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I can't get enough of your videos man keep them coming

I have had one for 6 years now and I can attest to everything you have described in this video. They are aggressive, love high random flow and a very picky eaters at the beginning. Now it is the dominant tang in my aquarium. Lots of variety in foods helps with disease control and maintaining weight with a highly active species like the Achilles Tangs

This channel gets better and better!

I sit waiting for these each week :)

You never let us down when it comes to quality!

another great video very informative keep them great videos rolling

Love the longnose hawkfish in the end of the video! 😍

Very informative and educational video , thank you x

You are up there with the best reef related KZfaq channels. Keep them coming!

Awesome video, thx for all your informative info

It was a good video- Good advice, thanks!

Just recently got a blue belly and a powder blue they look amazing in my tank!!! Great Chanel! Can’t Waite to get an Achilles in a few months

This is such a good video :)

Thank you for the video and helping people to pick the right fish

This is what I look forward to each week in not weird I swear

Nice video! Good job

Very good information thanks tank looks amazing

Love your videos!

This channel is 10 times better than before

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Great video, we specialize in corals but love learning all we can about fish and anything reef related. 👍

Fantastic information on one of the most beautiful tangs! 👍

I'd love one of these

It's only in 360p for the time being but I love this chanel too much, I'll watch it anymay 😂

amazing tank

Good information

I haven't got into the hobby yet, but the Achilles Tang is why I want to start a reef tank. Maybe one day when I'll be experienced enough I will get one! Great video by the way!

I really enjoyed seeing the giant Achilles tangs in Hawaii while scuba diving! so beautiful

Fantastic Video I really appreciate this. Thank you very much for sharing. I gave it a thumbs up. The Reef Aquarium is absolutely stunning. The fish are a real pleasure and such a joy to admire.

Cool video

Just wanted to say, we really enjoy your presentation. You are doing great! Just got a purple in QT now, hope it makes it cause my powder blues and blue tangs never made it through ich.

Great video. Very helpful. Also cleaner erases are now available captive bread from sustainable aquatics.

Dam... I wanted one of these so freaking bad.... After your video... I will love them from a far 😢😁

Definitely must be an experiences reefer to have one of them! Super difficult to keep alive.

I got an Achilles tang about 2 years ago. (Still alive) At that time there were little to no good detailed videos about these fish. Thanks for this video as it would help someone once like me.

I have a Naso and a Kohl Tang they never stop eating wonderful fish I love them both

Just gotta qurantine it. Got mines at juvenile stage in 2019 and he's still thriving today.

A lot of this video is spot on. Especially cleaner shrimp being a good choice in tank mates. In my experience however the Achilles tang is no more aggressive than other tangs. My Achilles is 3 years old and doing great, furthermore he has never had an issue eating frozen food, live food, or nori. It is a terrific member of our family and many of our guests comment on it. When he had ich initially he recovered on his own with the cleaner shrimp and lots of good food, has not shown any ich now in years.

Great video, I consider white spot as a fish flu. Mainly treating it with elevated temperature and food based treatment I don't chemically treat. Some may perish but most survive and become highly immune to reinfection.

I really love that Tang. But my system is going really good, so its a lot scary ! Great info Reefer!

Great video pal , I hope you can do more videos like this for examples on wrasse ( one of my favourite fish)

Such a cool fish 😍😍😍

Cool video per usual, informative as always. On the topic of keeping difficult fish, I tend to want to leave them in the Ocean, rather than seeing them perish in an aquarium ... but hey that's just me

Saw a school of Achilles In Hawaii absolutely amazing fish

It’s beautiful but ultimately I went with a powder brown for all the reasons you listed!

I had this fish alive for many years, than i moved to other country and gave it up to the store. In my opinion, it needs gracilaria parvispora red algae. I also fed him with mysis and pellets, but this algae was his best food. Once i ve been to Maui and spoke with a guy in a fish store, he told me, they feed them with almost only this algae. So, i tried to find it on live rock in a store and reproduced it in my algae refugium. It got bigger and had no problems with cheto. The fish never had white spots. I also had a 36w UV running on a different eheim pump, and a 55w UV on bypass from the main return pump into the algae ref.

You are one of the few people that give informational videos on fish that I don't already know from previous knowledge or even common sense. I love your videos.

i absolutely LOVE my achilies!!!!

