Tang thinks he's invincible?

[SaltwaterTeen]

When I was feeding my plate, my tang come and takes the food away from my hand and just sits there, not afraid of me at all, and he let me pet him! LOL

 

[Alice]

That's cool. I've had fish like that, too.

Just be wary, they don't call tangs "surgeon fish" for nothing!

 

[The Apprentice]

Brave Tangs

I have Been tring to catch a Pseudochromis in my 150 reef tank for weeks and no luck but every time i try to set a trap them tangs jump on in and eat all the bait with no fear Have 4 of them that will eat out my hand Purple, Hippo,Scoppous and the Bravest one My Powder Blue AKA the tank Bully :evil:

When I was feeding my plate, my tang come and takes the food away from my hand and just sits there, not afraid of me at all, and he let me pet him! LOL

 

[wrightme43]

COOL! I have a clown that has no fear and will bite the crud out of me. LOL none that will let me pet them. Thats cool.

 

[oldsaint]

Thats cool SaltwaterTeen. I've got a niger trigger that after he's done eating will come up to the top and rolls over on its side waiting for me to scratch his belly. At first I was using the feeding stick but now he lets me use my hand. The darn thing will actually swim in my hand as if I can pick it up and take it out of the tank.
Of course this is NOT recommended. These are unpredictable wild fish that can take a chunk out of your hand at any min. But it is amazing to watch.
For those non-believers I can post a pic.

 

[reefready]

Post a pic. Post a pic.

 

[BCT182]

Yeah post a pic of that.

 

[dnjan]

What are you feeding the plate? Tangs tend to be vegetarians, and often leave meat alone when they realize it is meat.

 

[mattseattle]

What are you feeding the plate? Tangs tend to be vegetarians, and often leave meat alone when they realize it is meat.

maybe that is true with other tangs but my yellow tang will 'EAT' anything. her diet mainly consists of nori and such but she'll eat mysis, flake food, cyclop-eeze, blood worms, brine shrimp, krill and anything else that is added to the tank.

 

[SaltwaterTeen]

My sailfin eats meat and veggies lol. I like tang. Thats cool old saint hehe

 

[plack]

thats great like wrightme43 my clown will nip at me if i get too close to his sebay anemone quite forcefully for his size.

 

[The Apprentice]

Tang's ARE pigs

Don Mine eat every thing they wont let anything in the tank without tasting it. But they are Great teachers they have taught one of my Leopard Wrasse's to eat Nori.
I also love Yor Avatar Don could you please tell us what kind of corals they are? Are they Torches, Or some sort of a Frogspawn???

What are you feeding the plate? Tangs tend to be vegetarians, and often leave meat alone when they realize it is meat.

 

[SaltwaterTeen]

Those are alveopora apprentice

 

[oldsaint]

Post a pic. Post a pic.

Don't try this at home.

 

[mattseattle]

ok, that is cool but almost freaky to see.

 

[snobanker]

That is cool..... Oh and my Hawaiian Tang will eat meat and veggies too

 

[dnjan]

Those are alveopora apprentice

SaltwaterTeen has it right - those are Alveoporas.


Concerning Tangs eating "meat" - Not sure that is really good for their digestive tracts.

 

[mattseattle]

Concerning Tangs eating "meat" - Not sure that is really good for their digestive tracts.

it would be rather difficult to stop my tang from eating meat. she darts in and out at anything i put in the tank for other fish.

i would think as long as their diet is mainly nori and such that it would balance out. i haven't seen any negative effects from the mix of diet. she is definitely a little plump now.

 

[dnjan]

As long as she is getting a good, balanced diet (and the meat protein hasn't killed her already), it should be fine. I'm not sure, however, that I consider being plump to be necessariuly a sign of health. Could be she is consuming every and anything to get missing nutrients. I believe that is how I lost a plump, varigated rabbitfish. Since then, I have tried to be more concientious about the varied. vitamin-enriched diet.

 

[mattseattle]

As long as she is getting a good, balanced diet (and the meat protein hasn't killed her already), it should be fine. I'm not sure, however, that I consider being plump to be necessariuly a sign of health. Could be she is consuming every and anything to get missing nutrients. I believe that is how I lost a plump, varigated rabbitfish. Since then, I have tried to be more concientious about the varied. vitamin-enriched diet.

i definitely agree with you on the varied diet....all my fish get a great mix of fresh, frozen and various other types of food.

i also agree that a plump fish is not always healthy but it's a sign of being healthy but not the deciding factor. Signs of good breathing, active fish, coloration of scales and clarity of fins, eyes, etc. are also signs of healthy fish. She has all those.

Everything I've read said it's normal for Tangs to eat meat as well as their normal diet. It's just recommended that most of their diet consists of items other than meat. When you first brought up that Tangs should not eat meat it kinda concerned me that maybe they shouldn't so I did research and found out it's quite normal.