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"The Vlamingii Tang has a brown to purple body color when an adult. In the juvenile, The color graduates from lighter, dorsal, 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. A very large aquarium is necessary to provide plenty of swimming room and places to hide. The aquarium should have a tight-fitting lid to prevent the fish from jumping out to escape. It is aggressive toward other Tangs, but peaceful with other fish, and will not harm sessile invertebrates within the reef aquarium.
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Vlamingii Tang Tang and Surgeons Acanthuridae Naso vlamingii "The Vlamingii Tang has a brown to purple body color when an adult. In the juvenile, The color graduates from lighter, dorsal, 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. A very large aquarium is necessary to provide plenty of swimming room and places to hide. The aquarium should have a tight-fitting lid to prevent the fish from jumping out to escape. It is aggressive toward other Tangs, but peaceful with other fish, and will not harm sessile invertebrates within the reef aquarium. PalaciosAn

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