🐠 Vlamingii Tang (Naso vlamingii)
Marine Reef-Safe Very Large Tang • Brown-to-Purple Body With Vertical Markings & Brilliant Blue Facial Accents • Genuinely Capable of Rapid, Dramatic Colour Change • Advanced Marine Fish
 
⚠️ Important Information — Please Read First
We want to be genuinely upfront on this one. This species genuinely grows very large, reaching up to 60cm (around 24"), and expert sources genuinely recommend a minimum aquarium size ranging from 250 up to 400 gallons or more for a fully grown adult, with roughly 6 feet of tank length ideal. This species is genuinely a very fast grower, capable of gaining around 5 inches per year and reaching adult size within its first five years, so please only consider this species with a serious, concrete long-term plan for its truly large and rapid eventual growth.
 
📋 The Vlamingii Tang, also known as the Vlaming's Unicornfish or Bignose Unicornfish, has a genuinely brown-to-purple adult body with vertical markings and brilliant blue highlights on the fins, tail, and face, developing a genuine bulbous forehead protrusion rather than the pointed horn seen in some other Naso species.
Native to the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, and the Philippines, this species inhabits reef environments and is genuinely one of the longer-lived tangs in the hobby, with a documented lifespan of up to 45 years.
We want to share a genuinely fascinating fact: this species is capable of quickly and dramatically changing its colour from pale to brilliant to dark, depending on its mood or environment — mature fish often appear very dark blue-black while swimming, but genuinely shift to a pale baby-blue with visible bars and spots when approaching a cleaning station. This is a genuinely peaceful, hardy species toward other fish, though it can become aggressive toward other tangs, particularly in smaller tanks. It's fully reef safe, and won't harm sessile invertebrates.
 
🟣🔵 Highlights
🎨 Brown-Purple Body With Blue Facial Accents: A genuinely striking, distinctive tang
🎨 Genuine Rapid Colour-Changing Ability: Shifts dramatically from pale to dark depending on mood
📏 Genuinely One of the Larger Tangs: Please read our disclosure above before purchasing
⏳ Genuinely Long-Lived: Documented lifespan of up to 45 years
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Won't harm sessile invertebrates