Question(s): First of all.. god damn you’re brave and that’s an awesome tank... bloody huge! I’m new to reefing and just came across this channel today. Anyway ... a few questions for ya.. 1. I currently run GFO, Carbon, filter floss, a protein skimmer, etc in my 3.5 month old tank and I’m having an issue with sand particles floating around. They’re definitely sand and not bubbles. Any suggestions on getting rid of them? I’ve tried many many many things... - Change in flow (Return pump) - Position of powerheads - Turning on/off power heads over time - Dosing calcium carbonate - Dosing Clarity by Seachem - Water changes and syphoning the sand bed And more. Nothing has worked :( 2. What in the world do you do for a career? Mind me asking.. I’m trying to find a career path myself and I’m having a horrible time trying to find what I want to do I’ve also got so, suggestions: - You should do a reef general tips video unless you’ve done one already :D - You should definitely also reach out to companies about sponsors if you’ve not done that too Sorry I’m typing this late at night and I’ve had a really rough couple of days here so I may seem like I’m a 15 year old kid typing all this. Otherwise, amazing quality vids! I like how you bring in video content then go back and forth to you talking. Keeps the video more interesting and less boring. Also keeping the video content relevant too is crucial which you see to do great at! The underwater shots (by the looks) are also stunning. Great stuff! Can’t believe I found such a amazing channel. Very under rated!

Love your videos. Could you recommend alternate tangs for people who love the look but want to avoid the most problematic species?

Those white spot are irritate skin by Ich parasite when they drop off. Ich burrows in the skin and feeds on the fish. There are three stages of the life cycle. Copper, tank top tank transfer method and hyposalinity are options to break the cycle. These should be addressed at the quarantine process. Maybe you know this but no info was giving in the video of it.

Great information for I am in the market for an Achilles Tang. Wot is the name of the bright orange mushroom shown? I own one as well. Fanx & say hello to reefers across the pond!

wich is the fish tthe minute 0:57 color yellow?

Great informative video. Wish I could pull the trigger and try one, but don't want to upset the somewhat harmonic balance in my reef's community.

I've kept reef aquariums since 1997. I've always wanted to keep an Achilles. I resisted all these years because of their reputations. I finally purchased one last year once I set up a 1000 gallon aquarium. He's a beast and loves to try to be the alpha male in the tank. He's never showed any signs of ick.

Woah what was that clam at 3:34 with the glowing blue lines?? That guy is awesome!

I had a beautiful Achilles tang (and 90 gallon bow front) that was alive and well for well over a year and a half UNTIL I got divorced and kicked out of my house and they wouldn’t let me in to take care of my reef tank. So my perfectly healthy Achilles who also would eat from my hand along with my reef slowly evaporated and died. All my corals, my fish, everything.

Say you run a tank fallow for 90+ days, use and heavy duty uv on low flow, copper treat all other inhabitants, copper treat the Achilles, wouldn't still be prone to an ich outbreak?

How do I keep cleaner wrasse alive. All the fish for it to clean??

When Michael from Aaron's Aquarium had a fish shop I went there and his Achilles tang in the display tank was completely skeletal and had one eye. I brought them Baby brine shrimp to try to coax it to eat but It died after a few days. It looked absolutely awful.

Don't forget they are also very susceptible to many viruses and bacterial infections. Hence why back when I used to have one I would constantly feed it garlic and selcon. Sadly however I listened to wrong people on forums and this lead to him dying.

When i added my Powder Brown , he got very stressed a few times and at one point he was covered in white spots.... I didn't noticed any other fish being affected so i just let him be and made sure he was eating good (not saying that that was the best option ). But is been almost 2 years and he is doing great. Sadly i have tried to introduce a Powder Blue ( would be a awesome combo) but my P Brown will not let it happen.

What is that first tang with the spots? A Maculiceps tang?

Just buying straight out qt’d never had any issues at least for these fish

Yeah im pretty sure i wont be able to have one of these in my 90 gallon!

"Mood swings" - I have an achilles tang in my 7' long tank and can fully attest to mood swings. Most of the time he/she is great, but every few months it'll keep my blue spotted angel in a cave for a few days.

i believe that in 2016 hawaiian cleanse wrasses were captive bred, so we might not have to worry about wild caught ramifications for these wrasses in the near future

I need a bigger tank!

