Saltwater Fish
Sailfin Tang.
A big, banded tang that raises a tall sail-like fin to look even larger. Reef-safe and a great algae grazer, but it gets large and needs serious swimming room; give it a 100-gallon-plus reef with open water and rock to graze.
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
- 15"
- Min tank size
- 100 gallons
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Scientific name
- Zebrasoma veliferum
Good tank mates
Works in larger fish-only and reef communities with peaceful to semi-aggressive species like wrasses, clownfish, anthias, and angelfish, and it is reef-safe with most corals. It can be territorial toward other tangs, especially other Zebrasoma or similar body shapes, so add it last and avoid crowding multiple tangs into a small space. Give it a big tank with lots of open swimming room and rockwork to defuse aggression.
Good to know
When threatened the sailfin tang erects its huge dorsal and anal fins to look dramatically larger, which is also where it gets its name.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
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