822]

Nice fish....first post almost looks like an average yellow tang......thats going to be a nice fish. I'm hoping to keep my new tank pretty open to have more fish like that swimming around.

 

[Abslt_Zer0]

Very nice looking fish.

 

[user 26995]

Okay, its been a few months since I have updated this thread, but you know there is nothing really to report. This guy is well over 2 years old and still yellow. He is not changing to the adult colors.
He still looks like the last pic I posted. He just doesnt want to grow up I guess.

 

[N1Husker]

Handsome looking fish, Lorrie. He doesn't want to grow up, huh? You have to have a talk with him and tell him it's inevitable.