Interesting behavior

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?

More detailes please :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

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 :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

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?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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 :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

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?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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 :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

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?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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 :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

Yea that's a small tank for them to be spawning in. Very
interesting.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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 :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

And that would make quite interesting looking fish :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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 :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



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?

"Pat" wrote in message ...
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?

1. fish eggs look colorful, translucent and change color over time
they do not look like sand and they are not white, opaque.
2. tangs are group spawners and they do not deposit eggs.
3. tangs are known for eating other fish poop.
4. tangs get excited when fed and usually excrete before eating

Notice please if tang is trying to eat what foxface is producing.