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Hi,

I am thinking of keeping a Orangeband (Orangeshoulder) surgeonfish

(Acanthurus olivaceus). Any reefers had experience with this

surgeonfish? Read that it is 1 of the least aggressive of the surgeonfish,

and rarely bother corals .. right? I am having LPS and soft corals (mushie,

rics and yuma)

cheers

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Yes it is a very gentle fish and only when disturbed by other fishes will it start to get aggresive to defend itself. A good algae eater and a highly resistant fish to diseases.

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Wanted one too. But hardly see the adult morph ard leh... Any one can advise on where its sighted?

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hi guys,

read this on WetWebMedia ... now I worry leh ... have not gotten the fish yet.

how huh??? :sick::sick:

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Acanthurus olivaceus (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Orange Spot or Orange

Shoulder Tang; a hardy fish out of Hawaii and elsewhere, but unfortunately, a

behavioral terror in the ranks of A. lineatus. This is an active fish that grows to

more than a foot and a half in length. It should only be placed with other "mean"

tankmates in the confines of a huge aquarium.

failed to mentioned before is that my other fishes are all small fishes consisting

6xlyretail anthias

5xchromis

2xclown

1xlawnmower bleeny

can co-exist anot???

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hmmm not really

sometimes it juz depends on the fish n some luck

i got mine frm a fellow reefer

he was keepin some lps in the tank

tankmates include blue tang , purple tang yellow tang , clowns, unicorn tang cant rem liao

no prob according to him.

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  zephyros said:
hi guys,

read this on WetWebMedia ... now I worry leh ... have not gotten the fish yet.

how huh??? :sick::sick:

failed to mentioned before is that my other fishes are all small fishes consisting

6xlyretail anthias

5xchromis

2xclown

1xlawnmower bleeny

can co-exist anot???

Yes alot of ppl kept them without reading up.. Upon getting big, they also tend to develop the territorial and aggressibe behavior ;)



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  zephyros said:
Seriously, had any reeders here kept it to adulthood before?

in WetWebMedia, they all classified this fish as THE most MEAN fish!

More so than AT, Sohal ... :( maybe a real devil in disguise???

Now I'm confused ... :(

May or may not be as mean as the 2 you mention but the size it gets to, only a >6feet tank can do...



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