Red Sea Purple Tang

Purple tang a surgeonfish species of the acanthuridae family was first described by english zoologist purple tang in 1852. The purple tang is commonly referred as the yellowtail sailfin tang yellowtail surgeonfish and the blue surgeonfish. The purple tang can usually be had for around 120 online as of 2009 but will be even more expensive if purchased locally.

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The purple tang requires lots of free swimming space and plenty of potential hiding spots.

Red sea purple tang. Initially they were said to be indigenous only to the area surrounding the red sea. 16 72 7 no votes. It feeds on meaty foods and is important to offer them plenty of marine based seaweed and algae.

Aug 13 2019 1 peach02 valuable member view badges. However as per the existing records they have a wide range in the arabian sea persian gulf and gulf of eden. With its majestic purple color the purple tang stands out in our red sea reef display.

In the wild purple tangs are rarely seen in depths over 20 meters in the red sea and the persian gulf with occasional reports of occurrences throughout the indian ocean including the maldives and sri lanka. This fish is found in the arabian sea the gulf of aden and in the waters off sri lanka as well. Adults are usually found singly but can occasionally be seen in schools as juveniles.

The body is a purplish blue with dark striped patterns and sports a yellow tail. Lives in schools of 5 to 50 fish. Purple tang in red sea reefer 350 yes votes.

Endemic unique fish of the red sea. It s barely been a year since bali aquarich founder wen ping su stunned the world by adding the red sea s purple tang zebrasoma xanthurum to the captive bred list of marine ornamental fish while breakthroughs like the first captive breeding of a species grab attention and accolades seasoned aquarists and professional breeders often believe that true success is when the feat is. Joined jan 11 2019 messages 2 256 reaction score 2 692 location australia.

6 27 3 total voters 22. The red sea purple tang can be very aggressive and do not get well with other tangs of the genus zebrasoma. The purple tang is also known as the yellow tail sailfin tang yellow tail surgeonfish and the blue surgeonfish is blue purple in color with a yellow tail and yellow accents on the pectoral fins.

It has a purple colored body with yellow tail and yellow accents on the pectoral fins. The red sea purple tang should be fed at least three times per week with dried seaweed tied to a rock. The purple tang is one of the pricier and certainly one of the prettiest tangs.

Like all surgeon fish purple tangs have sharp spines on either side like surgeon s knives that it extends when in danger.