My question is difficult at best. My wife wants a Purple Tang. For her to accept the up front costs and then the on going electrics bills I need to be sure that her 'pet' does not die...
If it does die, then they will all go, no matter how much machismo I try to apply, my wife knows better...
As is so prevalent in this hobby, one persons cage is another persons freedom.
I just want them to be healthy, how that is accomplished is what I am here to learn and not to make some ‘Nemo’ happy. Fish live in water, I do not but that does not mean I cannot extrapolate some of what I know to...
UV or 'Ultra Violet' lights cause damage to the molecular structure of certain organic molecules.
In living cells, the damage caused may result in reduced function or death to the host cell.
To get to the point in our context, UV is a great thing for killing those things that may harm our fish...
Yeah, I thought the Posts: 1 might give that away :-)
You ask some questions I can not answer. I have never seen a purple tang in captivity close to the 12-14' you speak of. I can not even think of one that is 8".
> It is from memory of something I read in a book about adult size.
This bantering serves no purpose and only inflames the mods with your strong opinions.
Besides his question, what is an appropriate tank size for a purple tang, my wife loves those things and from what I have read those salty critters get to be about 12-14 inches!!!
Specifically, I am eying a...
