Yellow Eye Kole Tang
The yellow eye kole tang belongs to the same genus as the chevron tang.
Yellow eye kole tang. Kole tangs will spend their day picking at rockwork in search for hair algae to eat. The yellow eyed kole tang male grows up to 7 1 17 cm however they grow up to a little over 5 5 in the first 4 years and then much slower after that. The yellow eye kole tang is probably one of the best tangs for helping to control the growth of undesirable algae including diatom algae.
Choat and axe 1996. Ctenochaetus tangs frequently called bristle tooth tangs are one of the best equipped fish for assisting your cleanup crew in hair algae removal. In larger aquariums of 300 gallons or more you can keep them in a small school provided they are added at the same time.
The yellow eye kole tang is a great addition to aquariums of 80 gallons or more. They are best kept by intermediate aquarists. These active species are also called as bristle tooth tangs because they feed on the micro algae that grow in the aquarium.
The yellow eye kole tang usually has colourful oval body and its body color changes as it matures. Ctenochaetus strigosus known by the common names kole tang or spotted surgeonfish or goldring surgeonfish or yellow eyed tang is a marine reef tang in the fish family acanthuridae which is endemic to oceana.
