I Messed Up Again LOOKING TO REHOME 2 FISHS

hey everyone

Just like like the tittle says i ****ed up again i got ahead of myself and i ordered a achilles tang :-/. My tank has been up and running for past year and half i went from 75 gallon year a half ago to 150 gallon about 8 month ago i used all the sand rock and water from my 75 into my 150. every since i had the tank i been having issue with ick. I was away from home for about a week. i guess in the mean wile my powder brown been showing sign of ick so my wife says but everyone has been eating including my powder tang no other tang in the tank shows any sign of ick . i called up the people i ordered the fish from 2 see if i can cancel the order and its to late to cancel
I dont have a QT set of or even know how to set one up.

WHAT SHOULD I DO ?????????????????

Looking o rehome 2 tangs powder brown tang and scopies tang i think that how u spell it. Im located in SANTA ROSA CA please get in touch with me ASAP thank you

 

You have a few options.

1. Put it in feed well and put vitamins in your food along with selcon or a garlic product. And hope for the best.

2. Since you can afford to order an achilles. Get a QT tank up now. Even though its not cycled and stuff you will have to maintain water changes and good conditions for the fish. Constant testing of water parameters will be involved.

3. When it comes Find someone willing to buy it or trade it in asap.

 

Quit freaking out...ich isnt a death sentence...a healthy fish will get through it with proper nutrition (garlic and amino soaked food). Is your Achilles gonna get ich? Absolutely.
....The real issue ur gonna have is 2 Acanthurus tangs in a 150....that will probably be the death sentence to one of them (my guess is the new achilles, with the ich helping)...Just keep their food soaked and hope for the best.

 

The cheapest way is to go get a Tupperware container, a cheap hang on the back filter, and a heater. Make up some salt water at 1.010 salinity and put your fish in there for 6 weeks while your tank and ick settle and hopefully go back into dormancy. If there are no corals in the main I would slowly decrease the salinity in your tank to 1.010 and let the ick die off. Just my opinion low salinity seems to work well for me.

Dustin

 

i do have corals in the tank. would it be too much stress on the fish if i was going to put him QT ? powder brown tang is the only one i ever have issue with my naso tang or scopiaon tang has never had and issue

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150 gallon is that 2 small of tank ?? i didnt think so consdering i have extremly light bio load when it comes to fish

 

It Kind of like having a roomate. If you share a spacious 2 bedroom apartment, you have some space. If you are sharing a dorm room, if a matter of time before you get on eachother's nerves.

The QT tank is a great idea so you can see how he looks coming in. After he is fat and settled when you add him to the DT rearagnge the rocks and keep the lights off for two days. This may work, but your Naso might show agression too he is in a little bit of a small tank as far as swimming room.

Each fish has a different personality and Kevin is a Tang master with 6 that get along, so I would heed his advice and remember a fat happy fish can't be almost anything.

 

would it cause more stree having him in small qt or dt tank. i guess at this point there isnt anything i can do other then wait when i get the guy in. i dont mind set up a qt tank do i need let it cycle or just mix up the salt heater and air stone and just do water changes every 2 to 3 days ?? i just wanted to say thank you to everyone in advance i been in the hobby for a wile and if it wasnt for all of you well i dont how long i would have lasted month so thank you everyone for your wonderfull advice i still got alot to learn:

 

Yeah bud thats the kicker. I THINK a smaller tank might be very stressful. But if he is going to be picked on, get ick, and worsen because of the other tangs, then its a damned if do you/don't situation.

You could get a nice rubbermaid and some rock from you MT and he would have a decent amount of space. You might also be able to do this after introduction if its an emergency with bullying, though I wouldn't advise it.

20% of fish carry Ick anyways, in their gills, behind thier fins, so if you are getting a healthy fish you might just try the lights out/reaquascaping.

Worst case scenario re-direct the fish to me. I can rehome my Lavender ;-)

 

check (craigslist) ther is always cheep tanks around. a 30-40 gallon will work as a QT tank and a few pices of live rock will keep down the stress. a good hang on back protine skimmer can be all you need for filtration.
watch your water conditions and win your ready to add the new fish find an aclimation chamber and use it .a small critter keeper works well.but doctor foasers and smith have one on ther sight liveaquera.com

 

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Lol i might just send it your way you never know i would much rather give it some1 else then see it die. i bought alot of fish from drs foster smith
and they all been really healthy so far. i guess ill have to wait and see. i think if the fish comes in nice and fat and helthy i might just put him in the dt and keep the light off for 24 hours and see what happens. i will post some pic wed night and keep everyone up to date im so excited at the same time ;D lol