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Purple Tang Diet
Herbivore- Feed a diet rich in vegetable matter including frozen herbivore foods, dried seaweed, or live macro algae to help the Purple Tang retain its color and prevent lateral line erosion.
Purple Tang
A pricey tang and often sought after by hobbyists. Don't mix with other tangs and keep them in large aquariums.
Red Sea Sailfin Tang ...
1 Purple Tang
1 Cleaner Wrasse
1 Powder Blue tang
1 Long Nosed Butterfly fish
Breeding pair gold stripe maroon clowns ...
2 yellow tang, Purple Tang, Desjardini Tang, Naso lituratus, hippo tang, foxface - lo magnifica, 2 Sixline Wrasse, 2 firefish gobi, ocellaris percula, 2 chromis, longnose hawkfish, arcatus hawkfish, 4 pajama cardinal, 2 anthias, 6 catfish, ...
On the day of the hatching, the eggs actually seem to clear, still retaining a light purple tang. The eyes now are like hundreds of tiny silver mirrors, reflecting light as the male's cleaning and oxygenating activity sways them in every which way.
Herbivores in the wild, the Purple Tang will graze on any filamentous algae but will also accept prepared foods, dried or frozen. A variety of foods is strongly recommended. A beta-carotene supplement is advised to stave off lateral line disease.
Yellow tang....zebra moray eel ($129)....red volitan lionfish ($39), cleaner wrasse ($13), purple tang, juvenile Koran angelfish ($129).
Invertebrates ...
Included in the Zebrasoma family of fish are, amongst others: Z. flavescens (Yellow Tang), Z. scopas (Brown Sailfin Tang), Z. gemmatum Spotted Sailfin Tang), Z. veliferum (Sailfin Tang), Z. xanthurum (Yellow Tail Sailfin or Purple Tang), and so on.
are marine fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae. These fish are characterized by a pair of sharp spines located on either side of the tail. Several species are popular in the home aquarium, including the yellow tang, blue tang and purple tang.
 See also: Fish, Aquarium, Tang, Water, Species
  
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