Dorie

What kind of fish was Dorie in the movie Nemo? A Natural Blue Tang? I
haven't found anything that looks like her.

Okay, I know what your thinking, but I'm posting this on behalf of my
kids that keep pelting me with this question.

--Kurt

Hippo tang, or blue tang or regal tang. All different names for same fish.

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KurtG wrote:

What kind of fish was Dorie in the movie Nemo? A Natural Blue Tang? I
haven't found anything that looks like her.

Okay, I know what your thinking, but I'm posting this on behalf of my
kids that keep pelting me with this question.

--Kurt

Pat wrote:
Hippo tang, or blue tang or regal tang. All different names for same fish.

Dang. My kid was right! She kept saying it was a Hippo Tang and I kept
saying "I don't think so".

I had my eye on Atlantic Tangs, but I'm resisting the urge to buy more
fish.

--Kurt

Our favorite clown is names "Crusty"......what else would you name a
clown..He is named after that human clown on the Simpsons..Other
clowns are BoZo, Pimp Daddy and Spastic

I sure hope there is no Tang Police around hearing that folks want to
put a tang in a 55 ;-) Heck on some forums just the mere thought of
putting one in a 75 gal will bring on a wrath of flames much worse
than one would get in hell. Yu can always get a good but somewhat
repetitiouis conversation going with a title like "Will my Blue Tang
have enough room in my 29 gal if I add a yellow tang too? and continue
on with I only have two fish total and the other is a NIger Trigger.
When it was a freshwater setup it had 18 fish in it without a problem.



On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:10:58 -0500, KurtG
wrote:

Pat wrote:
Hippo tang, or blue tang or regal tang. All different names for same fish.

Dang. My kid was right! She kept saying it was a Hippo Tang and I kept
saying "I don't think so".

I had my eye on Atlantic Tangs, but I'm resisting the urge to buy more
fish.

--Kurt

I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

"Tristan" wrote in message ...
I sure hope there is no Tang Police around hearing that folks want to
put a tang in a 55 ;-) Heck on some forums just the mere thought of
putting one in a 75 gal will bring on a wrath of flames much worse
than one would get in hell.

Owning this fish I can tell your from my first hand experience that
55 gallon tank is way too small for this big, strong and very agile fish.
It is swimming in my 58 gallon, 3-feet long reef tank and this is very
sad look: it resembles a dog living its whole life in a space of the
size of office building an elevator...
But beginners are stupid and I was not any exception from this rule
so I got it from the store when it was 2" fish, now it is about 8" and
I am sorry for him but there is no room for a bigger tank...
It really takes him a blink of an eye to jump across this small tank.

Yu can always get a good but somewhat
repetitiouis conversation going with a title like "Will my Blue Tang
have enough room in my 29 gal if I add a yellow tang too? and continue
on with I only have two fish total and the other is a NIger Trigger.
When it was a freshwater setup it had 18 fish in it without a problem.

These fish were probably not 8" long each and they were not such
fast moving fish as the reef guys are, used to beating of the waves.
It is really hard to compare a feshwater angel fish, sitting half day
in one place to a speedy hippo tang moving whole day like crazy...

The DVD has a whole segment on the fish in the movie btw.

I too have seen this too many times.

-K

KurtG wrote:

I had my eye on Atlantic Tangs, but I'm resisting the urge to buy more
fish.

Keep resisting. I have a 125 gallon tank and, until recently, had an adult
powder blue. He/she apparently felt a bit too constrained in such a small tank
and would attack and frequently kill any new fish of any type (except lionfish).

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

George Patterson wrote:
Keep resisting. I have a 125 gallon tank and, until recently, had an
adult powder blue. He/she apparently felt a bit too constrained in such
a small tank and would attack and frequently kill any new fish of any
type (except lionfish).

Good info, thanks.

--Kurt

Regal Tang

What was the question again ? Who are you ?
Why am I typing ?!?!?

"KurtG" wrote in message
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What kind of fish was Dorie in the movie Nemo? A Natural Blue Tang? I
haven't found anything that looks like her.

Okay, I know what your thinking, but I'm posting this on behalf of my kids
that keep pelting me with this question.

--Kurt