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Tangs, and their relatives often do NOT get along;
especially when kept in too-small systems
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Surgeonfishes: Tangs for Marine
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Diversity, Selection & Care
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Powder Blue & Yellow Tang - 05/07/05 Hey WWM, <Hey>
Your site is very helpful, got in the hobby during December and your
advice helped tremendously. My question is that I have an 80
gallon tank with 120 lbs live rock, corals, and a Euro reef
skimmer. I have a yellow tang, 1 false Perc clown, 2 sand
sifting gobies, and 3 Chromis. I bought a powder blue tang
from the LFS, and since he acclimated and was introduced to the main
tank, the yellow tang has been non stop fighting with it, the powder
tang, is hiding in a corner, and barely appears to have the confidence
to swim around. They are the same size roughly, but should I
return the fish, for its life sake, or will this come to pass over
time. <Return the powder-blue to the store. Your tank is
too small for these two tangs in the long term, and the aggression
you're witnessing will likely end badly for one or both fishes
(physical injury or disease from stress). Do research/plan
your purchases better in the future my friend.> Thank you for your
support. <Regards, Eric R.>
Re: Powder Blue & Yellow Tang Part II Dear WWM, Thanks
for the advice about returning the Power Blue to the
tank. However, what stinks is that the day I was going to
return him, I noticed that he had white spots all over him.
I think it is ich. I had this outbreak several months ago,
all the fish that were to die, unfortunately died, however a
few survived, like the yellow tang. I did not know this
disease could be dormant for so long. <Yes, particularly with
some fish hosts/vectors...> Anyway, I bought kick-ich
only to come home and read the forums that state this product is a
waste of $25. <It is... return it> Anyway, obviously I could not
return a sick fish to the store. The other fish in the tank do not
show any signs of ich, such as white spots, rapid breathing,
scratching, etc. Should I still use the kick-ich anyway? <I
would not> I also bought Metronidazole by Seachem, was told it
is good to mix with the emerald entree that I feed them. I
unfortunately do not have a QT tank, I know I need one now. Are
there any other suggestions you might have, this is a
beautiful fish that I don't want to loose. Thank You, Christopher
Sandoval <Keep studying, stop buying chemicals and livestock till
you know what you're doing. Bob Fenner>
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