Naso Tang??

[dogboy]

Correct me if i am wrong but don't Naso Tangs get their coloring when the mature? All the immature naso's i have seen are mostly a dull grey and only start to get the classic "make-up" on the forehead and lips etc when they mature.... and don't forget the streamers from their tail too....

Let me know if i am off base..... but wouldn't it be hard to give up a naso once it started to come into it's color and trade it for a immature individual....

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by dogboy2365

Correct me if i am wrong but don't Naso Tangs get their coloring when the mature? All the immature naso's i have seen are mostly a dull grey and only start to get the classic "make-up" on the forehead and lips etc when they mature.... and don't forget the streamers from their tail too....

Let me know if i am off base..... but wouldn't it be hard to give up a naso once it started to come into it's color and trade it for a immature individual....

Ya it will be hard giving him/her up but what can you do.

[dogboy]

If i may ask....what do you see in the juvy naso that is so appealing?

[Mik_101]

That they look relay nice. Ok maybe not to you guys but don't people have different taste. I do relay like it as an adult but how the heck am i gona keep a fish 10+ inches in my tank. It would be phcyco in there.

[bv_reefer]

Originally Posted by dogboy2365

If i may ask....what do you see in the juvy naso that is so appealing?

interestin' pic lol

[Mik_101]

Ok do you think this would be a sutible fish in my tank. My tank agine is 46 g and thos fish is rated uptp 50 g thats only 4 gallons to small) and the fish ihad in mind was a Mertensii Butterflyfish
My tank will mostly have about 50%sps.

[Jason McK]

Quote form Pet Solutions.com "Mertensii Butterflyfish, Chaetodon mertensii, is often found living on or around the reefs of the Pacific Ocean. Members of the genus Chaetodon make gorgeous inhabitants of fish only aquariums. Soft Corals and most Invertebrates should do fine with the Butterflyfish, but it may likely decimate Stony Corals, as they are a part of its natural diet."

This Butterfly feeds almost exclusivly on SPS.

Were are you getting your fish list from? you seem to be picking fish you can't possibly have success with

[michika]

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fi...h/cmertens.htm This is the fish you mean? I've never had one, and wow is it beautiful.
There is a butterfly called a Yellowtail (Chaetodon xanthurus), that looks almost identical except it requires at least 55g.

I know you have some SPS, and LPS in your tank alread. Do you plan to fill it with SPS, and LPS later?

[Mik_101]

Yes those sps and Lps and a bit of softies.

[hawk]

Originally Posted by dogboy2365

Correct me if i am wrong but don't Naso Tangs get their coloring when the mature? All the immature naso's i have seen are mostly a dull grey and only start to get the classic "make-up" on the forehead and lips etc when they mature.... and don't forget the streamers from their tail too....

Let me know if i am off base..... but wouldn't it be hard to give up a naso once it started to come into it's color and trade it for a immature individual....

I agree, I 've had a naso since it was a very small juvi (4+years now) As a juvi they are very dull, basically grey. Didn't really "look" like a naso for a couple of years.