Saltwater Fish
Brown Scopas Tang.
A hardy, disc-shaped tang in shifting browns and gold — an active grazer that helps keep algae in check. Reef-safe and one of the easier tangs, but it needs swimming room; give it a 100-gallon-plus reef with rock to graze and open water.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Semi aggressive
- Community
- Semi community
- Adult size
- 8"
- Min tank size
- 100 gallons
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Scientific name
- Zebrasoma scopas
Good tank mates
Compatible with most non-tang reef fish such as clownfish, wrasses, gobies, and angelfish, but like other Zebrasoma tangs it is territorial toward fish of similar shape, especially other tangs and particularly other scopas or yellow tangs. House it as the only tang unless your system is large with heavy rockwork and tangs are introduced together. It needs open swimming room, so it is better suited to larger reef tanks.
Good to know
The plain brown scopas tang is closely related to the bright yellow tang and can hybridize with it, and it carries the same sharp scalpel-like spine at the base of its tail.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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Erie, PA.
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