Why am I having such a hard time with Tangs?

well clown tangs are very difficult to keep, hopefully if its still alive it will be ok....but i would try another yellow tang since they are VERY hardy, or maybe a purple tang.....

 

sorry packleader just about copied your comments. was typing while you posted..

BUT I DO SEE A THEME... TEST BEFORE YOU CONTINUE TO DOSE... AND YELLOW TANGS ARE HARDY.

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I was going to get an iodine test kit but I thought that i would see my corals begin to go before it would affect any fish. Also does anyone know how to build a grounding probe? ive heard they are very useful

 

i've also had a difficult time with maintaining a yellow tang... over the past 8 months my YT has developed a severe case of HLLE. I feel in the next week or so I will have to perform a case of fishy euthanasia. I feed The dried nori seaweed, as well as frozed mysis soaked in selcon every second day. water conditions are fantastic, and I do a bi-weekly water change of 15%. My clowns, wrasse, blenny, and damsels are all doing immaculate. Just that damn tang, don't know what I'm doing wrong- but i definitely feel your pain. One of the most beautiful fish- and by far one of the most problematic.

 

way easier to buy one, otherwise you need either stainless steel or titanium to make the actual probe out of

 

Hmmmm I have two now, but had three in my 90 before. You should defintely get a skimmer, and I know this may sound wierd but 200lbs of rock really is a lot for a 55, I would say you have less then 75 gallons in that system, without a skimmer or carbon and a poop machine like a tang maybe thats the issue. Sell some of that rock, get more water in the system and get a skimmer. My skimmer makes my gag every time I clean the cup. I love the thing!! Oh and I wouldn't worry about Nitrates unless they are pretty high.

 

Thanks im going to pick up a skimmer tomorrow i think

 

A grounding probe is nothing more than a titanium or stainless steel (rod, bolt, or whatever...) attached to a copper wire in a waterproof shrink wrapped connection (cause we know copper is bad for some reef tank inhabitants), and connected to the ground (middle screw on any outlet cover if box is grounded correctly).

 

You'll still need to give the skimmer a few weeks to break in before it starts working consistently. Tangs need very pristine water conditions, so that skimmer will help out a lot.

 

Thank you very much