feeding 10 tangs

[geaux xman]

my buddy's 280g tank.

4 vlamingii, 2 yellows, 1 purple, 1 blue, 1 blonde naso, 1 sailfin.

not to start a debate, but the guy does not QT and has no visible ich. he uses a 40w UV, two skimmers, 3x400w MH, and a few reactors.

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[snorvich]

Crazy. Rolling the dice. Not to mention Vlamingi will reach about 2 foot in length so I guess he does not read much.

 

[xcorallusx]

4 vlamingis in a 280? I hope he plans to upgrade next year...

 

[Stumped]

not to start a debate, but the guy does not QT and has no visible ich. he uses a 40w UV, two skimmers, 3x400w MH, and a few reactors.

Not trying to debate either (just share experience), but it's just like snorvich said "rolling the dice". When I first started out I never QT'd, I never saw the point. Then reality hit hard. I made an addition and it wiped out almost my entire tank.

Now I QT additions (at the very least for observation). The way I see it, if I can't QT in some fashion, I'd rather pass on a new fish and keep what I have, rather than risk losing it all. To each his own though.

 

[Wyze]

WoW!!!!
That's a lot of fish in that tank!!!!

 

[s_kelley]

Nice looking tank. Just alot of fish that get too large for that setup. About quarantining ....why risk all his other fish at this point its kind of a no brainer. Like others have posted

 

[Eric the half-bee]

I don't QT as I don't have space for a QT but I tell ya, I had 1 vlamingii in my 400 and he was cramped.

 

[MrTuskfish]

No QT will thin this herd sooner or later.

 

[PSU REEFER]

Trade my Vlamingi 7-8'' as he was too much of a pig. My other 4 tangs had trouble getting nori even w/ 2 different clips at the same time. ---in a 500g tank

 

[4wheelvfr]

Those poor fish. I wouldn't put 4 of those in my 800, let alone a 280.:headwalls: