Help with purple tang

[E.J. Coral]

Hello all,

Well I bought my first tang over the weekend, and I need some help with acclimation. Itis 1.5" and came from my LFSs QT and was being treated with profolactic antibiotics and methylene blue. I took it home and added it a 60 gallon cube that is serving as my QT tank. Because of recent issue that I have had with flukes and the pair of pink skunks in my display that I am quite attached to, , i began to treat with prazipro. The fish has been in QT for three days and is already eating mysis, macroalgae, and brine. The coloration is also excellent.

The problem is that it is pacing non-stop along 12" of the back glass. It seems very stressed.

Should I wait for the prazipro treatment to finish, and then add it to my DT, or should I let it stay in QT for 2-4 weeks, and hope the stress doesn't kill it??

 

[Amazon4]

Were you planning on a hypo treatment?

Where it's only been a couple of days I'd wait to see if he settles down.

Does he have hiding places in the tank? (PVC)

Also, subdued lighting around the QT should help calm him down.

 

[E.J. Coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12713320#post12713320 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amazon4
Were you planning on a hypo treatment?

Where it's only been a couple of days I'd wait to see if he settles down.

Does he have hiding places in the tank? (PVC)

Also, subdued lighting around the QT should help calm him down.

There is PVC and rock. The tank is lit by PCs only, around 135w of actinic. I am quite suprised at how well it is eating and how good its coloration is given its frantic pacing.

I only planned on Hypo treatment, if I observed ich. The salinity is howver slightly lower than normal, at about 1.022. Is hyposalinity a must with tangs .... like I said, I have never kept one.

 

[BangkokMatt]

You should only hypo if necessary. You need to make the call on putting it in the DT or risking continued stress in the QT. If it was me I would put him in the DT tank (but that is only my personal opinion).
If he is eating well and colors are good with no sign of disease you have a good chance of him being fine.