The achilles is one tang Ive been wanting to get, I have many other tangs.. including the mean clown. I cant seem to find a healthy one in my area though. One day :D

I just had my two Achilles die suddenly within a few hours of each other. The odd part of this is they were in completely different systems. Any ideas what happened? No change in water or anything. I’m baffled.

Cleaner goby?

Very nice video mate what is it at the minute about people talking about tongues I did one about a month ago everyone seems to be doing the same thing at the minute must be the season for tangs the Achilles Tang is one of the best looking fish but I would never have one not worth the stress and hassle that comes with it keep up the good work mate

I heard that cleaner wrasse will harass tank mates if there is not enough fishes for them to clean. I aim to have an achilles tang one day (though I also dream of having a tank that goes from floor to ceiling). Heard that UV might be a good investment when having such tangs (hopefully better alternative for cleaner wrasse).

I removed shifted my rock work to catch an aggressive angel and lost 8-10 of my original fish due to extreme stress.

Are these tangs a lot easier? -Sailfin and Desjardini Sailfin -Yellow -Tomini -Kole -Other Zebrasoma

What’s up with the sohal tang?

Is a 250g tank big enough? Edit: oh and great video

Great video bud. Top of my wishlist but not with current tangs. It would die. My Clown tang is probably my shyest and my vampire tang is the most meanest. Funny how individual fish really are, keep up the great work ✌️️👍

What is the lightning like blue light on the red clam at 3:31??

How have you managed white spot in your reef?? I had a 6x2x2 mixed reef and after 8 years running I unknowingly introduced a rampant strain of WS on a blue throat trigger and battled spot for 3 months leaving the tank fallow of fish for 9wks. After Quarantining everything there after it broke out again killing everything except the trigger some 8 months later.. I killed off the live rock and left it sun baked then dry for a year now with no current marines at all. I feel scared to reuse the now dead base rock but feel its too valuable to disregard. You opinions please.. congrats on your reef its amazing matey.

I have a 180 gallon tank with a Red Sea sailfin tang, male/female square back, blue jaw trigger, orange shoulder tang, and hippo tang. I Also have a few dwarf angels. Are these tank mates okay for an Achilles tang?

What is that thing around 3:32

What's that at clam at 3:29?

Or QUARANTINE everything before entering your display. Then no matter how stressed they can't get ich or velvet because it simply isn't in the tank!

I want to keep tangs😭😭

Hi, what can I see at 3:33? Thanks

what/why is the missing skin at 1:09?

Step 1, make sure you have a tank that is at least 180 gallons and 6 feet long. Step 2, quarantine your new healthy fish... So, how big is your QT tank?

But that's the same with every tang really aswell, there all mainly aggressive and prone to whitespot! So it's not just this Pacific tang it's MOST tangs

For one you have a huge bio load in that aquarium so yes keeping these fish is gonna be hard not that I am complaining your tank is nice but I am going nowhere near that in mine when I set it up. The more fish the more issues and the more expensive equipment you need! depends what you want to do I'm gonna run 63 gallon with three fish maybe four I want to work less as I have other freshwater tanks to take care of.

Dude you have a Zebra Tang !? Wow

Would love to know others' opinions... Currently setting up a 125 g 6 ft mega-flow and was wanting to get this fish. The system will have over-sizeable protein skimmer, refugium, etc. (there's a lot of filtration!) I also planned on making a significant amount of water flow (ranging between 9x and 20x gph, relative to tank volume), while also only having a ridge of live rock across the middle to allow for a lot of horizontal swim room. I have kept "expert fish" with success and know at times living conditions are circumstantial. Essentially I'm asking if anyone strongly advises against getting this fish simply due to the size of the tank (125 g, 6ft), assuming the other "picky" aspects of its' living conditions are met. Thanks!

However is xpensive not many can have it

I'd rather have a blue tang and yellow tang and also a cleaner shrimp

Lovely fish, but too expensive for me

Is it Bluetooth I’m commenting this on every fish related video in my recommendation

They are incredible fish, and most inportantly, FIRST!!

Great video, although I think the comments around white spot aren't quite correct. You say that white spot is virtually unavoidable. It's not. Correct quarantine of all fish before introduction to a tank will guarantee a white spot free tank. R Also cleaner shrimp don't do anything for white spot.

3:29 was that a reflection or the shell can really produce electricity?