The flashing blue tang is a very unusual specimen of Paracanthurus hepatus which is unlike any surgeonfish, or any other fish we’ve encountered save for one. This strongly aberrant individual is mostly normal in the front half of the body but…
Black Hippo Tang Scored by Professional Fish Keepers
Regal blue tang, blue hippo tang, Paracnathurus hepatus, or Dory, whatever you call them we can all agree this fish is supposed to be blue. As it turns out not all blue or hippo tangs get that memo and once in…
Captive Bred Blue Tangs Coming to the Hobby Later This Year
Earlier this year, Rising Tide Conservation and the University of Florida announced the first captive spawning of the one and only regal blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus. This breakthrough was the result of many years of hard work, research, and trial…
Blue Facts Comic Book About Blue Tangs Debuting at MACNA
Blue Facts is a free comic book produced by Reef Builders, illustrated by ComiQuarium, and sponsored by the Colorado Organization for Reef & Aquatic Life, also known as C.O.R.A.L., hosts of MACNA 2014 in Denver Colorado. Through this partnership we’ve…
Captive Bred Blue Tangs become a reality at the UF Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory
Captive bred blue tangs are no longer a dream as Rising Tide Conservation just revealed that they had successfully bred this iconic fish in captivity. The breakthrough took place at the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab which announced that they…
The ‘Finding Dory Effect’ is already in full swing
Finding Dory has been a smash hit at the box office, grossing nearly $300 million in its first couple weeks at the box office. But as with many movies produced by Disney and Pixar and targeted at younger audiences, there…
Aberrant regal tang is turning heads at Abyss Aquatic Warehouse, UK
The regal blue tang is one of the perennial favorite fishes of the aquarium hobby, with many admirers loving the bold blue, black and yellow coloration which is so unlike any other reef fish. The appearance of the blue tang…
“Finding Dory” sure to have huge impact on blue hippo tangs, aquarium hobby at large
The blue hippo tang, Parancanthurus hepatus goes by many names which will soon be all but obscured by one, “Dory”. Also known as the blue tang, regal blue tang, pallette or flagtail surgeonfish, thanks to the forthcoming Finding Dory movie…
Bandit surgeonfish: Black face regal blue tang is a very interesting masked mutation
Some minor mutations in reef fish might give a specimen an extra bar, a broken stripe, or a weird inflection on the overall color but this black face regal blue tang has a mutation which adds a lot of character.…
Regal Blue Tang can spawn successfully at home
It seems that breeding news comes in spurts. While the vast majority of marine fish have never been spawned in captivity, with even a smaller fraction being reared, it is undeniable that the early 21st Century is proving to be…
