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11-13-2005, 06:42 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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|  Chevron Tang
Hi all! I came across a very healthy and beautiful Chevron Tang from an LFS for $40.00! I know I can talk the guy down to 30.00 for it since I've purchased a coral from him before.
My question is, will this guy do well in a 30g reef with one other reef fish (Flame hawkfish)? I'm only gonna keep 2 fish in the tank as I dont want water quality to be an issue for the corals later. The tang is a juvenile, possibly 2 1/2 to 3 inches from tail to mouth and very healthy with a real vibrant color!
Thanks in advance!
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | 
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11-13-2005, 07:34 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Age: 33
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JMO, but 30g is way too small for a chevron, they like room to swim! _________ Your #1 Source for Fauna Marin, GHL/Profilux, ZEOvit & Hagen Products!
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11-13-2005, 07:41 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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i would have to agree, a chevron will really just get to big for that size a tank...sorry  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
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1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
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11-13-2005, 10:09 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Yeah, I kinda was thinking the same thing, those guys grow up to 12". It will be hard passing that great offer up. I've seen them range from 100.00 to 125.00. It's crazy, I've only seen them a couple of times from only a couple of LFS's. | |
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11-02-2006, 08:55 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia
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How long do Chevron Tangs take to lose their brilliant orange colour and turn into adults with the dull dark colouration?? Does anyone have any ideas? | |
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11-02-2006, 11:22 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Originally Posted by Breed How long do Chevron Tangs take to lose their brilliant orange colour and turn into adults with the dull dark colouration?? Does anyone have any ideas? | As they grow, they lose the intensity of the orange little by little. As soon as they hit adulthood, kiss the bright orange goodbye. The chevron loses it's brilliance in coloration as an adult. They look dull IMO after adolescence. | |
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11-03-2006, 04:19 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia
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So how long does it take them to get to adolescence and adult form? are we talking a few months or years? Thanks! | |
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11-05-2006, 12:49 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: miami Age: 23
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from what i have seen once they hit the 5"-6" mark they start the horrible transition... but i think its horrible because the price you pay for that fish is so high, just for it to go and turn black on you. they still retain the patern under the black. it looks cool IMO.
and it also depends on how much you feed...
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15 gallon aga
20 pounds lr
35 pounds ls
Current Power quad 96 watt retrofit
ZooMed Powersweep 214
Aquaclear 70 moded into refugium
two trumpet corals (1 light blue, 1 lime green)
star pollyps (pink base with yellow tips, and regular green)
various mushrooms (over 5 types)
metalic green frogspawn
sea mat (aka button polyps)
2 false percs
1 cherub angel (2 1/2 years old)
2 blue legged hermits
2 turbos
2 margarita snails
2 Astrea snails
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11-05-2006, 12:53 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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I would suggest buying the tang, keep it for a little so you can get some kind of enjoyment out of it, and then sell it and make your money back later before it gets to big. | |
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11-05-2006, 01:36 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Baton Rouge Louisiana
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or use it as a reason to get a bigger tank!  _________ 90 gal reef
30 gallon sump
skimmer
penguin 550 power head
T-5 HO 48"
Double compact Flouresents
120 lbs. live rock
coral beauty angel (LSU mascot Mike the tiger)
scissortail dartfish gobie
swallowtail angel 
engineer gobie
clarkii clown
six line wrasse
Mimic Lemon Peel Tang
pink and emerald green frogspawns
green, white, purple star polyps
tourch, 6 varieties of shrooms, 5 varieties of polyps, etc. etc. | |
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