Orange Shoulder tang; disease, or natural change?

[michika]

My tank gets fed once daily, and I feed a huge variety of foods through the week. Nori is available constantly though.

Frozen:
-brine enriched with spirulina
-krill, she/it eats it, but its really for my sixline wrasse who goes crazy for it.
-mysis
-ocean plankton
-blood worms
-rotifers

Pellet/Flake
-Cyclopses
-Spirulina flakes
-New Life Spectrum
-Ocean Nutrition's Formula One

I also dose phyto (t.iso, and nano varieties) for my rather large clam population.

She/it eats really well, readily accepts just about anything, but doesn't really seem to like nori, as she prefers hair algae instead (no complaints!)

[naesco]

Well your fish certainly gets a variety. As long as it is plump and lots of greens which they need to thrive it should be OK and is probably a colour change,

BTW, the orange shoulder tang grows very large very quickly. It is very agressive and is rather drab as an adult. Mine did not eat hair algae.

Wayne

[michika]

I'm leaning further towards a color change now. Its face is a slight bit darker today.

I'm aware how quickly it will grow, and I actually chose the fish for its adult colors. I wanted something to contrast some of my other livestock choices. I have plans to move the tang to a much larger tank once its a bit bigger, stronger, and more likely to thrive in a larger environment with much stronger currents and flow conditions.

Do you have an orange shoulder tang?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by michika

I'm leaning further towards a color change now. Its face is a slight bit darker today.

I'm aware how quickly it will grow, and I actually chose the fish for its adult colors. I wanted something to contrast some of my other livestock choices. I have plans to move the tang to a much larger tank once its a bit bigger, stronger, and more likely to thrive in a larger environment with much stronger currents and flow conditions.

Do you have an orange shoulder tang?

I did have for many years. Bought it as a tiny fish.
I lost all my tangs except one in a move. A driver in front of me stopped suddenly, I braked and the transfer buckets went everywhere.

[michika]

That is the worse way possible to loose livestock. I had a similar fear the whole time I was moving my tanks a few weeks ago.

What kind of personality did your orange develop? So far mine is exceptionally social. I have heard as it establishes itself it may or may not develop serious agression, and become rather territorial.

[michika]

Another photo from today, something is definitely happening, because the tang's face is darker again today.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by michika

That is the worse way possible to loose livestock. I had a similar fear the whole time I was moving my tanks a few weeks ago.

What kind of personality did your orange develop? So far mine is exceptionally social. I have heard as it establishes itself it may or may not develop serious agression, and become rather territorial.

It started as a very peacefully friendly fish. As it became a large adult, it became territorial and would fight with any similar new additions to the tank.

[michika]

Originally Posted by naesco

It started as a very peacefully friendly fish. As it became a large adult, it became territorial and would fight with any similar new additions to the tank.

Thats what I figured it would turn out to be. I plan to add it in with my other larger tangs, and hopefully they will keep it in line.

Did you ever have any problems with it and smaller fish? Say a wrasse, or angel, dwarf or otherwise?