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**Wayne Sallee** · September 22nd 06, 10:26 PM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs

And that would make quite interesting looking fish :-)

Wayne Sallee
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Wayne Sallee wrote on 9/22/2006 4:01 PM:
Yea that's a small tank for them to be spawning in. Very interesting.

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Pat wrote on 9/22/2006 2:41 PM:
75 Gallons, for our friends across the pond.

Pat wrote:
75

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Sounds like breeding. Not only is it unusual for them to cross
breed, but it's unusual for tangs to breed in tanks. What size tank
do you have?

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Pat wrote on 9/22/2006 1:04 PM:

Well, hmmm....I could go with the version I sent to the Penthouse
forum . What details can I provide? Foxface excreting
something that looks like sand, but it's frequent and I don't
assume he eats that much sand to pass it in such quantities...so I
assume it's eggs or some creepy diseased excrement. Tang excretes
a cloudy substance, assumption is either again non-standard
excrement or Dori is a bad name for a clearly male fish. The 2
fish in question have been good friends for a while they are always
swimming together. Maybe they are taking their relationship to the
next level?

Wayne Sallee wrote:

More detailes please :-)

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Pat wrote on 9/22/2006 11:47 AM:

So in my tank I have a foxface and blue tang amongst other things.

My foxface frequently deposits what I guess are eggs, but I could
be completely wrong. It's granular and whiteish, for all I know
it could be sand, but does not resemble standard detritus. The
other day whilst observing my finned friends I saw my blue
tang(hippo tang, regal tang, dori from nemo...etc) doing what
appeared to be going #3 on the alleged eggs. Is it possible that
they were trying to get their procreation on? Is cross breeding
possible? Am I witnessing something else?