Naso lituratus
Also called, the lipstick Tang, this is a beatiful fish that can be heard to acclimate to captivity, but once it is it can live for many years!
Matience Difficulty:
This fish is moderately difficult to keep. Start by feeding it brine shrimp and blanched lettuce.
Matience:
It is important that you feed tangs a good variety of live, frozen, and prepared formula foods with emphasis in vegetable and spirulina. Best to feed small amounts several times a day.
Matience:
It is important that you feed tangs a good variety of live, frozen, and prepared formula foods with emphasis in vegetable and spirulina. Best to feed small amounts several times a day.
Foods:
Mainly found grazing on leafy brown algae such as Sargassum and Dicyota.
Social Behaviors:
Can get territorial espically if another tang is added to a tank with an already established tang.
Sexual Differences:
Unknown.
Light: Recommended light levels
Found in areas of sunlight.
Breeding/Reproduction
Probally will not be accomplished in captivity.
Temperature:
No special requirements. Normal temperatures for marine fish is between 75 and 79 degrees farenheit.
Length/Diameter of the fish:
Adults can grow to 20 inches. This is a very large fish. Make sure you have a very large tank!
Minimum Tank Length/Size
A minimum 125 is recommended for a ful grown adult. Juveniles are often kept in a 55 gallon or larger. This ok since the fish grows rather slowly.
Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong.
No special requirements.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom
Swims all over the tank.
Availability:
This fish is generally readily avaiable and is moderately expensive.
