Tangs

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by phoenixhieghts, Jan 18, 2008.

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  1. Diver_1298

    Diver_1298 Eyelash Blennie

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  2. glblguy

    glblguy Spaghetti Worm

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    I don't think so, it said it was reef safe. So would assume it doesn't
     
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  3. Birchell

    Birchell Gigas Clam

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    noo nooo noooo, that stuff will cause an algea bloom from hell, lol. I used it and now idk what to do with my tank, im gonna start a thread and see what u guys think.
     
    Birchell, Jan 24, 2008
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  4. Black_Raven

    Black_Raven Scooter Blennie

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    The reason it causes an algae bloom is because its anti parasitic as well as an antibiotic.
    So your nitrates will spike.
     
    Black_Raven, Jan 25, 2008
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  5. Dador

    Dador Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I've had a purple and yellow for 2 years now. No trouble.
     
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  6. evojoe67

    evojoe67 Aiptasia Anemone

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    i've got a clown tang, and a yellow tang, in my 210gal reef.
    this morning i noticed some white spots on the yellow. he does'nt seem to be swimming around as much. he is eating, but not as much as usual.
    i added some of the 2 part marine max, and added garlic to the food.i hope it clears up.
     
    evojoe67, Mar 30, 2008
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  7. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Sounds like the begining of ick. Just keep on feeding it garlic and some vitamin enriched foods. If its being harrasted by another fish, that isnt going to help.
     
    lunatik_69, Mar 30, 2008
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  8. wastemanagement

    wastemanagement Eyelash Blennie

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    I can only imagine that the 120lt tank is just to small to sustain Tangs bye the time you add all your live rock your probly more like 23-25gal and thats just plain too small.
    Your freinds tank its like a 55gl and I have 2 tangs in mine hippo and yellow as for sails,powders and other of the like they are known to only do well in tanks75-90gl+ so for you that would be around 300ltrs thats 3x your .
    But who knows maybee you will have sucsess
    good luck to you !!
    All the others with ich its just one of thoes thinks that tang keepers have to deal with
    I would advise to anyone that wants to keep an assortment of tangs to start your collection with the more hardy tang thenintroduce to the more sensitive tangs as its not uncommon for a new tang to cause a ich out break in a tank even if QTed and you dont want your sensitive fish going throu outbreaks each time you introduce a new fish.
     
    wastemanagement, Mar 30, 2008
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