#FINDING NEMO FISH TANK SETUP MOVIE#

Min Aquarium Size for keeping this fish 100 Gallon ( 400 litres ) They also are constantly on the move and will need a larger tank for swimming space.īreeding: Very difficult to breed in captivity. Origin / Habitat: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reefīlue Tang Temperament / Behaviour: They can be aggressive with other tangs (surgeonfish), especially another same species. However, if all the above has been taken care of, the blue tang is a relatively hardy fish which offer the owner a lot of fun and enjoyment seeing it dashing through the tank for food or swimming around and glazing the rock work for algae.Ĭommon Names: Blue Tang, Blue Surgeonfish, Palette Surgeonfish, Regal Tang, Hippo Tang, Flag-Tail Surgeonfish We would not recommend keeping the blue tang in anything that is smaller than 100 gallon ( 400 litres ) 3 feet marine fish tank. The blue tang can grow up to 30 cm in size, which can easily outgrow a small aquarium tank making it torture to keep them in a small tank. The primary foods of the blue tang involve a lot of marine algae in the wild, and it is recommended to introduce these or foods that contain marine algae to keep them healthy and happy. Unless the tank is really large for them to swim around. Like other surgeonfish in the family, the blue tangs will probably not do well with another same species in the tank or together with other tangs in the same tank. Like all tang in the family, the blue tang is prone to diseases like white spot ( ich ), therefore proper care and quarantine process should be taken before introduced into the tank.Ī blue tang inflected with Ich commonly known as white spot. Blue tang striking blue colourationĬomparing to keeping clownfish (Nemo), keeping the blue tang generally required more attention and care in keeping them as well. Therefore, it is important that we know about the care and requirement of the blue tang before deciding to keep one in our home aquarium tank. The blue tang available for sales in this aquarium trade although commonly found in wild, are in danger of over-collection and unlike clownfish which has successfully captive breed in the trade, there isn’t much successful story available for tank raised captive Blue tang.

#FINDING NEMO FISH TANK SETUP MOVIE#

However, there is a worldwide concern including us that the popularity of the movie might cause an overwhelming demand for this fish like what we saw in the trade when Finding Nemo 1 was in the screen. Due to the popularity of the movie “ Finding Nemo”, Blue tang together with the clownfish is one of the popular fishes that represent the marine hobby. The popular blue tang with the scientific name ( Paracanthurus hepatus ) comes from the family of Acanthuridae. Perhaps there is no other marine fishes in this trade than the Blue tang unique striking blue colouration has. The blue tang found in the indo pacific region, has a deep blue body, yellowtail and a special “ Black palate “ design on it’s body. Keeping a blue tang ( Dory ) in a marine tank

Finding nemo fish tank setup