Blue Tang?
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CoralsAddiction
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Blue Tang?
When I see people everywhere keeping small/baby blues in 29G cubes or two/three of them in 50 gallon I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.
It's such a popular fish (thanks dory) that people buy them small for improper setups.
When I see people everywhere keeping small/baby blues in 29G cubes or two/three of them in 50 gallon I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.
It's such a popular fish (thanks dory) that people buy them small for improper setups.
CoralsAddiction
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Yeah I would wait to get a medium size personally but you might have to upgrade down the line. I've seen one 8 inch blue tang and one 9 inch orange shoulder and those tangs were huge. Need more room like a 6ft 150 or 180 at minimum.
CoralsAddiction
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If yours is a 4x2x2 I would get a bristletooth, yellow or purple tang.
Rancherlee
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I bought a "small" yellow belly in early may from LA and got sent a thumbnail size one (way smaller than the "small" classification), that said, almost 3 months later its close to 2" now and eating like a pig in my 7' 210
sarahds327
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I just bought a little one because I couldn't resist it's cuteness... He is currently in QT. He has not eaten yet. Any ideas on how to get him to eat? He is between the size of a nickel and a quarter.
They are indeed .... and clumsy too, when they get bigger. Mine is an auto-fragger.
Chrisjbarry
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Stress will kill your tangs I have healed a lot of tangs full of ich didn't treat a single one with anything other then a Prosipro dip before placing in my tank. My blue tang was near dead. He had hole in head so bad and covered in ich like a salt covered fish out of water. Two days in he started eating. After 4 months he was fully healed and no signs of anything. Now he's fat and like some one said auto frager. Here is a pic from a couple months ago.
sarahds327
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Where do you buy the Prosipro to dip your fish in? I did a google search and its not coming up. Thanks!
triggreef
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The small ones are just so temperamental. I have one that's about 1" and he is the most adorable little Dori but if I look at the tank wrong she seems to get ick.
Here we go. If you have ich, you have ich. You might see it more on dori than other fish, but that doesn't mean they aren't also carrying it. The most susceptible part of them all Is their gills which you can't see. And the damage done to their gills is unrepairable.
You may have times when it seems like your task is clear of it. Fish can build TEMPORARY immunities. Keeping them fat & happy will help. But eventually there will bee some event that brings it out 10 fold. It can be avoided by quarantine very easy. And it can be eliminated in an existing system easy enough.
Prazipro won't treat ich period. Tank transfer method or copper is what I suggest. I have 2 heavily stocked tanks & broke down my qt's several months ago because I have no space for new fish. I never believed in qt when I started out. Lost a lot of fish for no good reason. Found reef central, & took up all the qt advice I could find. I lost very few fish out of qt since, a couple yellow coris from getting mauled by other wrasses, and a couple carpet surfers. But I can be sure I have no parasites in my tanks.
When you get tired of losing fish, before you throw in the towel, try a good quarantine routine. It is much cheaper & easier than replacing fish.
triggreef
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& back to the main topic, I got my blue tang from blue zoo the size of a quarter or smaller. From what I remember, he ate everything from the start. I qt'd him in a 90g with 5 other tangs. He's about 6 inches long now, & very fat. Never tried any others so I have none other to compare to.
My suggestion for a picky eater, it's the same as any other picky eater, live brine or live black worms.
My suggestion for a picky eater, it's the same as any other picky eater, live brine or live black worms.
Chrisjbarry
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I say add lots of algae strips I have them in my tank at all times. This homemade thing I made allows 4 tangs to eat one strip over 2 days instead of 20mins and shredding it to pieces.
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