Photo #1 - The Vlamingii Tang, Also Known As The Vlaming...

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Photo Caption: The Vlamingii Tang, also known as the Vlaming's Unicornfish, or Bignose Unicornfish, has a brown to purple body color when an adult. In the juvenile, The color graduates from lighter, dorsaly, to darker, ventrally. It has vertical markings on the body and blue highlights. The dorsal fin, anal fin, tail, and face are all sparingly detailed in a brilliant bright blue.
saltwater fish - naso vlamingii - vlamingii tang stocking in 75 gallons tank - The Vlamingii Tang, also known as the Vlaming's Unicornfish, or Bignose Unicornfish, has a brown to purple body color when an adult. In the juvenile, The color graduates from lighter, dorsaly, to darker, ventrally. It has vertical markings on the body and blue highlights. The dorsal fin, anal fin, tail, and face are all sparingly detailed in a brilliant bright blue.
75 gallons saltwater fish tank (mostly fish, little/no live coral) - 75 gallon all glass aquarium. running on a 30 gallon refugium,with a G3 protein skimmer.For the lighting I have a current metal halide fixture with 2 14k bulbs. For my return I am running a sea swirl rotating head that rotates 180 degrees.

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State: Kentucky
Country: United States
Description: 75 gallon all glass aquarium. running on a 30 gallon refugium,with a G3 protein skimmer.For the lighting I have a current metal halide fixture with 2 14k bulbs. For my return I am running a sea swirl rotating head that rotates 180 degrees.
Advice: Buy what you like and dont buy whats cheap!
Fish Kept: Vlamingii Tang (Naso vlamingii) Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) Humu Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) Porcupine Puffer (Diodon holacanthus) Bicolor Foxface (Lo uspi) Jade Filefish (Paramonacanthus japonicus) 2 Clarkii Clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii) Blue Spiny Lobster (Panulirus vesicolor) Chocolate Chip Starfish (Protoreastor nodosus )
Corals/Plants: none!
Tank Size: 75 gallons
Quote: Dont go cheap
About Yourself: Im 15 years old and I like working on mine and my dads saltwater tanks. I have 2 more tanks 12 gallon nano and a 125, both of those are reef.

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