Yellow tang

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FAMILY - Acanthuridae

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Zebrasoma Flavescens

COMMON NAME - Yellow Tang

SIZE - 7.9" (20 cm)

RANGE - Central and South Pacific

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet of fresh, frozen, flake fare for marine herbivores, spirulina, zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, dried seaweed. Feed min. 3 times a day.

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Generally safe and desirable, If underfed may nip at large polyped stony and soft corals.

CAPTIVE CARE - Must be fed a diet for active herbivores. May develop head and lateral line erosion, can be aggressive once established in smaller tanks, may not tolerate presence of other tangs or surgeonfishes in tanks under 135 US Gal, 511 L.

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