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Kole Yellow-Eye Tang ID Question 6/16/08 Hello
Crew, I probably spent more time on your website than enjoying my
tank while I was getting our tank established. <As long are
both enjoyable, instructive...> I think I'm one of the
lucky ones that found your website before making very expensive
mistakes. <Heeee! Wish I had!> I've since moved the
couch so I can watch the tank and browse your website at the same
time. <Go ahead, you don't need that couch! In fact, how
about that bed?! Think of the size system that space is
needlessly taking up!> Thank you so much for all the
information. Ok, enough sucking up (I am serious though).
<Ok> I'm writing you because I recently purchased a
Kole Yellow-Eye tang, C. strigosus, and I want to make sure
that's actually what I have. The fish looks exactly like
every other picture of them I've seen except that his tail is
yellow, he basically looks like a C. flavicauda but with a yellow
tail instead of white. There is a picture of a C. strigosus
juvenile on fishbase.org and it has a yellow tail so I assume
what I have is an intermediate stage but I was unable to find a
photo or description to confirm this. <Ahhh!> If there is
anyone in the vast expanse of the world wide web that can help me
ID my fish it is someone on the WWM crew. Is my fish just an
intermediate C. strigosus? If it would help I can provide you
with pictures (My photography skills are iffy so I didn't
want to spend half a day getting a decent picture if it
wouldn't have helped). Thank you so much for all the help you
have already given me and I hope my question wasn't a
complete waste of your time. Tyler Newton <I wish there was an
easy way... this may be coming up (with cloning...) to show you
all my "misc." unid'ed Ctenochaetus tang pix...
thank goodness John/Jack Randall recently revised (and added a
few species to) this genus. I agree with you re there being many
"intergradations", color/marking variations w/in and
twixt the various Bristletooth Tangs... Yours may indeed be a
cross... or some expression of genetic variance. Happily all
members of the genus have similar temperaments, needs... Send a
pic or two along if you can. Cheers! Bob Fenner>
Re: Kole Yellow-Eye Tang ID Question 6/16/08 Mr. Fenner
(Dr. Fenner?), <Umm, just Bob please. I have no doctorate>
Thank you for the reply. I would be thrilled if I acquired a
freak of nature. I attached a photo of him (or her). He's
actually rather photogenic. What do you think? Is there any hope
he'll keep this coloration? <Does look like a C.
strigosus... as you prev. stated, with retained juvenile
coloration> On a quick side note. I think I have the perfect
solution. An in wall tank between the bedroom and the living room
with the viewing panel on the bedroom side made with that glass
that can go from transparent to opaque. Man, I hope someone that
can afford it is reading this. Thanks again, Tyler Newton
<"I'll take the plasma rifle... with the..."
"Hey Buddy, just what you see..." Heeee! Be chatting,
BobF>
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Not So Purple, Purple Tang... Perhaps Ctenochaetus
flavicauda -- 09/14/07 Hi, I just purchased a "Purple
Tang" from a local reefer who is switching gears from a reef to
predator system. <OK.> They sold me what they called a Purple
Tang, but in actuality it's a Black Tang with a white tail! <Oh!
Very nice!> at first I assumed that the coloration was due to the
fact that it may have been stressed, but it has maintained these colors
throughout the day, only changing to a lighter grey at night. Have you
ever heard of or seen a tang like this? <Yes. I saw a similar, solid
black, Black Longnose Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma rostratum), which sold at
a LFS I visited in South Carolina back in Feb. for the sum of.... drum
roll please... Gulp! $400!!!!! Though I do not think this is the same
species you have as the snout on your fish appears much shorter,
however I actually think yours is even prettier!
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/fish/surgeonfishes/zebrasoma/Zrostratum.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/zebrasom.htm > Attached are two pictures
that show the coloration. <Beautiful!>
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/CalebKruse_photos/P9100120.jpg
And a picture of the white tail
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/CalebKruse_photos/P9100121.jpg Thanks, <Welcome!> Caleb Kruse <Michelle Lemech>
Are there two species of "Kole" tangs? one with yellow
eyes and one without? <Hmm, nope, just the one,
Ctenochaetus strigosus... sometimes C. striatus is mis-sold as the Kole
or Yellow eye... article and pix of both at the site:
www.wetwebmedia.com> The FSG at my LFS told me that they're the
same fish -- when they grow older the yellow around their eyes turns
brown? I thought they were two different fish, but of course, maturing
color changes are pretty common... ?? <Hmm, to some degree... but
age/time not as big a factor in eye color as environmental (foods,
feeding, water quality, social issues... ) factors> Furthermore, now
that the Kole (?) is established, I'm thinking of adding an
Achilles. Comments? <Not a big fan of this species of Acanthurus
Surgeons... soft-bodied, and prone to damage, easy susceptibility to
disease high... most succumb within a few weeks of capture/shipping
from (mainly HI) the wild.> And, here's another Q. Has anyone
tried to keep more than one of the SAME species of Centropyge in a tank
before? I've a Atlantic cherub pygmy angel in a 155, and I'm
thinking of adding a 2nd. <Yep, a few, for ornament and in attempts
at establishing breeding harem/communities... for small fishes need BIG
spaces (100s of gallons), and a sharp-eyed concerned keeper to prevent
world war X problems...> thanks, Paulo <My dos centavos, Bob
Fenner>
Blue-eyed Kole Tang? Hi everyone at WWM,
<Hello David> Love the site and recommend it to everyone I
see or talk to for that matter. I have recently purchased a new
tang. It was labeled to the LFS as Blue-eyed Kole tang. I have yet
to find a picture of a juvenile that looks like it. Could you
please look at the picture and tell me your opinion. It has the
basic body structure of a Kole tang, with the same shape to
it's jaw structure and eating habits seem to be similar (he is
eating algae from the wall and rocks not food I am feeding) The
colors are the main thing, He is brownish red with blue highlights
(probably the lighting there ) but has a yellow tail and
yellow lower fins. He does have the sturgeon spine on his tail and
does seem to be timid as most do at first. I placed him and a
Yellow-eyed Kole together in a 55 gallon frag tang to help control
algae. The water parameters is Ph 8.0-8.1, Alk is 10 and Calcium is
400 ppm, 0 on nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia. All is good with the
health of the animal but I was hoping to see what I could expect as
a long term size and care requirement. I can move him to a 160
gallon that I already have running a reef if he grows very large.
Thanking you in advance for all the help, You always are the first
place I start and usually end up finding all my questions and
answers. Thanks David <The genus Ctenochaetus has recently
undergone renovation by Dr. John/Jack Randall... with the addition
of species. I think what you have here is a C. binotatus, but do
take a look on fishbase.org under the genus for your own
comparison. Bob Fenner> |
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Surgeonfishes: Tangs for Marine Aquariums
Diversity, Selection & Care
New eBook on Amazon: Available
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by Robert (Bob) Fenner |
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