This is Sam, my purple fire goby. Sam has recently moved into my 50 gallon reef aquarium which is to be his permanent home. He was only shy for the first few hours, but now he is out all the time and social and exploring his home. He even loves to come out for my camera!
Please read and understand — you probably can’t keep the cast of Finding Nemo in the average home aquarium!
Species Profile: Regal Tang, AKA Blue Tang, Hippo Tang, and much to my chagrin “Dory fish” (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Minimum Tank Size: I can’t see a Regal Tang doing well in a tank less than 80 gallons. I would recommend a tank at least 100 gallons though and I do know people that would say something in the range of 150-180 gallons is ideal.
Care Level: Relatively Easy, if fed well and kept in a well suited sized aquarium.
Water Chemistry: Tropical marine.
Max Size: 12 inches long. You read that right, that little 2in long fish will grow and do not believe that “It’ll grow to the size of the tank” crap. This fish is from the ocean. It will grow until it is full size, which averages about 8 or 9in.
Temperament: Relatively peaceful, but will be territorial with other tang species and may scare smaller fish.
Diet: Herbivore. Will accept meaty foods in the captive situation, but attempts to feed it vegetable material should be made to keep it healthy. Things like macroalgae, lettuce, and dried seaweed.
Comments: I wrote this because I got tired of people telling me they wanted to keep “Dory” in their 29 gallon tank and then telling me that it’s so small in the store’s tank. It will grow. That’s how Nature works, it grows. A good portion of marine fish go through a larvae stage.
Animal Cruelty on my dash for the second time today.
Goldfish are pets too. They have certain requirements.
Not bowls.
There is nothing artsy about sticking six of them in a small 1/2 gallon fish bowl and taking a picture.
It’s animal cruelty.
There is nothing artsy about sticking six of them in a Mason jar and taking a picture.
It’s animal cruelty.
Know your facts.
I see so very many “artsy” pictures of goldfish in tiny containers out in a field or some other crap. I often wonder what happens to the fish when the photoshoot is done :(
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Every Day I’m Skimming.
Updates on my 32 gallon mini reef:
Finally got my protein skimmer today! I’m very excited. Now I can really get to cleaning the 32 gallon even better. It’s a Coralife 65. I’ll have some reviews on it in updates to come, but with nothing to compare it to (never having used a skimmer before) it might be less helpful than some.
You may remember I had a bristle worm problem. I have successfully removed the worms from three pieces of rock now, and have moved those rocks to the show tank. One step at a time! Next we’re going to move either the purple fire goby or the three blue green chromis to the show tank. It’s going to be a slow process, combining the best of two tanks for one great show tank, but it’s going to be so worth it!
This is spectacular!
Not 100% my topic as it’s not fish per se, but this is the way these magnificent creatures should be seen. Not in cramped tanks performing for food!
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