dead tangs....what is going on

[slb11106]

i dont understand,
i got a sailfin a month or so ago, it lived about a week or so, eating fine active then lost color and died

almost two weeks ago i got a PBT and it died this morning, it was also eating fine very active and colorfull. it had a horizontal line on his body (i thought it was just not eating enough) well it died and i dont know why

i have eight other fish 4 shrimp, 2 crabs, 4 corals (soft) all perameters are great...(nitrates 0 ,nitirtes 0, amonia 0, cal 400, ph 8.2, kh 12)and they all have been in there a while and they are perfect ! just seems to be the tangs, anyone know what the *#$% is going on with them ?:cry1:

this is very disturbing to me, might it be that they were doomed from the start ?maybe cyanide collecting or something.

 

[adnup]

What LFS are you getting your fish from?

 

[slb11106]

well the sailfin was from marine warehouse on hillsborough (where i got most of my fish and my tank setup)and the PBT was from a place i never used before off of waters, cant remember the name...

 

[fish_taste_good]

the one on waters is probably Coral Reef Aquariums...

owners name is Lee

I do not have any experience with tangs so I cannot comment on them.

I do not feel that my 90 is large enough for them.

 

[outta names]

What other type of fish do you have? How long has your tank been up and running?

 

[mystikdragon7]

Were your tangs breathing heavy before they died? Tangs need higher oxygen levels in the tank to survive.

If everything else in your tank is doing great then I would suspect that, or, they were not collected properly and doomed before you even got them.

 

[slb11106]

they were breathing fine, i just think the PBT was doomed before it began, i bought it for 35.00 which is extremely cheap, maybe that should have been a sign.