Poor tang...

nemonick84 · #1 12/12/2007, 12:15 AM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgray110/1518278062/

What a shame...

yellowwatchmen · #2 12/12/2007, 12:16 AM

THAT SUCKS.

demonsp · #3 12/12/2007, 12:19 AM

Well always the pesamist it could be worse. I only see 2 other fish.

otiso777 · #4 12/12/2007, 12:41 AM

I see 3 others

sunfish11 · #5 12/12/2007, 12:59 AM

I currently have a quarter size hippo in my 24 gal cube. A nursery until he get big enough to go in with the bigger fish. The fish is tiny, and it is fine for the moment. Maybe that is what is going on here. Just a thought.

huskyrider · #6 12/12/2007, 01:00 AM

He'll never know why it died in a week. Even if you told him

skinz78 · #7 12/12/2007, 01:05 AM

some people

Cantonesefish · #8 12/12/2007, 01:12 AM

Don't worry, he plans on upgrading to a 15 gallon tank in the near future.

sunfish11 · #9 12/12/2007, 01:14 AM

Instead of "what-a-shaming" why don't you comment on the photo and invite the person to RC so they can learn...

Tajjo · #10 12/12/2007, 01:15 AM

Well that is deffinately tooo bad but not uncommon, all these fish swim miles a day roaming free wherever they want and we put them in these (bigger tanks) and think its ok? Doesnt make sense to me we (the humam race) messes with the ocean so much. But i am glad that (in some estimated amount of years most of the corals as we know will be extinct), to own a small part of something beautifull. So theres no use of actually trying to make a difference. Maybe they are new to the hobby? And some people at lfs's try just to make a buck.

chrisalmand · #11 12/12/2007, 01:32 AM

jeezzz.....

huskyrider · #12 12/12/2007, 01:34 AM

need to have a way to put some frags back so they won't go extinct

nemonick84 · #13 12/12/2007, 01:35 AM

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sunfish11 Instead of "what-a-shaming" why don't you comment on the photo and invite the person to RC so they can learn...

Trust me. If I was a member of Flickr I most definitely would. I stumbled across this picture while doing a yahoo image search. I do, however, find it difficult to believe that this person doesn't know better. If they're at the point where they're successfully keeping coral - as it appears in the picture - I'm sure they've at some point learned that tangs should not be kept in a tank of that size. As well keeping that many fish in such a small space. It seems to me like a classic case of "I'll keep what I want". But, granted, I don't know the circumstances so I can only speculate. It's just upsetting seeing that.

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Cantonesefish Don't worry, he plans on upgrading to a 15 gallon tank in the near future.

Ahahah right on.

NYIntensity · #14 12/12/2007, 07:52 AM

That tang has got to be dizzy...all it can do is swim in circles all day.

Rosseau · #15 12/12/2007, 09:06 AM

I'm perhaps inviting myself to be shamed - here goes.

I currently have a ~1.5" tang in a 15G.

I do realize this isn't a viable long term option and as such there has been a plan in the beginning to a move to a larger tank.

At the moment however, if you scale the tang's swimming space as a proportion of it's body length.... My tang has more swimming space than does a 12" tang in a 6' tank. (i.e. 24"/1"= 24 vs. 72"/12"= 6)

I AM NOT advocating that everyone with small tanks goes ahead and buys fish which will outgrow them. Furthermore, you could argue that this fish needs a very large swimming area throughout it's life.

However, sometimes the argument is lost on me when we consider the size of our tanks relative to the ocean..... Let's try and keep everything in perspective.

(FWIW the tang in the picture looks a lot bigger than 1")

AMIFL · #16 12/12/2007, 09:38 AM

Let's bust him out of jail!

jcpatella · #17 12/12/2007, 02:03 PM

....and put him in a bigger jail?

justinpsmith · #18 12/12/2007, 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by jcpatella
....and put him in a bigger jail?

Exactly...I agree that a nano is way too small for any tang but I always find it funny how people with 6' tanks keep tangs and act like theirs are in ideal conditions. I have a 6' tank and would not keep a tang in it. Its still not big enough. I dive and have seen tangs many times in the ocean. I have never really seen any other fish that swim as freely and fast as them...Diving among tangs would probably change peoples minds about keeping them in any jail. JMO.

reefCrawler · #19 12/12/2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by jcpatella
....and put him in a bigger jail?

HPD Turbo · #20 12/12/2007, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by Tajjo
Well that is deffinately tooo bad but not uncommon, all these fish swim miles a day roaming free wherever they want and we put them in these (bigger tanks) and think its ok? Doesnt make sense to me we (the humam race) messes with the ocean so much. But i am glad that (in some estimated amount of years most of the corals as we know will be extinct), to own a small part of something beautifull. So theres no use of actually trying to make a difference. Maybe they are new to the hobby? And some people at lfs's try just to make a buck.

Do yoy think our hobby is gonna be responsable of that?, or in some level?

r0bin · #21 12/12/2007, 03:56 PM

I realize none of our tanks are large enough for tangs or other certain fish. The way I have always looked at it is unfortunately once a fish is caught its fate is sealed. Once its at the LFS it cannot go back to the ocean. What I can do for it is let it live in decent conditions with the best food and best possible water conditions I can provide. Rather me have my yellow tang in my 75 than someone else have it in a 20, and rest assured if I had not bought it, someone else would have. Maybe someone with no experience that would have killed it accidentally.

sk8rreefgeek · #22 12/12/2007, 04:24 PM

That's what I was thinking r0bin. I got reamed on for having a 2" blue tang in a 55

xtm · #23 12/12/2007, 05:41 PM

I doubt the tang has any clue that he's being kept in a nanocube

IF fish could talk, I'm sure they will tell you how fortunate they are to be in a captive environment instead of the wild - where there is no fear of predation, guaranteed everyday feeding, and ideal temperature all season long

On the other hand, I don't understand this human bias towards lovely organisms.. I mean, people go to jail for hurting dogs, but NO ONE has ever gone to jail for killing snakes(??) People get outraged when they see a Tang in a 55G but it's okay to breed AND FEED baby Mollies??

?? I don't get it...

jcpatella · #24 12/12/2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally posted by xtm
I mean, people go to jail for hurting dogs, but NO ONE has ever gone to jail for killing snakes(??) People get outraged when they see a Tang in a 55G but it's okay to breed AND FEED baby Mollies?? ?? I don't get it...

"Puppies are cute and fuzzy. Snakes are ugly." That's the typical mentality that goes behind why people make decisions as to which animal is ok to kill and which animal must be treated like a human. Trust me - I feel the same way as you on this subject.

There are so many "gray areas" as to what's right and what's wrong. This tang in a nanocube is probably safer than a tang in a 200 gallon that's completely filled with SPS.

ljosh · #25 12/12/2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally posted by jcpatella
....and put him in a bigger jail?

I was happy when I got a bigger office