Tank Raised Blue Tangs?

I'm not looking to call out a local store or anything.... but am I the only one wanting to call BS on that post?

Im not sure but they are healthy as crap and he says it comes from the same place as his tank raised clowns, apparently this guy only does tank raised fish.... ?? We will have to find out more. 

Ah here it is!

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/paracselfaqs.htm

Re: Paracanthurus hepatus rearing from wild young
This is an email I received from Inland Aquatics, one of the sources that
sells the captive-reared Paracanthurus hepatus:
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<<Can you tell me where you catch your Paracanthurus hepatus?>>
Ours are "Captive Raised", meaning they are collected as
larvae/post-larvae (in the Solomon Islands). They are grown out there for
about a month before being shipped state-side where they are grown out for
another 3 month or so. They are approximately 2" when we offer them for
sale. ($39.99)
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Perhaps they are an exception to the rule? Thanks again for your
well-founded insight - this is a complex industry to understand, with many
environmental as well as economic considerations.
Keith
<Thanks much for this... do know the company and the owner/mgr. Morgan Lidster... and he is a straight shooter... If he says this is what they're doing than I believe them... Do know of (and have dived with) what I thought was the only outfit doing this "collection/rearing" procedure (in French Polynesia)... and know that they don't (of course) handle Palette/Yellow-Tail Blue/Hippo Tangs (not much in range)... Will post under genus on WWM site. Thank you again. Bob Fenner>

I don't believe the fish from Solomon Islands are available at this time.  In fact I don't believe they've been available stateside for a few years now. 

Adam Blundell wrote: I don't believe the fish from Solomon Islands are available at this time.  In fact I don't believe they've been available stateside for a few years now.  Last time I spoke to Morgan Lidster he assured me that he no longer could get them.    I believe the preferred term would be "captive reared" but I'm still doubting that.   Adam

I wasn't saying that was where he got them. I have no idea where he got them. I was just referring to something I had read explaining "Captive Raised". You'll note that the article is from 2005. 

A quick Google Search does bring up some sites that are advertising captive raised blue tangs - however I can't get any farther because they all ask for wholesale passwords to see the availability lists.

lol, i just spent 20 minutes looking around after reading that post as well,
I knew there were several places rearing captured ichthyoplankton of tangs.

I have absolutely no problem with calling captive reared ichthyoplankton, tank raised, when you are looking at less than half a percent survival in the wild and extremely high survival in captive conditions i think it is great.

There however, IMO is no way you could raise them to 3-4 inches and only sell them for $30, i would bet they would be selling them at 1/2"-1" as tiny blue tangs.  Ornamentals get really expensive to raise past a certain point.

I would love to hear more about this if it is legit, a high quality captive reared tang would be great.

thats what i figured the add said three inches i though thats why i looked it up.  It gets crazy expensive just to raise our clownfish fry past 1" i guess on a commercial scale and/if they are supplementing with wild zooplankton it could be done much cheaper with the blues.

He could have had three inch ones - I dunno. We bought one on Sat and at that point he had sold some already. It's a really really good looking fish.

So I went down there this afternoon to look at them again. They are nice looking.... I talked to the owner of Reefrunners about them. He said they are really Tank Raised. They are caught as larvae and then raised till they are about 1-2" long. He said the place he gets them from has been working on doing this with tangs for about 3 years now. He showed me there website... So I called them Sure enough he was right. They catch the larvae and then raise them for months and months till they are bigger. Then sell them. WOW its about time... so I bought the last 2! He had 15 of them and sold them out in 3 days! Hey at 29.99 for a Tank raised clown you cant beat that!
He said he will get more in though from his new secret tank raised suppliers.... oh and Adam he would be glade to talk to you about it if you would like to call him.... that is at lest what he told me after reading this thread! 

I've seen  similiar sized tangs if not smaller at Birdworld but have never inquired, anyone know what Doug is carrying?