Achilles Tang Primer
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SMOOTHIE
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Not to mention the love and experience that these people have involved with their "hobby." Always a good thing when something spends the years of it's life growing with you and escalating your entertainment. 10yrs experience you should have a coral that fits this bill already.
Just an update on my achilles. He is doing great, and FAT. He is very easy going for an achilles. He is not aggresive in the least.
He flex's his fins when the purple and much bigger orange shoulder come to close to his food. LOL Thats it though, All the fish get along really great. He is eating nori,mysis,flake,and pellets. He absolutely go's nutty for the pellets. I dump anything else in and he swims around eating it, But when i add pellets he is like a trigger. LOL Eats them very aggressively. Thats a good thing, Because mysis is going to be a treat for them of 1-2 times a week. Mostly pellets and nori will be fed from now on.
I can cut the feedings down to 3 times a day, and eventually 2 times a day.
The swimming behavior of my achilles is different from my other tangs i have or had. The other tangs swim around slowly and graze on the rocks. He will do that too, But will swim off in a flurry, Then stop head off to the top near the flow of the powerheads and catch a wave back. He is a very active fish.
He is swimming non stop unless he is picking on the rocks.
I am going to add a bit more flow in my tank. I have 2 tunze 6201's and a tunze 6125. I'll be adding 4 penductors off of a reeflo blackfin.
He flex's his fins when the purple and much bigger orange shoulder come to close to his food. LOL Thats it though, All the fish get along really great. He is eating nori,mysis,flake,and pellets. He absolutely go's nutty for the pellets. I dump anything else in and he swims around eating it, But when i add pellets he is like a trigger. LOL Eats them very aggressively. Thats a good thing, Because mysis is going to be a treat for them of 1-2 times a week. Mostly pellets and nori will be fed from now on.
I can cut the feedings down to 3 times a day, and eventually 2 times a day.
The swimming behavior of my achilles is different from my other tangs i have or had. The other tangs swim around slowly and graze on the rocks. He will do that too, But will swim off in a flurry, Then stop head off to the top near the flow of the powerheads and catch a wave back. He is a very active fish.
He is swimming non stop unless he is picking on the rocks.
I am going to add a bit more flow in my tank. I have 2 tunze 6201's and a tunze 6125. I'll be adding 4 penductors off of a reeflo blackfin.
crvz
Team RC
Thought I'd share my recent experience as well. I ordered one last weekend from LiveAquaria (not DD, just the regular location). It arrived and looked very healthy, I acclimated it over 3 hours (they shipped it in water with a salinity of 1.021, my reef is at 1.026), and added it to the display. I've had QTs in the past, but my capabilities were limited to about 30 gallons and I did not think that placing this fish in a tank that size would be giving it its best chances. Not that I didnt appreciate the risk I was taking.
Anyways, it's the only surgeonfish in my 150 gallon display with 80 gallon sump. I have a foxface and sargassum trigger as well, and for flow there are 4 tunze 6100s. The first day or two, the fish only nipped at rocks, but I made certain to have nori in the tank which the other fish did eat. On the third day the achilles started nipping at nori, and it's only gotten better since then. We're on day 9 now, and the fish swims right over to the nori clip whenever I add a fresh sheet and eager attacks it (much more than simply nipping as it used to do). While it doest eat anything else I add to the water column, I'm hoping that comes in time and I'm offering nori regularly.
Here's a shot of it yesterday, setting up at the cleaning station with the goby.
Anyways, it's the only surgeonfish in my 150 gallon display with 80 gallon sump. I have a foxface and sargassum trigger as well, and for flow there are 4 tunze 6100s. The first day or two, the fish only nipped at rocks, but I made certain to have nori in the tank which the other fish did eat. On the third day the achilles started nipping at nori, and it's only gotten better since then. We're on day 9 now, and the fish swims right over to the nori clip whenever I add a fresh sheet and eager attacks it (much more than simply nipping as it used to do). While it doest eat anything else I add to the water column, I'm hoping that comes in time and I'm offering nori regularly.
Here's a shot of it yesterday, setting up at the cleaning station with the goby.
Ncastro1981
New member
ya mine is doing great too. eating well and just generally looking happy. He is a real hog for the nori, thats for sure. At any rate i am happy and he looks great in my underpopulated 120. I plan an upgrade in year or two, so i am not worried.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
trying to be helpful
trying to be helpful
crvz- your Achilles is skinny. Feed and fatten up.
trying to be helpful
crvz- your Achilles is skinny. Feed and fatten up.
Mike de Leon
New member
My Achilles' stomach started to cave in due to his active swimming. He just goes nuts swimming around the tank.
I have been feeding him round the clock when possible. With Nori soaked in Zoe and Selcon, he's starting to fatten up again...
I have been feeding him round the clock when possible. With Nori soaked in Zoe and Selcon, he's starting to fatten up again...
Reeftanks6
Active member
Man i wish my tank as able to house an achilles tangs! Maybe in that dream tank i want! Hopefully one day!
Mike de Leon
New member
Here's mine after two weeks. He had the bout of ich, one or two. Also, the lateral line swelled up on both sides. I added a ground probe. Swelling went down after three days. If there's anything wrong in a tank the Achilles will show it. Very sensitive.
He is doing very well now. Eats like a pig.
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/mookerji/112.jpg
He is doing very well now. Eats like a pig.
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/mookerji/112.jpg
gmneil
New member
i got mine last saturday, he wouldnt eat the first day, but by the second he eats like a pig, him and my yellow had some scuffels, but now they act like the best of friends.. lol
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1599061
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1599061
Mike de Leon
New member
once I get a decent camera I will post one..
