Hello,
Thank yo for the reply. The water conditions are excellent, The nitrate pops up to about 10-20, but I am doing water changes aevery three days of 5 gallons.
(Background info coming)
The tank is 180 gallon 3+weeks old. (Dont get too excited yet). The tank has all the rock, sand and about 60 gallons of the wter I hadd in two smaller tanks, that I migrated over)
I put the saltwater in with the LR on day one, and by the end of hte week, zero nitrites, (Actually, never measured any to begin with, the may have been some as the test just did not color up to the first level) I did have some nitrates at the end of the first week.
I moved over the fish, I had a small amount, two blue fin damsel, two red ey cardinal, a blck and white perc, two black and white damsels, clean up crew, two green bittle stars, a cleaner shrimp and the blue tang.
AFter week two, I moved my zoos and shrooms. Week three, I got a lavender tang and yesterday, (Before I noticed the problems with teh tang), I brought another black and white perc.
Water levels are good, but I am planning a revamp of the retun sump/refugium this week.
I will be putting ina larger sump / refugium, my curretn sump is not baffled for bubbles or refugium. Currently I have cheatos floating ina rubbermaid strainer, and a med sized lr and a couple snails and a crab in the sump. Life is a bit boring down there right now.
As for the tangs conditions today. The eye actually looks a bit better, not as cloudy. The eye was not swollen out real large yesterday, just about a 1/16" or less, certainly noticibly larger then teh other eye, but nothing like the popeye I have seen before on my red eye cardinal had a yaer or so ago. (He lost that eye, or at least that is what it looks like, it is definately not shaped like a healthy eye.)
The red eye cardinal had that more then a year ago, when teh tank had a major die off. Lost most everything, except that cardinal, one anemone, the damsels, andthe shrimp.
That tank has since recovered and things were thriving in it before the new tank was even considered.
The blue tang looks better, the white spots are not as noticeable, he ate well last night.
I am thinking I am not feeding them enough, or he maybe not getting his share...
I was feeding every two days. But have been reading about taht and will go to once a day.
I feed a good variety, I have everything, silversides, flake, pelets, mysis, cyclopeeze, I ususally feed frozen brine and seaweed.
The anemones and shrimp get the silversides They all seem to go after teh seaweed and really anything I throw in there. They eat well, maybe a good reason to go to once a day...
I was not trying to starve them, but thought the less frequent meals would reduce the detrius, (which I am sure it did). and make them clean the tank better, and find food naturally. (not sure what that means in a an aquarium, but thought they would pick the rock, alagea and any leftover food laying around.
So, we willkeep you posted on the tangs health
Bill
