Convict tang
Acanthurus triostegus
The exception among tangs: it really does sweep the rock in a school.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 18 cm
- Smallest tank
- 150 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 3 or more
- 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 litres25 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres46 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Regal angelfish
- Foxface rabbitfish
- Maroon clownfish
- Copperband butterflyfish
- Longnose butterflyfish
- Diamond watchman goby
- Lawnmower blenny
- Starry blenny
- Pearlscale butterflyfish
- Aiptasia-eating filefish
- Leopard wrasse
- Picasso triggerfish
- Radiant wrasse
- Cleaner wrasse
- Bicolor blenny
- Yellowhead jawfish
- Pink skunk clownfish
- Randall's shrimpgoby
- Swissguard basslet
- Chalk bass
- and 18 more species
Caution
- Yellow tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Blue tangCrowding the same layer
- Flame angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Lyretail anthiasCrowding the same layer
- ClownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Sixline wrasseBoth semi-aggressive
- Scopas tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Raccoon butterflyfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Dwarf lionfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Squarespot anthiasBoth semi-aggressive
- Purple tangCrowding the same layer
- Powder blue tangCrowding the same layer
- Lunare wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Threadfin butterflyfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Pyramid butterflyfishCrowding the same layer
- Lined seahorseNarrow shared temperature range
- Kole tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Tomato clownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Lemonpeel angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Bicolor angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Melanurus wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Scott's fairy wrasseBoth semi-aggressive
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Midas blennyBoth semi-aggressive
- Longnose hawkfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Clarkii clownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Yellow coris wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Engineer gobyBoth semi-aggressive
- Valentini pufferBoth semi-aggressive
- Domino damselfishCrowding the same layer
- Coral beauty angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Potter's angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Mystery wrasseBoth semi-aggressive
- Blackcap bassletBoth semi-aggressive
- Rusty angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Flame wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Canary blennyBoth semi-aggressive
- Striped fang blennyBoth semi-aggressive
- Dispar anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Neon dottybackBoth semi-aggressive
- Bartlett's anthiasBoth semi-aggressive
- Sailfin tangBoth semi-aggressive
- Flame hawkfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Orchid dottybackBoth semi-aggressive
- Banggai cardinalfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Percula clownfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Blue damselfishCrowding the same layer
- Cherub angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Carpenter's flasher wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Falco hawkfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Yellowtail damselfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Azure damselfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Naso tangBoth semi-aggressive
- French angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Porcupine pufferBoth semi-aggressive
- Volitans lionfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Niger triggerfishBoth semi-aggressive