Blue Tangs For Sale

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 Tangs for sale in Sydney. Kellyville Pets is Sydney's largest Fish Store. In our amazing Aquarium Department we have thousands of different tropical, coldwater and marine fish for sale with new shipments coming in every week from the best fish suppliers in Australia. Our range of fish includes Angelfish, Platies, Catfish, Barbs, Tetras, Sharks, Swords, Guppies and many more.

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Tangs Scientific Name: Acanthuridae
Tangs Common Name: Purple, Blue, Yellow Tang
Tangs Size: 15-40cm
Tangs Diet: Omnivore
Tangs Water Type: Salt
Tangs Optimum pH Level: 8- 8.5
Tangs Life Span: 8- 12 years

The tang is a small to medium sized fish that is found in the warmer coastal waters of the tropics. Tangs are well know for their bright colours and are closely related to surgeon fish and unicorn fish.
There are 80 known species of tang, that inhabit the tropical waters of the southern hemisphere, including the largest species of the tang group, the white margin unicorn fish that has been known to grow over a meter long.

Tang are found around shallow coral reefs where there is an abundance of food and plenty of places to hide from approaching predators. The tang is named after the razor-sharp scalpel (also known as tang) at the base of their tails. When the tang feels threatened, it hides in a crevice in the coral or rocks and anchors itself in using this scalpel. The scalpel at the base of the tang's tail can also be used to defend itself if it is caught.

Tangs Food: 

Although the tang is an omnivorous animal, it has a predominantly vegetarian diet. Tang mainly feed on algae and other plants around the coral reefs as well as picking the larger food particles out of the plankton in the water. 

Tang Breeding: 

Tangs are known to breed all year round in the tropical regions, beginning with a male tang securing himself a temporary breeding territory that includes a pair or group of female tang. The female tang release an average of 40,000 eggs into the water which are then fertilised by the male tang. The baby tang are known as fry and hatch in less than a week. Tangs however are reported to breed as well when in captivity.

The tang is one of the most popular species of marine fish to be kept in tanks and aquariums around the world. People are charmed by the peaceful and gentle nature of the tang, along with it's bright colours and the fact that tangs can live for a long time, especially compared to other species of marine fish of a similar size.

Tang are not recommended to be kept in small aquariums as tang have the potential to get pretty big. The most common type of tang kept in salt-water aquariums are the yellow tang and the bright blue regal tang but despite the fact that the tang is popular fish to keep they need to be well looked after and have specific water conditions maintained.