Blue tang
Paracanthurus hepatus
Cobalt blue, black palette marking, yellow tail. The largest here.
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Stats
- Size
- 22 cm
- Smallest tank
- 250 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Demanding
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litresToo small
- Living room180 cm · 650 litresToo small
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres40 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Flame angelfish
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Foxface rabbitfish
- Threadfin butterflyfish
- Engineer goby
- Squarespot anthias
- Regal angelfish
- Raccoon butterflyfish
- Dwarf lionfish
- Copperband butterflyfish
- Longnose butterflyfish
- Kole tang
- French angelfish
- Porcupine puffer
- Diamond watchman goby
- Tomato clownfish
- Bicolor angelfish
- Lawnmower blenny
- Midas blenny
- Starry blenny
- and 48 more species
Caution
- Lyretail anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Sixline wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Scopas tangCrowding the same layer
- Convict tangCrowding the same layer
- Sailfin tangCrowding the same layer
- Pyramid butterflyfishCrowding the same layer
- Lined seahorseNarrow shared temperature range
- Naso tangCrowding the same layer
- Lemonpeel angelfishCrowding the same layer
- Melanurus wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Scott's fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Yellow coris wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Flame wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Dispar anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Bartlett's anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Carpenter's flasher wrasseCrowding the same layer
Not together
- Yellow tangThese two do not get along
- Purple tangAggressive with peaceful
- Powder blue tangAggressive with peaceful
- Lunare wrasseAggressive with peaceful
- Picasso triggerfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Queen angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Blue damselfishAggressive with peaceful