Tang - Atlantic Blue Acanthurus coereleus

[Chin_Lee]

Please provide your experience in this poll:

• Use the top 9 poll questions if your fish has passed away.
• Use the bottom 7 poll questions if you currently own this fish.
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• Select the best answer to the best of your knowledge.
• Adding comments or elaborating on the cause of death in a post is encouraged.

The options are as follows:

died within 0-3 months
died within 4-6 months
died within 7-9 months
died within 10-12 months
died within 13-18 months
died within 19-24 months
died within 2-3 years
died within 3-4 years
died after 5 years +
currently alive 0-6 months
currently alive 7-12 months
currently alive over 1 year
currently alive over 2 years
currently alive over 3 years
currently alive over 4 years
currently alive 5 years +

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Update April, 2011: Still alive at 3 years. Has assumed adult colouration and grown to 6"+. Has demonstrated much higher resistance to ich than other acanthuras I've owned.

Beautiful fish, especially as a juvenile. Seems easy to care for... accepting a wide variety of food, including pellets and nori. Less active and more resistant to ich than A. achilles. Enjoys the services of cleaner shrimp more than most. Is not particularly aggressive toward new Tangs, but was most hated by resident achilles.

Yellow bodied as juvenile. Turns Blue with age. Displays vertical pale bands when excited. Turns pale, almost white when requesting cleaner shrimp services.

[untamed]

May, 2012: alive and well at 4 years in the tank.

[untamed]

May 2013 update: Doing well 5 years now

[untamed]

May 2014 update: Doing fine. 6 years old now

[untamed]

August, 2014: Died due to illness. 6.5years in the tank. :-(