Dussumier Tang fish

Dussumier Tang, Acanthurus dussumieri, is a great fish that displays great coloration both as a juvenile and as an adult. As a juvenile, it has a lavender-tan body with yellow around the eyes and near the tail fin. Fins typically show some blue. As an adult, it displays fine horizontal striations of yellow and blue. As an adult, the yellow that surrounds the eyes as a juvenile connects between its eyes, thus explaining its other common name, the Eyestripe Surgeonfish. Harvested as food in some parts of the world, it is found in a variety of areas including East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Japan, and Hawaii. The Dussumier Tangs shipped by PetSolutions are either Australian or Hawaiian and both display the same colorations. Requiring a great deal of swimming room and well-oxygenated water, this fish can grow to more than a foot and a half in the wild. In the home aquarium, a six to nine inch maximum could be expected, depending on aquarium size. Generally peaceful, the Dussumier Tang does great singly or in groups. If it is being introduced with other Tangs, it is best to introduce this one simultaneously or at a size larger than existing Tangs. As a typical Tang herbivore, it feeds on most any type of algae and requires a great deal of vegetable matter in its diet. Seaweed sheets and spirulina should be fed in the home aquarium, and feedings must be multiple times daily to maintain the health of this active aquarium addition.