what kind of fish is this? (pic)

[manderx]

a friend of mine bought a used tank/rock/fish recently, and it came with this guy. the previous owner called it a 'blue naso'.

http://foresters-inc.com/mander/bigfish.jpg

[jfloydr]

It looks like some sort of unicorn tang. They are in the same genus or species as the naso. The word naso is in the scientific name.

[ade]

It looks like a valmingi or pallini tang. I have a juvenile valmingi in my 180. Great fish, what size tank did your friend buy.

[manderx]

i think it's only a 120 but it might be bigger. he was looking at several used packages and i don't know which of them he picked. i have't seen it yet, he's actually a client of mine who lives in raleigh. i'm sure i can talk him into a 220 in a few months. i'm especially impressed with how nice the copperband looks. fat and great color. i *really* need to feed mine more.

[RUFISHY2]

That's a vlamingi, He gets really, really, really big. (that's only sub adult coloration, he generally won't get all his colors until he's about 18-20 inches with a max length of about 24 inches) MAn it's a good looking fish. (Naso vlamingi)

[ade]

pic of my vlamingi in my 180:http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/39903vlamingi.jpg
Ade:rollface:

[RUFISHY2]

Awww, He's growing fast

[ade]

he/she is a eater.